Hyderabad, India News

Mediapersons on Friday held a protest in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly in Hyderabad demanding action against policemen who allegedly manhandled some scribes at the Osmania University.

Hyderabad, Dec 11 : Life in parts of Andhra and Rayalaseema regions were affected Friday in response to a daylong shutdown to protest the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh.

Ontario's trade mission to India moved from Mumbai to Hyderabad today, as the Premier and the delegation met with Indian business leaders who are keen to see their economy grow green.

The five-decade-long agitation for a separate Telangana state may be bearing fruit with the announcement on Wednesday night by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram [ Images ] that the process for forming the new state would begin.

The demand for a separate Telangana state goes back several decades. Telangana is a region comprising 10 of Andhra Pradesh's 23 districts.

'Trade between India, Gulf was about US $87 bn in 2008-09' - Photo: Mohd. Yousuf Fostering ties: Deputy Foreign Trade Minister of UAE, Abdullah Al-Saleh, and ASSOCHAM president and vice-chairman of Piramal Healthcare, Swati Piramal, at the inauguration of 'Indo-Gulf Business Forum' meet on Wednesday.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrasekhar Rao called off his 11-day hunger strike shortly after midnight, following an announcement by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi that the process of formation of Telangana would be initiated by moving a resolution in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.

BJP on Wednesday forced adjournment of Rajya Sabha for a brief period pressing for government's response on the issue of Telangana and the deteriorating health of TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao.

The Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh Tuesday remained tense amid widespread protests demanding statehood as the condition of Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, whose fast unto death entered its 10th day, began to worsen.

ADILABAD: Chennur MLA Nallala Odelu on Wednesday led a group of slogan shouting Telangana Rashtra Samiti cadres, which stormed the Jaipur Mandal Revenue Office demanding shifting of their fasting party president K. Chandrasekhar Rao from Khammam to Hyderabad.

Bangalore, Dec 8 : The Indian Railways will run 2,872 special trains across the country during summer to clear the extra rush of passengers during the holiday season, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Tuesday.

BANDH IMPACT: Commuters wait for long hours at the railway station in Vijayawada as most of the trains coming from Hyderabad are running late due to the ongoing agitation for separate Telangana.

Stanley Theodore HYDERABAD, 7 DEC: Even as the movement for a separate state of Telangana took a serious turn today with police and paramilitary forces using force to quell student protests at Osmania University and to beat up journalists, minister for BC welfare Mr Mukesh Goud today said he is starting a movement to get Union Territory status for ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party Monday appealed to Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao to end his indefinite fast for a separate Telangana state and accused the Congress of dealing the situation in an 'immature and irresponsible manner'. BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu called upon the Congress, in power both in Hyderabad and New Delhi, to ...

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah paid a visit to Telangana Rashtriya Samiti chief K Chandrasekar Rao in hospital here last night and asked him to end his fast-unto-death, which has entered its third week.

Hyderabad, Dec 7 The movement of trains in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh was hit Monday as hundreds of protesters demanding separate statehood to the region stopped several trains by squatting on the tracks.

Hyderabad, Dec 5 : Ace Indian archer Isaiah R Sanam won the gold in the Compound Division at the recently held 16th Asian Championship at Bali, Indonesia.

By Gurmukh Singh, Toronto, Dec 6: Dalton McGuinty, premier of Canada's Ontario province, Saturday left for India on a week-long trade mission to sell green technology to the energy-starved country.

The anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition passed off peacefully here amid tight security, police said Sunday.

Hyderabad, Dec 5 Y.S. Vijayalakshmi, widow of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, was Saturday elected unopposed to the state assembly.