Vijayawada, India News

New Delhi The political slugfest in Andhra Pradesh over the issue of statehood for Telangana looked set to get murkier with yet another group of Congress MPs joining the battle of succession for the legacy of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.

With huge business interests at stake in Hyderabad, geographically and historically a part of Telangana, politician-industrialists from the prosperous coastal Andhra are not ready to let go this technology and economic hub.

New Delhi, Dec 17 : The Water Resources Ministry, based on the report of the National Water Development Agency has identified 30 River links which includes 16 under Peninsular Component and 14 under Himalayan Component for preparation of feasibility reports.

The agitation for united Andhra Pradesh got a boost today with Praja Rajyam Party chief Chiranjeevi announcing his resignation as an MLA and support to the campaign, as fast-unto-death by several other leaders continued across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.

Hyderabad, Dec 14 : The Andhra Pradesh police today maintained that Congress MP from Vijayawada Mr Lagadpati Rajagopal and seven others were only taken into preventive custody to avoid chaos and later let off without any case being registered against them.

NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: The war within the Congress party over the Telangana issue intensified Tuesday as unrest raged in Andhra Pradesh against the proposed division of the state.

New Delhi Regional differences in Andhra Pradesh Congress burst out in the open on Tuesday when late YSR's son Jaganmohan Reddy joined TDP protesters in Lok Sabha only to face demands for disciplinary action from party MPs from Telangana.

Congress MP L Rajagopal, who had threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike to oppose division of Andhra Pradesh, on Tuesday began his fast here.

A shutdown impacted life in most parts of Andhra Pradesh's Andhra and Rayalaseema regions Tuesday with trouble in several areas, including in a university in Anantapur town where students opposed to the proposed Telangana state clashed with police.

The Indian government's decision to carve out a separate state of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh has plunged the state into chaos and the Rosaiah government into a crisis, with scores of Congress and opposition legislators quitting over the issue.

IANS HYDERABAD: Congress MP from Vijayawada L. Rajagopal was arrested Monday at the airport here soon after he landed to launch an indefinite fast to oppose the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

The political crisis in Andhra Pradesh triggered by the Telangana issue showed no signs of easing on Sunday with four Telugu Desam Party leaders launching an indefinite fast opposing bifurcation of the state, even as ministers, who threatened to quit, maintained silence on their move.

EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY: Vijayawada Mayor M. V. Ratna Bindu, former Mayors Tadi Sakuntala and Mallika Begum, greet former Mayor Panchumarti Anuradha and other TDP leaders who launched an indefinite fast for a unified State in Vijayawada on Sunday.

Seeking a unified State: People protesting against the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh stage a rasta roko in Anantapur on Saturday.

The decision of Congress MP from Vijayawada L. Rajagopal to launch a hunger strike here from Monday to protest the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh has evoked strong reaction from his own party leaders in Telangana.

VIJAYAWADA: The political agitation in favour of united Andhra Pradesh picked up further momentum on Saturday, as Telugu Desam Party MLA and party district convener, Devineni Umamaheswara Rao, and four other party leaders, decided to go on a fast-unto-death from 10 a.m. on Sunday demanding a "clear and honest clarification" from Union Home Minister ...

Update: A day after the central government agreed to the formation of a separate Telangana state,Andhra Pradesh plunged into political chaos on Thursday with at least 92 legislators and several MPs from other regions of the state resigning or threatening to quit to protest the "unilateral" decision to divide the state.

Life in parts of Andhra and Rayalaseema regions were affected on Friday in response to a daylong shutdown to protest the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh.

Bandhs and protests over the Centre's move to create a separate Telangana state continued for the second day on Saturday, affecting normal life in coastal Andhra and Rayalseema regions of Andhra Pradesh.

A day after the central government agreed to the formation of a separate Telangana state, Andhra Pradesh plunged into political chaos Thursday with at least 92 legislators and several MPs from other regions of the state resigning or threatening to quit to protest the 'unilateral' decision to divide the state.