Anti-Telangana Protests Continue In Rayalseema, Coastal Region
15 years, 3 months ago

Anti-Telangana Protests Continue In Rayalseema, Coastal Region

India TV News  

The anti-Telangana protesters went on a rampage in Anantapur district on Saturday setting afire large quantities of BSNL cables, even as bandhs and series of demonstrations continued for the second day in coastal Andhra and Rayalseema regions against bifurcation of the state. Police resorted to mild lathi-charge to disperse students and others after they set on fire telephone cables at a BSNL office near Itikalapalli, Anantapur District Superintendent of Police, Murugesh Kumar Singh told PTI. In Vijayawada city, cutting across partylines, Congress, TDP and PRP activists organised rallies, dharnas and also held relay hunger strikes for 'one Andhra', even as business establishments, shops and banks in commercial areas remained closed. Protesters held road blockades and rail roko at several places in Kurnool, but it's not a bandh-like situation, Kurnool district Superintendent of Police Ch Srikant told PTI. Passengers had a tough time as Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation suspended services in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions even as protesters damaged two buses at Mydukur depot in Kadapa district.

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Osmania University row: Why Telangana's historic institution banned protests on-campus and what netizens are saying
1 week, 2 days ago

Osmania University row: Why Telangana's historic institution banned protests on-campus and what netizens are saying

Hindustan Times  

Touted to be among Telangana's oldest and iconic educational institutions, Osmania University that came into existence in 1917 has been grabbing headlines ever since the authorities put a ban on protests inside the campus on March 13, 2025- a move that has not only become a matter of political debacle but also being termed as a major step in the …

Telangana university bans protest on campus, BJP calls it 'undeclared emergency'
Top News
1 week, 4 days ago

Telangana university bans protest on campus, BJP calls it 'undeclared emergency'

India Today  

Telangana’s Osmania University has banned staging dharnas, protests and raising slogans inside campus, in a move to facilitate learning in a “conducive and peaceful environment”. It further added that “trespassing, staging dharnas and agitations, raising slogans, preventing administrative authorities and staff from discharging their official duties, using unparliamentary and filthy language against university staff and authorities have been prohibited in …

Outfit urges govt. to not shift offices from Rayalaseema region
4 months, 1 week ago

Outfit urges govt. to not shift offices from Rayalaseema region

The Hindu  

The Rayalaseema Sagu Neeti Sadhana Samithi has demanded that the State government desist from its plans to shift the government offices/ institutions established in the Rayalaseema region. The Rayalaseema Self-Respect Day was celebrated grandly on Monday at the Rayalaseema Sagu Neeti Sadhana Samiti headquarters in Nandyal on Monday. The government was requested to take steps to establish a High Court …

About 20 trains stopped between AP and Telangana as streams and rivulets overflowing on tracks, thousands of passengers stranded
6 months, 3 weeks ago

About 20 trains stopped between AP and Telangana as streams and rivulets overflowing on tracks, thousands of passengers stranded

The Hindu  

About 20 trains were stopped at various stations between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and thousands of passengers were struck as a result of floods on Sunday. The South Central Railway has shifted the passengers and arranged special trains to transport the stranded passengers to Chennai, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam, said the Vijayawada Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, V. Rambabu. SCR Chief Public …

Protests rock in Hyderabad’s Ashok Nagar after reports of student ending life
1 year, 5 months ago

Protests rock in Hyderabad’s Ashok Nagar after reports of student ending life

The Hindu  

Late night protests broke out in Ashok Nagar area after a student, Marri Pravalika, allegedly ended her life in a hostel room late on Friday. The news of her death spread like wildfire and the students who are living in the area turned up to protest blaming the postponement of Telangana State Public Service Commission Group II exam. Many coaching …

Andhra Pradesh Bandh LIVE Updates: TDP workers hold protest against Chandrababu Naidu's arrest
1 year, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Bandh LIVE Updates: TDP workers hold protest against Chandrababu Naidu's arrest

