Telangana

Students of seven universities from Telangana formed a Telangana Universities’ Student Joint Action Committee (TUSJAC) by merging the student JACs from each of these universities and threatened to intensify their agitation if the Centre fails to announce a decision on Telangana soon. Speaking to ... [More]

Calling for separate statehood for Telangana, more than 250 temple priests of the district, all members of Telangana Brahmana Vaishnava Pourohitya Sangam (TBVPS), took out a rally in the city.They also offered pinda danam to MP Lagdapati Rajgopal amid chanting of mantras at Hanamkonda chowrasta on W... [More]

It appears ‘Aal izz not well’ insofar as the academic future of the high school students of Nizamabad district is concerned. As if boycotting the exams wasn’t enough, some of the students who took the test went to the extent of writing “Jai Telangana” slogans in their a... [More]

Students of Osmania University might lose an academic year if the Centre’s decision on the ‘T’ issue is delayed further. The university authorities said that they are at the verge of declaring a ‘zero year’ what with the agitating students insisting on a complete boycot... [More]

The Telangana Rashtra Samiti MP, Ms Vijayashanti, on Wednesday alleged that the Central government’s consultation process was aimed at scuttling the demand for separate state. Ms Vijayashanti said she preferred a sustained agitation to achieve statehood like other TD and TRS leaders. In anot... [More]

The government was working on the details of the committee that will look into the statehood issue even as it adopted a twin strategy to engage leaders in discussions and control the law and order situation in the state. The Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, will hold consultations with his C... [More]

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Aamir Khan’s latest film found resonance with pro-Telangana protesters near North Block on Tuesday. The faces on posters of the film 3 Idiots were substituted with those of TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, Praja Rajyam leader Chiranjeevi and Congress MP from Vijaywada L Rajagopal. The proteste... [More]

The Telangana battle theatre shifted to Delhi on Monday as both anti- and pro-statehood camps converged in the Capital for talks convened by the Centre even though it was doubtful whether the initiative would show a way out of the stalemate.  Ahead of the meeting to be chaired by home mini... [More]

In 1952, a young intermediate student from Osmania University walked in with a bunch of friends to tell the 1st States Reorganisation Commission that Telangana should not be merged with Andhra into a grand state. And why. He was all of 18 then.  Tuesday will mark a poignant moment for Jayash... [More]