Telangana Bandh and Jagan Odarpu Yatra

Telangana and Osmania University have requested the Government to delete clause14(f) and declare Hyderabad as free zone for the recruitment can be made from all regions. 

The recruitment test is going to held on Aug 13-14.  JAC has decided to hold a bandh on Aug 8 and then they have decided to postponed it to Aug 13-14.

However, Home minster has stated that deletion of clause decision should be taken by the respective state government and pass a resolution. 

Now the student union has decided to boycott classes from Aug 17 and go on indefinite strike.  The JAC has decided to block highways on Aug 16.

With the state issue catching up, Jagan has decided to start his "Odarpu Yatra" from Aug 15 in order console the familites in Krishna district which will be go on for 16 days and ending on Aug 31 with huge meeting.

During this Yatra Jagan will be covering 1150 km and also unveil 160 statues of Rajasekhar Reddy at various places.

Telangana state talks fails and TJAC decide to go on strike

Hone Minister P Chindabaram has mentioend that UPA Government would not like to take any decision on the state hood of Telangana.  The party is in talks with the state parties on the issues.  However, Ghulam Nabi Azad did mention to the Telangana MPs that he will consulting with the Central and get results in 2 months.

Chindabaram also stated the NDA Government has also opposed for the Telangana state issue in 2002.  With the talks going on with the parties, he stated that out 8 main parties in the state only few are supporting the state hood issue.

With the Congress leader not willing to take back their resignations and supporting the formation of Telangana state. 

The Congress leaders has decide to go on a one-day hunger-strike in Hyderabad on the August 11, protesting the delay in deletion of clause 14 (f) of the Presidential Order dealing with administrative recruitments.

Congress leaders are also planning to hoist the Telangana Flag on Aug 15.

Now the state and Central Government employees in the Telangana region have decided to go on hunger strike from Aug 17.  This is has been due to talks failing with the Government and also moving out of police from certain areas and offices.   The unions later announced the agitation would resume from August 8 in various forms and will turn into a full-fledged, indefinite strike from August 17 as scheduled.

Telangana MPs stay away from Parliament Session

With the monsoon started in both the house of the Parliament and this session being the crucial one, with as many 36 important bills to discuss and passed by both the houses.

The Telangana statehood issue is also one of such discussion that needs to taken into this session by the Congress party and draft the bill for the same.  In view of this most the Telangana MPs did not attend the Parliament session.

Though Congress spokeperson Ghulam Nabi Azad has made all the attempts with the T-minister in order to take their resignation back, however, it did not reap any results.

The Congress MPs, two Lok Sabha members from Telangana Rashtra Samiti and Telugu Desam, and one Rajya Sabha member from Telugu Desam also stayed away from the Parliament.  A total of nine members of the Lok Sabha (lower house) and one member of Rajya Sabha (upper house) stayed away.

With no action taken on the Telangana issue, KCR has threaten that he will consume poison and die if there is no outcome. 

With this TTDP went on day long dharna at the Indira Park, and also stated that If Sonia Gandhi says, that she will create Telangana state and ChandraBabu Naidu writes a letter for the same.  They are ready to take back their resignation.

Here you go, thought the minister have submitted their resignations to the Government, still they are getting paid for the duties which they are not performing for the citizens of State.  Government has mentioned unless their resignation are accepted by the respective party leader or ruling Government they will be paid their salaries, whether perform their duties or not. 

IT IS WIN WIN SITUATION FOR THE MINISTERS, NO WORK GET PAID. Now whose money is the Government paying to them?

Telangana Talks to begin : More ministers ready to resign.

With the 48 hours bandh called by the T-JAC and TRS parties from Tuesday in protest for the Telangana statehood and action on the same by the Central Government and Congress team.

It was turn of more minister to submit their resignation to the assembly and lok sabha speaker on Tuesday, with the first person being MP Vijayshanthi, TRS who has always been pro-active and said that she will be first person to submit her resignation if the process begins.  She has faxed her resignation to the Speaker, joining her was TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, who also faxed his resignation to the speaker.

From Delhi it was the turn of the Telugu Desam MPs Nama Nageswara Rao and Ramesh Rathod also called on Ms. Kumar and tendered their resignations. With all parties joining hands and going forward with submission of their resignation 4 MLA of CPI and 2 from BJP which included the State President G. Kishan Reddy. 

J. Ranga Reddy (CPI), mentioned that the resignation submitted by parties which are non-congress will no put any pressure on the central Government and now Minister P Shankar Rao has also submitted his papers.

The tally has reached to 99 (out of 119 in Telangana). 12 Ministers and 14 MPs, including a Rajya Sabha member, too have resigned. Many ministers and MPs from Hyderabad had refused to resign and this led to demonstration of Telangana activists in the Assembly.