Live Mint  

Andhra Pradesh Live: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu was arrested in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday at Nandyala for his alleged role in the multi-crore Skill Development Corporation scam. TDP leaders stage protests across Andhra after Chandrababu Naidu’s arrest Andhra Pradesh Bandh Updates: Telugu Desam Party workers held a protest on Monday …

TDP workers protest against Chandrababu Naidu's arrest, several detained
1 year, 6 months ago

TDP workers protest against Chandrababu Naidu's arrest, several detained

India Today  

Several TDP leaders held protests across Andhra Pradesh on Monday protesting against the arrest of its chief and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in a corruption case. In Tadipatri in Anantapur district, some TDP leaders were taken into custody for organising a protest against N Chandrababu Naidu's arrest. On September 9, N Chandrababu Naidu was arrested by the Criminal …

TDP chief’s arrest leaves passengers stranded in south coastal Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 6 months ago

TDP chief’s arrest leaves passengers stranded in south coastal Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Tension gripped different parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the arrest of Telugu Desam Party national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at Nandyal on Saturday. Scores of TDP leaders including party Polit Bureau member Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy, Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy, his brother Kotamreddy Giridhar Reddy and Kondepi MLA Dola Bala …

Leaders placed under house arrest; RTC bus services suspended in Kurnool and Nandyal
1 year, 6 months ago

Leaders placed under house arrest; RTC bus services suspended in Kurnool and Nandyal

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: Following the arrest of Telugu Desam chief Chandrababu Naidu, several party leaders were placed under house arrest in Kurnool and Nandyal districts. Prominent party leaders, including Budda Rajasekhar Reddy, Bhuma Akhila Priya, Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy, BC Janardhan Reddy, and others, were placed under preventive confinement. Mallela Rajasekhar, TD president of Nandyal district, said that since the leaders were under …

When You Can Sit On Protests, Why Can't Those Against You: HC Raps Govt
1 year, 8 months ago

When You Can Sit On Protests, Why Can't Those Against You: HC Raps Govt

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy of the Telangana High Court questioned how the government and the police, who are in power in a democracy, could prevent the people and political parties from conduct protests. Government pleader Roopender informed the court that holding dharna with 1,000 persons — the BJP’s figure regarding the likely attendance —would create a law and order …

Headlines Today
1 year, 8 months ago

Headlines Today

Deccan Chronicle  

Top news from Andhra Pradesh - The Andhra Pradesh High Court pulls up the state government for the state's low standard of education - Padmavati Express train empty coach derails near Tirupati railway station, no casualties reported - Construction for international meditation centre begins at Andhra University - Chandrababu Naidu: TDP will stand with Muslim community on UCC Telangana Top …

Congress protests, demands end to drug abuse in TS
2 years ago

Congress protests, demands end to drug abuse in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Blaming the state government for failing to control drug abuse and alcohol consumption, Congress leaders held a demonstration in front of the excise and prohibition office at Abkari Bhavan in Nampally here on Monday. Holding placards and shouting slogans, the protestors said, “unless the menace is checked on priority, we would be seeing ‘Udta Telangana’ in the not too …

BJP workers detained for protesting against Telangana govt's order on teachers' transfers
2 years, 2 months ago

BJP workers detained for protesting against Telangana govt's order on teachers' transfers

India Today  

The Hyderabad Police on Monday detained several leaders of BJP’s minority morcha protesting at the office of the Commissioner of School Education in Lakdikapul and shifted them to the Nampally Police Station. The leaders were protesting against a government order pertaining to Telangana Public Employment, of December 6, 2021, which introduced a zonal system in the allocation of jobs that …

BJP stages protests against arrest of leaders across Telangana
2 years, 7 months ago

BJP stages protests against arrest of leaders across Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BJP staged protests across the state on Wednesday against what it called the “illegal arrests and attacks on BJP leaders and dictatorial rule” of the TRS government. Speaking at a protest camp in the BJP state office, BJP OBC Morcha president Dr K. Laxman, a Rajya Sabha member, said the TRS, unable to digest the growth of the …

Agnipath Protest: Andhra Pradesh Police Arrest Accused In Secunderabad Station Violence
2 years, 9 months ago

