Telangana Debate

The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Saturday witnessed a stormy debate on the Motion of Thanks to the Governor's address with the ruling Congress and the opposition BRS indulging in a war of words.

An open debate conducted by a Telugu news channel in connection with the November 30 Telangana Legislative Assembly election turned ugly here on Wednesday with a scuffle breaking out between a BRS MLA and his BJP rival.

Voters have "a right to know from where (the money for) freebies (will) come", the Election Commission said Monday morning as it announced dates for the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram Assembly elections.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's daughter and Member of Legislative Council of Nizamabad, Kalvakuntla Kavitha, on Friday questioned All India Congress Committee in-charge for Telangana, Manickam Tagore, where was party leader Rahul Gandhi after being pre-notified about the tabling of farms bills in the Parliament.

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Saturday condemned the practice of extrajudicial killings, saying that justice loses its very character when it takes the form of revenge. The observation, made at an event in Jodhpur, comes amid a raging debate over the killing of four accused in the Telangana rape and murder case early on Friday.

The killing of four accused in the Telangana rape and murder by the police and a more recent case of a woman burnt in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao by her alleged rapists set up a fiery debate in parliament. Many MPs backed the Telangana police, who claim they opened fire when the rape-and-murder accused tried to escape during an investigation at the scene...

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan led a chorus of angry voices in the Rajya Sabha today as parliament debated the safety of women and children in the country against the backdrop of the brutal rape and murder of a young woman in Telangana

Nearly a dozen members of the Congress and TDP were today suspended from the Telangana Legislative Assembly over their demand for debate on defection of Opposition MLAs into ruling TRS.

When NDTV visited the primary school at Pulichedu village in Medak district of Telangana, Navya was writing her Maths exam. But there was apparently a lot more on her mind than just numbers. She had come to school on an empty stomach, because her mother, who earns a living rolling beedis, had not got any work for a week. And only today got work und...

Amid massive sloganeering and chaos, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a special package for Seemandhra in a debate on in the Rajya Sabha on the controversial bill which creates a Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.

The controversial bill which creates a Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh has been tabled by the government in the Rajya Sabha. The Centre might yet be able to ensure the bill is passed by tomorrow, the last day of this session, as, sources said, the ruling Congress and main opposition party the BJP have reached an agreement after prolon...

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said today that if the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha are not telecast live, there would be no debate on the Telangana debate.

In an unprecedented move, live telecast of Parliament proceedings was stopped as the Lok Sabha passed the controversial bill that seeks to create a Telangana state by dividing Andhra Pradesh. Here are reactions from several politicians on the passage of the bill.

What has happened today in the Lok Sabha has seriously hurt the credibility of India's Parliamentary functioning. Well-meaning individuals are likely to raise serious questions about the quality of Parliament functioning. All the debates of reasonable good quality that we have undertaken in the past several years will be washed off from the public ...

The Congress has expelled six of its Andhra Pradesh MPs for disrupting Parliament with their protests against the division of their state to create Telangana. The MPs had incessantly blocked proceedings in the Lok Sabha, which is likely to debate a bill to create the new state on Thursday. Sources say the Congress hopes to send a strong message to ...

The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Saturday witnessed a stormy debate on the Motion of Thanks to the Governor's address with the ruling Congress and the opposition BRS indulging in a war of words.

An open debate conducted by a Telugu news channel in connection with the November 30 Telangana Legislative Assembly election turned ugly here on Wednesday with a scuffle breaking out between a BRS MLA and his BJP rival.

Voters have "a right to know from where (the money for) freebies (will) come", the Election Commission said Monday morning as it announced dates for the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram Assembly elections.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's daughter and Member of Legislative Council of Nizamabad, Kalvakuntla Kavitha, on Friday questioned All India Congress Committee in-charge for Telangana, Manickam Tagore, where was party leader Rahul Gandhi after being pre-notified about the tabling of farms bills in the Parliament.

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Saturday condemned the practice of extrajudicial killings, saying that justice loses its very character when it takes the form of revenge. The observation, made at an event in Jodhpur, comes amid a raging debate over the killing of four accused in the Telangana rape and murder case early on Friday.

The killing of four accused in the Telangana rape and murder by the police and a more recent case of a woman burnt in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao by her alleged rapists set up a fiery debate in parliament. Many MPs backed the Telangana police, who claim they opened fire when the rape-and-murder accused tried to escape during an investigation at the scene...

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan led a chorus of angry voices in the Rajya Sabha today as parliament debated the safety of women and children in the country against the backdrop of the brutal rape and murder of a young woman in Telangana

Nearly a dozen members of the Congress and TDP were today suspended from the Telangana Legislative Assembly over their demand for debate on defection of Opposition MLAs into ruling TRS.

When NDTV visited the primary school at Pulichedu village in Medak district of Telangana, Navya was writing her Maths exam. But there was apparently a lot more on her mind than just numbers. She had come to school on an empty stomach, because her mother, who earns a living rolling beedis, had not got any work for a week. And only today got work und...

Amid massive sloganeering and chaos, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a special package for Seemandhra in a debate on in the Rajya Sabha on the controversial bill which creates a Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.

The controversial bill which creates a Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh has been tabled by the government in the Rajya Sabha. The Centre might yet be able to ensure the bill is passed by tomorrow, the last day of this session, as, sources said, the ruling Congress and main opposition party the BJP have reached an agreement after prolon...

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said today that if the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha are not telecast live, there would be no debate on the Telangana debate.

In an unprecedented move, live telecast of Parliament proceedings was stopped as the Lok Sabha passed the controversial bill that seeks to create a Telangana state by dividing Andhra Pradesh. Here are reactions from several politicians on the passage of the bill.

What has happened today in the Lok Sabha has seriously hurt the credibility of India's Parliamentary functioning. Well-meaning individuals are likely to raise serious questions about the quality of Parliament functioning. All the debates of reasonable good quality that we have undertaken in the past several years will be washed off from the public ...

The Congress has expelled six of its Andhra Pradesh MPs for disrupting Parliament with their protests against the division of their state to create Telangana. The MPs had incessantly blocked proceedings in the Lok Sabha, which is likely to debate a bill to create the new state on Thursday. Sources say the Congress hopes to send a strong message to ...