With the bandh going on peacefully across the city, there were some violence seen at the Osmania Campus, with Police coming into action, firing tear gas and lathi charge also arresting Nagam Janardhan Reddy from the Campus region.

The center has come into action, with several meeting being held across the board between the Congress spokeperson Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Pranab Mukherjee on what action to taken.  The MPs and MLAs have also met Pranab Mukherjee and Azad in order to discuss on the statehood issue.  None of the resignation have yet been accepted by the party or speaker..

However, Azad has mentioned that instead of jumping to the conclusion, they will like to meet the people of Andhra Pradesh and know their views and feedback.  Then they will held all parties and decide on the outcome of the same.

48 hour Telangana Bandh called by T-JAC

Telangana region gears up for the 48 hours Telangana Bandh called the Telangana Joint Action Committe and Telangana Rastra Samithi.

With the bandh called for net 48 hours, this may affect very badly on services for the APSRTC, and autorickshaw will off the road, the South Central Railway suspending its Secunderabad-Falaknuma MMTS services. Shamshabad airport authorities suspending Aeroexpress services.

Many of the IT Companies have decided their schedule on the week long and also provide guidelines to their employees as their will disruption of traffic and also not working of Metro rail. There are several private schools who have already declared holiday for the next two days, and also citizens have started piling up stocks of food and vegetables as their no deadline for the protest when will it will end.

Long queues were seen on the petrol pump and traffic jams were seen across the city, with heavy rush in all markets.  South Central have decided that MTS service will closed from 12 am to 12 pm on July 5 and then decide further.  Auto unions, motor workers and trucks would not operate through the city as the 48 hour bandh call.

APSRTC will not operate through Osmania Campus and has sent circular to the district authorities on the operation of buses.  Most the Entertainment sector, Theatre wil remain closed for the next two days.

Telangana Rastra Samithi Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has declared that if the Central does not take an action on the Telangana state hood then agitation will move further will Rail Roko on July 8th and 9th, which will lead breakage of the rail link between the South and other states of Country.

78 MLAs and 10 MPs resign from the post for Telangana issue

In the high drama, of ministers and MPs planning to resign if no decision is taken on the Telangana statehood, with T-JAC giving a deadline of June 25 and then the minister decide it as July 4.

Now the Telangana issue, has changed its face with 78 MLA's and 10 MP's across all the parties in the state have submitted their resignation and also called a 48 hour bandh in the city, which will affect the normal life of the people.  There are more minister and MP's to join the group with D Nageswar Rao and Ramesh Rathod planning to submit their resignation on Tuesday.

As many as 39 Congress MLAs and 11 ministers with 34 TDP MLAs have submitted their resignation to the Governor, this is hard blow to CM Kiran Reddy Government.  Though the resignation are not yet accepted by the Governor and Chief Minister.

With the resignation count on increase, the Central quickly turned into action and stated that the rule 1975 clause will be discussed, which will provide preferences to local candidate in the police department and also to make Hyderbad a free zone for employment. Home Minister P Chindabaram also mentioned that he understand this is complex issue and we will start plan of action on it.

However, the bandh is not called off and is supported by T-JAC and TRS parties.  This is going to affect the normal life, with people already stocking up the required food and vegetables, Government employees returning back home, the rail and road will also be affected in the region.

Telangana gets ready for next phase of movement

Telangana movement was slow down due to Election in other states, examination and also a promise of the central Government that decision will be taken after the 5 state election are completed.

Now the Center Government has taken a U turn and not ready to work on any kind of plan on the Telangana statehood issue.  Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) has not decided to taken the movement into next phase with making it more intensified and also getting major ministers, pressurizing Government to decide on it.

Prof. Kondandaram has decided that after the death of K Shankar, who is known as the father of the Telangana movement,  which made delays of their plans on the protest.  The deadline stipulated for the resignation submission of the T-Minister was June 25, which was not a success and every day attacks on the T-ministers, stoppage of convoy across the region has also raised question.

TJAC has now decided for protest in different ways:

• Plans to block roads, Rail Roko and General strike in the coming days,
• Again a million march to Hyderabad for the statehood decision. 
• TJAC has also decided to put pressure on the T-Ministers to support and TDP leader to quit the assembly proceedings. 
• TJAC is also looking out to work with TRS and BJP and join their protest make it success.
• Telangana Congress ministers had decided to go on fast on July 5 at the Delhi in order to draft and take action on the Telangana state hood issue.
• With TDP also being spilt into two camps, N Janardhan Reddy taking up the Telangana issue and criticizing the party leader and also has decided to take two day fast rally at the capital Hyderabad on July 3-4.

Now with Telangana protestors deciding on their action.  Pro-telangana activists has also decided to come into action with meeting the leader at the Center and requesting them not to take an action on the Telangana statehood issue.