Agnipath Protest: Andhra Pradesh Police Arrest Accused In Secunderabad Station Violence

ABP News  

New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh police on Saturday arrested an ex-Armyman in connection with Secunderabad railway station violence in over the 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme, the police said. A 19-year-old youth was killed while several other protesters were injured as police opened fire when an angry mob agitated and set railway coaches ablaze at the railway station. After the protesters went on …

BJP Plans Protest March, Privilege Motion Against Telangana Govt for Arresting Bandi Sanjay
3 years, 2 months ago

BJP Plans Protest March, Privilege Motion Against Telangana Govt for Arresting Bandi Sanjay

News 18  

The BJP has decided to go on the offensive against the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for arresting its state president Bandi Sanjay for observing ‘Jagarana Deeksha’ at his camp office against the government orders on transfer of teachers and other employees. “To extend the solidarity and support to government teachers, and employees in Telangana for revoking GO NO317, TRS disturbed peaceful …

Protests over rape, murder of woman veterinarian in Telangana
5 years, 3 months ago

Protests over rape, murder of woman veterinarian in Telangana

India TV News  

A large group of people including activists on Saturday staged a protest outside a police station near here, where the accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian were lodged, demanding 'severe' punishment to them. The protesters gathered outside Shadnagar police station and raised slogans against the accused. Police assured the agitators that they would ensure 100 per …

Students stage protests across Kurnool district
5 years, 4 months ago

Students stage protests across Kurnool district

The Hindu  

The student unions’ joint action committee organised protests across the district demanding that the government shift the capital city and the High Court to Rayalaseema, on Saturday. The students demanded that the government must adhere to the agreement made before the formation of Andhra State claiming that after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana the State reverted to its previous …

Andhra Pradesh polls: 2 killed in clashes, EVMs malfunction
5 years, 11 months ago

Andhra Pradesh polls: 2 killed in clashes, EVMs malfunction

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Two persons died in clashes between the YSRC and the TD workers in Rayalaseema during Thursday’s elections to 175 Assembly segments and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. Polling was affected by about 400 EVMs malfunctioning across the state, and voting was expected to continue till midnight in Mangalgiri where minister and TD candidate Nara Lokesh, the son …

Rajahmundry: Security plan for polls at borders ready
6 years ago

Rajahmundry: Security plan for polls at borders ready

Deccan Chronicle  

Rajahmundry: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana state, Chhattisgarh and Odisha which share common borders are going for simultaneous polls for the first time, and the top brass of the police from all the four states have have chalked out a common action plan to enhance security in the Agency areas. Trivikrama Varma, SPs from the districts of East Godavari, Bhupalapalli, Bhadradri Kothagudem, …

Andhra Pradesh: Violent protests by Kapus against quota
9 years, 1 month ago

Andhra Pradesh: Violent protests by Kapus against quota

India TV News  

Visakhapatnam: Violent protests erupted in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district on Sunday as thousands of protestors from Kapu community seeking quota benefits under Backward Class category went on a rampage, setting ablaze at least six compartments of Ratnachal Express, two police stations and blocked highways and railway lines. All trains between Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam and the vehicular traffic on Chennai-Kolkata …

AAP condemns violence in Karnataka over Yellur signboard
10 years, 7 months ago

AAP condemns violence in Karnataka over Yellur signboard

India TV News  

Mumbai: Aam Aadmi Party has condemned the violence that erupted following the removal of a pro- Maharashtra signboard at Yellur village in Karnataka. AAP believes that stirring up violence in the name of language and state borders is condemnable.Often, violence is incited for political gains and the result is that the aam aadmi suffers. This exploitation of emotive issues must …

Polavaram row: call for 72-hour bus roko
10 years, 8 months ago

Polavaram row: call for 72-hour bus roko

The Hindu  

Around 67 APSRTC buses, which ply daily to various destinations in Andhra Pradesh and Bhadrachalam in Telangana State, are likely to come to a halt in the next three days owing to the 72-hour ‘bus roko’ stir called by the ‘anti-Polavaram struggle committee’. The anti-Polavaram struggle committee consisting of various Adivasi organisations as well as the all-party divisional committees exempted …

