Seemandhra vents its anger over Telangana
Hyderabad: Normal life was affected in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema on Friday following the bandh call given by the YSR Congress, Telugu Desam and the APNGOs against the bifurcation of the state....
View ArticleBlack Day: Six injured in stone pelting
Hyderabad: The ‘Black Day’, which was held in protest of the Babri Masjid demolition, was observed peacefully in the city on Friday except for one untoward incident in Moghalpura wherein about six...
View ArticlePost split, Guv to control police
Hyderabad: After bifurcation, police and security forces will be under the “final” control of the Governor for a period of 10 years in the city to maintain public order. The governor will also be...
View ArticleT Bill: Mantris in a dilemma
Hyderabad: There is no consensus among Seemandhra Union ministers and Congress MPs on what to do next in order to prevent the Telangana Bill from being passed in Parliament. Vijayawada MP Lagadapati...
View ArticleBill sent to Prez, will go to Andhra Assembly next
New Delhi: The Union home ministry has sent the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill 2013 to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. The bill for the formation of Telangana will now be referred...
View ArticleAP bufurcation: 5-yr quota worries students
Hyderabad: The AP Reorganisation Bill 2013 approved by the Union Cabinet on Thur-sday has left many questions unanswered as far as issues concerning students.The Bill states: “In order to ensure equal...
View ArticleDancing the 20-20 way
Chennai: Urmila Sathyanarayanan surely owns the stage. It is not just her vibrant performances that create awe and wonder among the audience but her perceptions as a teacher and choreographer also...
View ArticleCongress seeks to shift focus to Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi: With most opinion and exit polls predicting a rout for it in four states, Congress has sought to shift the discourse from Assembly polls to Lok Sabha elections citing past trends to buttress...
View ArticlePressure mounts on Justice Ganguly to quit
Kolkata: Cranking up pressure on retired Supreme Court judge A K Ganguly, indicted by the Supreme Court following a sexual harassment complaint by a law intern, to resign as chairman of West Bengal...
View ArticleKiran Reddy dares Congress high command over Telangana
Hyderabad: Throwing a direct challenge at the Congress high command, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday said that he would ensure the defeat of the AP Reorganisation Bill...
View ArticleIndia, Pakistan should discuss Kashmir 'directly': US
Washington: The US has ruled out any mediation on the Kashmir dispute, saying the issue needs to be discussed directly between India and Pakistan. The US believes India and Pakistan "need to keep...
View ArticleHyderabad is chilling at 13ºC
Hyderabad: The chill is back in the city. Hyderabad recorded a minimum temperature of 13.4º Celsius on Saturday marking the lowest so far this season. Meteorologists predicted that the mercury will dip...
View ArticleNew storm looms over the bay
Hyderabad: The deep depression which lay centered in the southwest Bay of Bengal has turned into a severe cyclonic storm. The storm named Madi, is likely to turn into a very severe cyclonic storm by...
View ArticleTussle over job clause
Hyderabad: The AP Reorganisation Bill-2013 approved by the Union Cabinet on December 5 has created a fresh tussle between state government employees from Telangana and Seemandhra. The Bill states...
View ArticleAP blanks out Sonia, Singh, YSR in dam ads
Hyderabad: Photographs of AICC president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were blanked out from a function organised by the state government to mark the inauguration of the multipurpose...
View ArticleLive: Madhya Pradesh Assembly poll results
ASSEMBLY POLL RESULTS PARTIES LEAD WIN 2008 SEATS CONGRESS 0 0 71 BJP 0 0 143 BJSP 0 0 5 BSP 0 0 7 SP 0 0 1 OTHERS 0 0 1 Amidst high expectations and uncertainty, counting began for the 230-member...
View ArticleLive: Chhattisgarh Assembly poll results
ASSEMBLY POLL RESULTS PARTIES LEAD WIN 2008 SEATS CONGRESS 0 0 38 BJP 0 0 50 BSP 0 0 2 A tough battle between the BJP and the Congress would also be seen in Chhattisgarh. The fate of 843 candidates,...
View ArticleBJP gets majority in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: BJP on Sunoday scored a hat-trick of wins in Chhattisgarh Assembly elections winning 46 of 90 seats, thwarting Congress' bid to wrest power after a decade. The saffron party is ahead in another...
View ArticleBabus clean Telangana Bill for Pranab Mukherjee
Hyderabad: In a major goof up, the Centre has sent Telangana Bill to President Pranab Mukherjee with what the officials concerned described as “minor errors”. The Centre withdrew the Bill and is now...
View ArticleCongress in ICU, will die if polls are held: Chandrababu Naidu
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Sunday that the Congress had lost the confidence of the people everywhere. If the general elections are held now, the Congress would be...
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