K.S. Jayaseelan and Namrata Biji Ahuja
Telangana issue referred to CWC
The Congress core group on Friday deferred biting the bullet on the contentious issue of statehood for Telangana by declaring that the Congress Working Committee would take a final call on the matter. Indications are that the Congress would decide in favour of a separate Telangana state.
Hopeful of T-decision very soon: AP DY CM
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana and deputy CM Damodar Raja Narasimha gave a presentation on the issue of Telangana at the Congress core group meeting which was attended by party chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, defence minister A.K. Antony, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi.
Opp. demands fuel price hike rollback
In the Rajya Sabha, UPA ally, namely the SP, members too joined Derek O’Brien (Trinamul Congress) when he raised the issue of the recent hike in petrol prices as soon as the House met for the day.
Telangana decision ‘in a month’
The Centre on Friday announced that a final decision on the long pending demand for a separate state of Telangana would be taken within a month. In all probability, the UPA government will decide in favour of a united Andhra Pradesh.
India ups Pak pressure with Jundal details
The first day of two-day talks between India’s foreign secretary Ranjan Matahai and his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani on Wednesday focused on terror, Abu Jundal’s startling revelations and Jammu and Kashmir. Union home minister P. Chidambaram raised pressure on Islamabad, saying Jundal had clearly indicated the involvement of Pakistani “state actors” in the 26/11 Mumbai carnage.
Jundal figures in Day 1 of talks
The first day of two-day talks between India’s foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai and his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani on Wednesday focused on terror, Abu Jundal’s startling revelations and J
‘State actors were involved’
The first day of the two-day talks between Ranjan Matahai and Jalil Abbas Jilani, the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, focused on terrorism.
Telangana panel report public Jan. 6
The much-awaited Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana was submitted on Thursday to Union home minister P. Chidambaram, who immediately declared that the government would consult all political parties before coming to a conclusion on the issue. The members of the Srikrishna Committee said they have given the way forward. The committee on Tuesday had said the report would bring the “maximum satisfaction to the largest number of people”.