Telangana shut in protest as govt approves ordinance on Polavaram dam
10 years, 9 months ago

Telangana shut in protest as govt approves ordinance on Polavaram dam

Firstpost  

A bandh was being observed in Telangana region on Thursday to protest the reported move to merge villages in seven mandals of Khammam district with the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh for construction of the mega Polavaram project. Hyderabad: A bandh was being observed in Telangana region on Thursday to protest the reported move to merge villages in seven mandals …

Telangana bandh hits normal life
10 years, 9 months ago

Telangana bandh hits normal life

The Hindu  

The day-long shutdown called by TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday protesting the Centre’s ordinance to hand over 200 villages of Telangana to Andhra Pradesh for Polavaram irrigation project, affected normal life. The Telangana Chief Minister-designate called the shutdown to protest an ordinance issued by the Centre to transfer 205 villages of Khammam district of Telangana to adjoining state …

Widespread protests against Rajapaksa
10 years, 10 months ago

Widespread protests against Rajapaksa

The Hindu  

Angry and widespread protests, including attempted rail rokos, were staged across the State on Monday to protest the participation of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet in New Delhi. Tamil enthusiasts and Eelam supporters such as the Naam Tamizhar Katchi, besides the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, the Marumalarchi Drvaida Munnetra Kazhagam …

Attack on Lok Satta Party leader triggers protest
11 years, 1 month ago

Attack on Lok Satta Party leader triggers protest

The Hindu  

The attack on Lok Satta Party national president Jayaprakash Narayan by Telangana lawyers and members of the student JAC at AP Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday evoked angry protests from party leaders and workers here. Lok Satta Party workers led by State party president Katari Srinivasa Rao staged a demonstration at the Ambedkar Statue on Tank Bund to register …

Shutdown in Seemandhra hits normal life
11 years, 2 months ago

Shutdown in Seemandhra hits normal life

India TV News  

Hyderabad: A shutdown is being observed Friday in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh to oppose bifurcation of the state. On a day when the state assembly resumed its winter session to debate the bill for formation of a separate Telangana state, normal life came to a halt in 13 districts of Seemandhra, as Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra …

Rayalaseema, coastal areas of AP shut down to protest Telangana
11 years, 2 months ago

Rayalaseema, coastal areas of AP shut down to protest Telangana

Firstpost  

Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed while buses of state-owned Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation were off the roads. Hyderabad: A shutdown is being observed on Friday in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh to oppose bifurcation of the state. On a day when the state assembly resumed its winter session to debate the bill …

Telangana bill tabled in Andhra assembly amid protests
11 years, 3 months ago

Telangana bill tabled in Andhra assembly amid protests

Firstpost  

The bill for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh was on Monday tabled in the state assembly amid protests by legislators from Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions. Hyderabad: The bill for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh was on Monday tabled in the state assembly amid protests by legislators from Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions. Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2013, for formation of separate …

Andhra legislature rocked by protests over Telangana bill
11 years, 3 months ago

Andhra legislature rocked by protests over Telangana bill

India TV News  

Hyderabad: Both houses of the Andhra Pradesh legislature were rocked by protests Friday as the legislators from Telangana, across party lines, demanded immediate debate on the bill for a separate state. The state assembly and the legislative council were adjourned by the presiding officers as lawmakers from Telangana and Seemandhra trooped into the wells of the two houses. Both houses …

Protests over Telangana disrupt Andhra Pradesh assembly
11 years, 3 months ago

Protests over Telangana disrupt Andhra Pradesh assembly

Firstpost  

Legislators of all the parties, including those from the ruling Congress, beseiged the speaker’s podium and raised slogans. Hyderabad: Both houses of the Andhra Pradesh legislature were rocked by protests on Friday as the legislators from Telangana, across party lines, demanded immediate debate on the bill for a separate state. With the central government sending Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2013, …

