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The Telangana cauldron continues to smoulder affecting almost all sections of society.

The AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is one of the worst hit departments of the State machinery due to the ongoing ‘indefinite’ trouble. The Vijayawada region of the corporation has incurred a loss of business worth Rs. 5 crores in the last 10 days due to the prevailing uncertainty. “The worst part of the problem is the prevailing ambiguity of the situation. Although we let our buses hit the road… Continue

The fasting Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal, who shocked the police machinery by "disappearing" from the Government General Hospital in Vijayawada on Sunday night, succeeded in getting the government concede his demand for shifting him to the super speciality Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad.

After remaining clueless about his whereabouts for 12 hours, the Government said on Monday morning that it had no problem to treat him in the NIMS if he was keen on that. Mr. Raja… Continue

Even as the large number of policemen and media persons wondered what was happening, Lagadapati Rajagopal’s vehicle hit the main gate in a ‘filmi’ manner and raced towards Ramavarappadu on National Highway-5.

Lagadapati Rajagopal, Congress MP who was on a fast-unto-death for the last seven days demanding an unified State, dramatically ‘left’ the Government General Hospital at 10.25 p.m. on Sunday to an unknown destination, leaving the large number of police who were guarding the premises red-fa… Continue

Barring a few incidents of violence at the institutions that showed reluctance to observe bandh, the first day of the two-day bandh called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) for United Andhra Pradesh passed off peacefully in Krishna district on Friday.

Most of the institutions observed bandh voluntarily, while a few others downed the shutters as the activists from the JAC visited every nook and corner to ensure that their call was responded to.

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Stray incidents of violence in Vijayawada city marked the 48-hour bandh of Krishna district called by the Joint Action Committee for a unified State in protest against the arrest of TDP MLA Devineni Umamaheswara Rao who was on a fast-unto-death.

As the JAC called for the bandh from 6 a.m. on Friday, its activists enforced closure of commercial establishments, educational institutions, banks and public transport. The APSRTC, as a precautionary measure, suspended all its operations in the distric… Continue