Be ready see more action on the Telangana movement in coming days

Telangana statehood gets support from UP CM Mayawati.

UP Chief Minister Mayawati has mentioned she will support Telangana state issue if it is been discussed in the Parliament.

Bahujan Samaj Party will provide it support in the parliament as Scheduled caste presence is more when compared to other classes in the region.  Scheduled Caste, Tribes and other backward classes are numerically high in number in the Telangana region.

She also mentioned that it has always been an issue with the new state formation in the country with Congress and BJP Government in power.  If the BSP, comes to power in the centre then a new state formation will not be any issue and settled at one go.

Mayawati also presented her roadmap in order to get more support in Andhra Pradesh, also stated that BSP will fight lonely on all the seats of the state on its own. She has also hit back on the price rise of Diesel, Kerosene and LPG Gas by the Government.

Speaking about the Black money, she mentioned that if it is brought back, the poverty in India will be eradicated.

Telugu Newspaper Online (epaper)

With the increase in the usage of technology and every looking out for information on the move and latest news to be known, what is happening in and around state.  We find a telugu speaking person in every nook corner of the world and like to know what is happening his home town and state.

As the Technology has increased, all the newspaper available across the state have gone online and provided the access to everyone as "e-paper".  E-Paper is now playing a vital part in today technology, with easy to access be it on computer or mobile. 

In Telugu language there are no-of newspapers (epapers) published and available in various countries. Below is a list of few popular epapers (online newspapers) in Telugu.

Find the complete list of Telugu News Paper which are available as E-Paper online:

• Namasthe Telangaana epaper.
• Andhra Bhoomi epaper.
• Andhra Jyoti epaper  
• Andhra Prabha epaper
• Eenadu epaper  
• Sakshi epaper   
• Vaartha epaper

Find the complete list of English News Paper which are available as E-Paper online:

• New Indian Express
• The Times of India
• The Economic Times
• Hindi Milap
• Deccan Herald
• Deccan Chronicle
• The Hindu

Be on the move the get the latest information for the epaper online.

Deputy CM appointed for Andhra Pradesh

With Telangana issue on the rise, TDP, TJAC, TRS beginning to start new plan of action on the new state formation.

Congress has rolled their dice, with giving permission to appoint a Deputy Chief Minister for Andhra Pradesh, who will be represented from Telangana region.  After the discussion with the CM Kiran Reddy and his suggestion to the state governor makes Damodar Rajanarasimha as the Deputy CM for AP.

Damodar Rajanarasimha (Damu) is from Telangana region and was state higher education  minister with charge of agriculture during YSR term. With this move Congress has made it clear that they are in no mood of separate state and also their stand towards Telangana people and also scheduled caste.  Damodar belongs to the scheduled caste.  He is 52 years old.

This was move from Central Government, when MP from Telangana have met Prime Minister and made it clear that they will not be able to continue with their positions if the Government is not clear with their stand on the Telangana issue.

Get to know more about Deputy CM Damodar RajaNarasimha

BJP gain popularity with its Telangana support

BJP held a meeting at Ambedkar Stadium in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh which was addresses by BJP Leader Sushma Swaraj.  The meet was called "Telangana Poru" in order to showcase that BJP is supporting the movement of separate Telangana state.

BJP has gained good popularity with approx 50000+ attendees were present in the meet and many of them were not able to enter the stadium due to overcrowding. The meeting proved a grand success as the attendance exceeded the expectations of the party leaders with party expecting around 20-30000 people attending it.

However, Sushma Swaraj has bad experience on her visit, where she was not provided the respective security, which needs to given by the state Government for the Opposition party leader visiting the state.  Sushma Swaraj, has made it clear to the people of Telangana region, with their stand on the Telangana movement and also their support for separate state formation.

Sushma Swaraj stated that : “The NDA will extend full support to ensure the passage of the bill. Otherwise the BJP will form the Telangana state after it returns to power in 2014,” she declared. “This will be the first act of the BJP after it comes to power.”

As always senior BJP leaders targeted the Congress leader and also mentioned that they are playing with emotion of the Telangana people by creating a SriKrishna Committee and their report.  She also mentioned that the eight chapter in the report which was made secret had suggestion for forming a separate Telangana state.

Sushma Swaraj also mentioned that the secret chapter mentioned that if a new state is formed then BJP and Maoists will be power and then she mentioned that TDP Chief Naidu will submit a letter only after central announces the state formation isn't that ridiculuos.

However, this "Telangana Poru" meeting was grand success for the BJP party and also displayed it support in the region.

Watch Video of 1969 Telangana Movement

Telangana movement started late back in 1969 when the AP formation was in the process.  Many leaders and prominent personalities protest against the one state, and request Telangana as separate state.

Watch one of the oldest videos of 1969 Telangana Movement.