Andhra bifurcation: Mixed response for Seemandhra bandh
11 years, 3 months ago

Andhra bifurcation: Mixed response for Seemandhra bandh

India TV News  

Hyderabad: The two-day bandh call given by the pro-United Andhra Pradesh groups against the Cabinet's nod for draft bill for bifurcation of the state has evoked a mixed response in the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions on the second day today. But educational institutions, some of whom have declared holiday, remained closed entirely.TDP legislator Devineni Umamaheswara Rao, former MP Gadde …

Telangana Row: Shutdown continues in Seemandhra for second day
11 years, 3 months ago

Telangana Row: Shutdown continues in Seemandhra for second day

India TV News  

Hyderabad: Shutdown continued for the second day Saturday in Rayalaseema and coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh against the central government's decision to bifurcate the state by carving out separate Telangana state. Shops, business establishments, educational institutions and government offices remained closed, while buses of state-owned Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation were off the roads in all 13 districts of …

Telangana bill: Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema regions observe bandh
11 years, 3 months ago

Telangana bill: Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema regions observe bandh

India TV News  

Telangana bill: Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema regions observe bandh Hyderabad: Normal life was badly affected in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions as a bandh against the Union Cabinet's approval of a bill for division of Andhra Pradesh began this morning.Leaders and activists of TDP, Hyderabad: Normal life was badly affected in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions as a bandh against the …

‘Rayala-Telangana’ finds no traction
11 years, 3 months ago

‘Rayala-Telangana’ finds no traction

The Hindu  

The Group of Ministers set up to finalise the contentious issues relating to the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, on Tuesday broadly approved the draft bill for the purpose. But indications were that the idea of the inclusion of two more districts, Anantapur and Kurnool, from the Rayalaseema region to constitute a ‘Rayala-Telangana’ has so far gained little traction. After …

BJP shoots down Rayala-Telangana proposal
11 years, 3 months ago

BJP shoots down Rayala-Telangana proposal

The Hindu  

In yet another twist to the Central government’s reported move in favour of Rayala-Telangana, the BJP has made it clear that it will not support Telangana Bill if it comes up before Parliament in a form other than ten districts of the region. This is apparently giving anxious moments to the Congress leaders from Telangana region who are now worried …

Strike to continue as talks to revoke Telangana fail: Andhra state employees
11 years, 5 months ago

Strike to continue as talks to revoke Telangana fail: Andhra state employees

Firstpost  

Andhra Pradesh state employees, including those in the crucial power sector, today said their strike over creation of Telangana would continue as talks with the government on the issue had failed Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh state employees, including those in the crucial power sector, today said their strike over creation of Telangana would continue as talks with the government on the …

Telangana crisis: Power outages may threaten Google, Microsoft
11 years, 5 months ago

Telangana crisis: Power outages may threaten Google, Microsoft

Live Mint  

New Delhi/Hyderabad: Protests against a plan to split Andhra Pradesh entered a fourth day, leaving about 21 million people without electricity as outages threatened to affect technology companies like Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. add_main_imageStriking workers shuttered power plants and impeded distribution, extending blackouts that started 6 October in six districts of Andhra Pradesh. Control of Hyderabad is a key …

Anti-Telangana protests rock AP
11 years, 5 months ago

Anti-Telangana protests rock AP

India TV News  

Image Source : INDIATV 1/6 An Indian state government employee and supporter of United Andhra Pradesh shouts slogans during a hunger strike at the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. Image Source : INDIATV 2/6 Supporters of United Andhra Pradesh join hands and shout slogans during their hunger strike at the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat in Hyderabad. …

Telangana protests leave 21 mn without power in Andhra
11 years, 5 months ago

Telangana protests leave 21 mn without power in Andhra

Live Mint  

Almost 21 million people were left without electricity for the third consecutive day in Andhra Pradesh as protests against a plan to split the state spread, halting power plants and impeding distribution. Stones at police Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s cabinet last week approved the proposal to create the Telangana state, India’s 29th, sparking agitation in the other half of Andhra …

Telangana: Curfew in Andhra Pradesh town, power crisis hits state
11 years, 5 months ago

