Telangana Telugu Bill

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  BJP Or Not BJP? KCR, Jagan Reddy Weigh Their Options Amid Citizenship Row

  The stands taken by the Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) seem to be at variance with each other, but a closer look at the situation shows that both are acting on similar political compulsions concerning the centre and the Muslim community.

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  Parties, Academicians Welcome Bill To Make Learning Telugu Compulsory

  The Telangana Legislative Assembly yesterday passed the Telangana (Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Telugu in Schools) Bill, 2018.

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  Telangana Legislative Assembly Passes Bill To Make Learning Telugu Compulsory

  The Telangana Legislative Assembly yesterday passed a bill making teaching and learning Telugu compulsory in the state.

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  In His Second Padyatra, Rahul Gandhi to Meet Drought-Hit Farmers in Telangana

  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Telangana last evening, has begun a 15-kilometre padyatra or trek through five villages, each of which has seen a farmer suicide in the last year.

• Akele hain toh kya gham hai... the BJP-TDP story

  The Telugu Desam Party or TDP is reluctant to go with the BJP in Seemandhra, not so much because they don't have significant presence, but because there has been anger against the BJP for having supported the Telangana Bill.

• Seemandhra shuts down to protest passing of Telangana bill

  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.

• Telangana bill passed in Lok Sabha amid TV blackout

  A controversial bill to create Telangana by dividing Andhra Pradesh was passed in the Lok Sabha today amid protests, but live telecast was cut off in an unprecedented blackout. The bill will now be taken up in the Rajya Sabha. Anti-Telangana politicians like Jagan Mohan Reddy have called a shutdown in Andhra Pradesh.

• For government's Telangana push in Parliament, heavy security, riot police, restricted entry

  The government today fought to push its Telangana bill through the Lok Sabha, in the face of loud protests in Parliament against the plan to divide Andhra Pradesh to create a new state, which led to repeated disruptions. The ruling Congress is determined to see its proposal through, even if it means passing the bill in chaos without a discussion, b...

• Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress calls for Andhra Pradesh bandh today

  YSR Congress has called for an Andhra Pradesh shutdown Friday to protest the manner in which the Telangana bill was tabled in Parliament. YSR Congress gave the call to protest what it calls the mockery of democracy. It also decided to muster support of all opposition parties to stall the bill.

• Telangana row: First pepper spray, then gas masks in Parliament

  One parliamentarian reportedly took out a knife in the Lok Sabha and another used pepper spray in unprecedented clashes in Parliament as the controversial bill to create Telangana by dividing Andhra Pradesh was introduced today.

• Seemandhra MPs force Centre to revisit Telangana Bill

  Union ministers and Congress lawmakers from Seemandhra, engaged in a confrontation with their party's central leadership over their insistence on creating Telangana ahead of the general election, forced the Centre to convene another meeting of the Group of Ministers today to accommodate some of the changes suggested by them in the draft bill. The G...

• Andhra Pradesh assembly adjourned without debate on Telangana bill

  For the fourth consecutive day, no debate was possible on the Telangana bill in the Andhra Pradesh assembly, which will now meet again on January 3

• After cabinet clears Telangana, protests by Jagan Reddy, Chandrababu Naidu

  A day after the government cleared a Bill to create a new Telangana state, two key politicians have called a strike to protest against the division of Andhra Pradesh.

• BJP sets deadline for Congress to pass Telangana bill

  Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today set December as the deadline for Congress to get the bill for creation of Telangana state passed in Parliament.