Telangana Separate State

The Telangana government on Tuesday cracked down on two important BJP leaders of the state -- party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Assembly Floor Leader T Raja Singh -- for different reasons and in separate places.

The decks have been cleared for Andhra Pradesh to go ahead with its plans to have three capitals for the state after Telangana was carved out of it as separate state in 2014.

The Telangana government has so far filled 1,17,714 vacancies through various appointment methods after formation of the separate state, Finance Minister T Harish Rao said here on Wednesday.

Election results: Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that the outcome of assembly elections in five states is a clear message to the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Shiv Sena and the BJP contested the Maharashtra polls separately in 2014 but later joined hands to form a government in the state.

It was promised during separate Telangana agitation that about one lakh jobs would be provided in the new state, but more than 1.12 lakh recruitment are being made now, he said.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale today reiterated his demand for separate Vidarbha state and said two new states should also be carved out of Uttar Pradesh.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today said his government would make wonders happen in the state as people had struggled for a separate state in that anticipation.

With his wish of separate Telangana state fulfilled, a devotee has offered 11,116 coconuts to Lord Ganesh, completing the task on Monday.

Telangana would come into existence as the 29th state of India tomorrow, capping the decades-old struggle in the region for carving out a separate state from Andhra Pradesh.

India's youngest state, Telangana, to be born on June 2, will vote overwhelmingly in favour of K Chandrasekhara Rao, the man who fronted the movement for the region to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh as a separate state.

Rahul Gandhi today attacked the Telangana Rashtra Samithi or TRS for failing to act on its promise to "merge with the Congress after bifurcation" of Andhra Pradesh to create a separate Telangana state was announced.

The ruling Congress in Meghalaya today turned down a resolution for creation of separate state for the Garos and Khasis maintaining the issue could disturb the socio-economic fabric of the state.

The whole of Telangana erupted in joy as the Bill for formation of a separate state was passed by the Rajya Sabha this evening.

Normal life in Rayalaseema and coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh came to a halt on Wednesday on a shutdown call by YSR Congress party to protest the manner in which the bill for formation of separate Telangana state was passed in Lok Sabha.

Lagadapati Rajagopal, the man now known as the "pepper spray MP," has resigned from Parliament and has announced that he is quitting politics, dismayed at the Lok Sabha passing the bill that creates a separate Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.

The Telangana government on Tuesday cracked down on two important BJP leaders of the state -- party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Assembly Floor Leader T Raja Singh -- for different reasons and in separate places.

The decks have been cleared for Andhra Pradesh to go ahead with its plans to have three capitals for the state after Telangana was carved out of it as separate state in 2014.

The Telangana government has so far filled 1,17,714 vacancies through various appointment methods after formation of the separate state, Finance Minister T Harish Rao said here on Wednesday.

Election results: Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that the outcome of assembly elections in five states is a clear message to the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Shiv Sena and the BJP contested the Maharashtra polls separately in 2014 but later joined hands to form a government in the state.

It was promised during separate Telangana agitation that about one lakh jobs would be provided in the new state, but more than 1.12 lakh recruitment are being made now, he said.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale today reiterated his demand for separate Vidarbha state and said two new states should also be carved out of Uttar Pradesh.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today said his government would make wonders happen in the state as people had struggled for a separate state in that anticipation.

With his wish of separate Telangana state fulfilled, a devotee has offered 11,116 coconuts to Lord Ganesh, completing the task on Monday.

Telangana would come into existence as the 29th state of India tomorrow, capping the decades-old struggle in the region for carving out a separate state from Andhra Pradesh.

India's youngest state, Telangana, to be born on June 2, will vote overwhelmingly in favour of K Chandrasekhara Rao, the man who fronted the movement for the region to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh as a separate state.

Rahul Gandhi today attacked the Telangana Rashtra Samithi or TRS for failing to act on its promise to "merge with the Congress after bifurcation" of Andhra Pradesh to create a separate Telangana state was announced.

The ruling Congress in Meghalaya today turned down a resolution for creation of separate state for the Garos and Khasis maintaining the issue could disturb the socio-economic fabric of the state.

The whole of Telangana erupted in joy as the Bill for formation of a separate state was passed by the Rajya Sabha this evening.

Normal life in Rayalaseema and coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh came to a halt on Wednesday on a shutdown call by YSR Congress party to protest the manner in which the bill for formation of separate Telangana state was passed in Lok Sabha.

Lagadapati Rajagopal, the man now known as the "pepper spray MP," has resigned from Parliament and has announced that he is quitting politics, dismayed at the Lok Sabha passing the bill that creates a separate Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.