Telangana: Curfew in Andhra Pradesh town, power crisis hits state

India TV News  

Hyderabad/Vizianagaram: Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh today continued to simmer with protests against the proposed bifurcation of the state as curfew remained in place in restive Vizianagaram town and large areas plunged into darkness with electricity employees on strike. Roiling since the Union Cabinet's October 3 decision to carve out a new state of Telangana, Vizianagaram is …

Anti-Telangana protests in Andhra Pradesh turn violent
11 years, 5 months ago

Anti-Telangana protests in Andhra Pradesh turn violent

India TV News  

Kadapa/Vizianagaram: After 65 days, the peaceful agitation opposing bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh took a violent turn on Friday as agitators of political parties and Samakhyarashtra Parirakshana Samathi attacked central government offices in Kadapa, Jagan Mohan's stronghold, today. Railway reservation counters were attacked while computers, server systems, LCD TVs and glass panels were broken at Kadapa railway station, after which the …

Swelling protests shut down Seemandhra
11 years, 5 months ago

Swelling protests shut down Seemandhra

The Hindu  

Protests rocked the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions on Friday against the Union Cabinet’s approval for the proposal to create Telangana by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh. An anti-Congress sentiment swept the regions as protesters attacked the houses of Pradesh Congress president Botcha Satyanarayana and several other leaders. Many places resembled battlegrounds as protesters blocked roads with burning tyres and trees and …

‘Rescind bifurcation decision; constitute Telangana regional council’
11 years, 6 months ago

‘Rescind bifurcation decision; constitute Telangana regional council’

The Hindu  

The UPA government should constitute a Telangana regional council for social, economic and regional development as suggested by Justice Srikrishna Commission, without bifurcating the State, District Intellectuals’ Forum president M. Vivekananda Reddy said on Tuesday. Out of 3.53 lakh hectares of cultivable land, water availability was difficult for 1.96 lakh hectares and bore wells were not yielding water even at …

Seemandhra ministers, Cong MPs to meet today
11 years, 6 months ago

Seemandhra ministers, Cong MPs to meet today

India TV News  

Hyderabad: Union Ministers, ruling Congress MPs and other leaders from the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions are set to meet here today to discuss the future course of action over the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh. The meeting will be held at the Ministers' Quarters, the residential complex here for state ministers, said Primary Education Minister S Sailajanath, a leader …

Protests continue against AP bifurcation
11 years, 6 months ago

Protests continue against AP bifurcation

The Hindu  

Protests against the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh continued in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of the state on Sunday. Pro-united Andhra Pradesh supporters including scores of students and members of different organisations took to streets supporting the Samaikyandhra movement, which has been going on in 13 districts of Seemandhra region for over one month. As part of the Samaikyandhra …

Telengana protests eat into Tirumala income
11 years, 6 months ago

Telengana protests eat into Tirumala income

The Hindu  

The ongoing protests in Andhra Pradesh against the formation of Telangana as a separate State have taken a toll on the revenue of the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams. According to official sources, the average daily collection has dropped by at least 30 per cent. Besides other steps to restore normality, TTD authorities were negotiating with transport workers’ unions to ensure normal …

‘Ashtadigbandhana’ brings traffic to a halt in Vijayawada
11 years, 6 months ago

‘Ashtadigbandhana’ brings traffic to a halt in Vijayawada

The Hindu  

Samaikyandhra activists laid a siege to the city by staging rasta roko for over two hours at all the eight entry points into the city as part of a protest called “Ashtadigbandhana’ on Wednesday. Members of the APNGOs and Lorry Owners’ Association, under the aegis of local cable network, SITI Cable, arranged road blocks at Benz Circle, Ramavarapadu Circle, Kanakadurgamma …

A month after Telangana nod; Seemandhra remains in turmoil
11 years, 6 months ago

A month after Telangana nod; Seemandhra remains in turmoil

India TV News  

Hyderabad: As the Congress leadership's announcement to grant statehood to Telangana completes one month, Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions remained in turmoil over the proposed division. Protests continued unabated today in Seemandhra against the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh.United Andhra supporters organised protest rallies, fasts, bike rallies, community kitchens and special prayers at places of worship at several areas in …

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