Hyderabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Protests continued in Andhra Pradesh’s Telangana region for the fifth day Sunday demanding that the central government immediately initiate the process for separate statehood to Telangana while students of Osmania University here called for a ‘Chalo Hyderabad’ march Jan 3.
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Osmania University students Sunday set an [...]
Darjeeling (West Bengal), Dec 21 (IANS) There was no consensus on a Gorkhaland state but discussions to solve the problem would continue, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here after a three-hour tripartite meeting, marked by sharp differences, with the West Bengal government and the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha Monday.
‘We had detailed discussions with the Gorkha [...]
Darjeeling (West Bengal), Dec 21 (IANS) There was no consensus on the issue of a Gorkhaland state but discussions to find a solution to the problem would continue, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here Monday after a three-hour meeting with the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and the state government.
‘We had detailed discussions with the [...]
Darjeeling (West Bengal), Dec 21 (IANS) There was no consensus on the issue of a Gorkhaland state but discussions to find a solution to the problem would continue, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here Monday after a three-hour meeting with the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and the state government.
‘We had detailed discussions with the [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 21 (IANS) Protests and shutdowns against the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh continued in many parts of the state for the 11th consecutive day Monday.
A shutdown is being observed in most parts of Rayalaseema region and some areas in coastal Andhra while leaders of various political parties continued their indefinite hunger strikes.
For the [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Opposing the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh, Congress MP L. Rajagopal, state legislator Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy and others Sunday continued their hunger strike in hospitals and demanded that they be shifted to Hyderabad.
Vijayawada MP Rajagopal, who was removed from his hunger strike camp and shifted to hospital Saturday, has [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 19 (IANS) Congress MP L. Rajagopal was Saturday arrested in Vijayawada and shifted to a hospital as his condition started deteriorating on the fifth day of his indefinite hunger strike to oppose the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Tension prevailed in Vijayawada city of coastal Krishna district as Rajagopal continued his fast in the [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 18 (IANS) Police in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur town Friday arrested three opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislators and took them to hospital as their condition deteriorated on the fifth day of their ‘fast unto death’ to oppose the proposed division of the state.
Tension prevailed in the town as their followers tried to prevent [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (IANS) For the seventh consecutive day, protests continued in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions against the proposed separate statehood to Telangana region, affecting normal life.
Rallies, meetings, sit-ins, road blockades and hunger strikes rocked most parts of the 13 districts in the two regions.
The state-owned Road Transport Corp (RTC) is running partial [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 16 (IANS) The political deadlock in Andhra Pradesh over the proposed division of the state and the protests in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions continued for the sixth day Wednesday.
The ‘fast unto death’ by Congress MP in Vijayawada L. Rajagopal and Congress legislator Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy in Kadapa entered the second [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 15 (IANS) Opposing the proposed formation of a separate Telangana state, Congress MP L. Rajagopal began an indefinite hunger strike in Vijayawada Tuesday, a day after he was arrested twice for launching the protest.
While his colleague, Congress legislator Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, was arrested in Hyderabad for beginning an indefinite hunger strike to protest [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 15 (IANS) Congress legislator Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, brother of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, was Tuesday arrested as he began an indefinite hunger strike here to protest the proposed division of the state.
Vivekananda Reddy began the fast at the statue of Potti Sriramulu — who died in 1952 after a [...]
Siliguri (West Bengal), Dec 14 (IANS) The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) called off its four-day shutdown in the Darjeeling Hills only hours after it began Monday, said the group that seeks a separate Gorkhaland in West Bengal.
According to GJM president Bimal Gurung, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leader L.K. Advani and Home Minister P. Chidambaram requested them [...]
Siliguri (West Bengal), Dec 14 (IANS) The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM)
has withdrawn its four-day shutdown in the Darjeeling Hills that began
Monday, a senior leader of the outfit said.
‘We had a meeting with top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders today
(Monday). The appealed to us to refrain from any agitational activity
now,’ GJM general secretary Roshan Giri told [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 13 (IANS) Protests continued in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh for the third day Sunday against the centre’s decision to initiate the process for separate statehood to the Telangana region.
Cutting across party lines, political activists, students and other groups took out rallies, staged sit-ins and relay hunger strikes, and blocked [...]
Siliguri (West Bengal), Dec 10 (IANS) With the central nod to Telangana, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which has been spearheading the movement for a Gorkhaland state in northern West Bengal, Thursday said the government should also consider their demand. It said it would launch protest programmes in support of its demand from Friday.
GJM activists, [...]
Siliguri (West Bengal), Dec 10 (IANS) The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) announced an indefinite hunger strike for a separate Gorkhaland state Thursday, a day after the central government conceded the demand for Telangana to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh.
The hunger strike for a Gorkhaland state to be carved out of some northern parts of [...]
Hyderabad , Nov 17 (ANI): A strike by junior doctors in Andhra Pradesh demanding increase in stipend entered its second week on Monday.
Medial services in all the government hospitals have been affected and patients are bearing the brunt. The junior doctors are organising protest demonstrations at several hospitals and are threatening to go indefinite [...]
Kalahandi (Orissa), Nov 12 (ANI): Farmers in Kalahandi District have gone on an indefinite hunger strike today, demanding compensation for crop damage.
Scores of farmers assembled at the Block office and met officials to highlight their demands.
Paddy crops over thousands of hectares have been damaged by [...]
Agartala, Nov 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured tribal leaders from Tripura that the central government would suitably amend the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) 1958 that gives unlimited powers to the paramilitary forces to shoot on sight and arrest anybody without a warrant.
The assurance, say tribal leaders, came when a [...]
Vellore, Sept 22 (ANI): Nalini Sriharan, who has been imprisoned for her role in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has gone on an indefinite hunger strike, demanding her release from the Central Jail at Vellore in Tamil Nadu.
This was disclosed by V Elango, her advocate at Vellore on Monday.
Nalini had filed a revised petition [...]
