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(Search results - 41)IndiaAug 5, 2019, 6:23 PM IST
Sawan Jhoola Mela: Article 370 scrapped; tight security in Ayodhya temples
Tight security has been arranged at the Sawan Jhoola Mela (swing festival) being held in 7,000 temples in and around Ayodhya, following the scrapping of Article 370 that denies Jammu and Kashmir special status hence forth.
EntertainmentAug 5, 2019, 3:48 PM IST
Article 370 scrapped: Here's how Bollywood celebs reacted to bifurcation of Jammu, Kashmir
Article 370, which gave a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, has been scrapped, announced Home Minister Amit Shah. Here's what Bollywood celebrities have to say about the move.
IndiaJul 22, 2019, 1:51 PM IST
Vande Mataram to receive special status as Jana Gana Mana; BJP leader files plea in Delhi high court
Speaking to MyNation, national BJP spokesperson Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay claimed that there is no legal sanction nor legal status granted to Vande Mataram. He also claimed that the freedom fighters used to raise slogans such as Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata ki Jai during independence movement, while Jana Gana Mana had no role then.
IndiaApr 25, 2019, 8:01 PM IST
Naidu’s aide and ex-Union minister gets a call from CBI
YS Chowdary, a Rajya Sabha MP of the TDP, is considered close to TDP chief and Andhra CM Naidu. Chowdary was MoS in the Union Cabinet headed by PM Narendra Modi before Naidu quit the NDA early last year over the Centre's refusal to grant special status to Andhra Pradesh.
IndiaFeb 13, 2019, 5:26 PM IST
Chandrababu Naidu continues to cry foul over special status for Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu met President Ram Nath Kovind and reiterated his demand for special status to Andhra Pradesh. While Naidu criticised the PM for his alleged nepotism, Mulayama Singh Yadav, the leader of Samajwadi Party, openly expressed his desire to see Modi return as PM in the next parliamentary elections.
IndiaFeb 1, 2019, 12:33 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh shuts down over demand for special status
The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Congress, Left parties, and mass organisations backed the shutdown called by Pratyeka Hoda Sadhana Samithi (PHSS).
IndiaNov 24, 2018, 1:00 PM IST
Her promises to Telangana unfulfilled, Sonia Gandhi now favours Andhra Pradesh
In Telangana, Congress had promised to set up a railway coach factory at Kazipet, steel plant at Bayyaram and ITIR at Hyderabad under the P Reorganisation Act.
IndiaOct 31, 2018, 2:32 PM IST
Veerappa Moily invites TDP to join UPA for upcoming Lok Sabha elections
Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily has exhibited a “welcome” gesture to the TDP to join them in an alliance against the BJP-led NDA government. The TDP dropped out of the NDA alliance earlier this year as the Centre refused to consider Andhra Pradesh's request to grant them special status.
IndiaJul 29, 2018, 1:54 PM IST
Man commits suicide for Andhra Pradesh's special status, leaves a suicide note behind
A man, allegedly a handloom worker from Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, committed suicide for the special status that the state has been fighting for
NewsJul 23, 2018, 6:49 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh is not Northeast: Govt's clear message to TDP, others seeking special status
Otherwise, Section 94 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 provides that the Centre shall take appropriate fiscal measures, including the offer of tax incentives to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, to promote industrialisation and economic growth in both the States, the Union government says
OpinionJul 20, 2018, 10:36 PM IST
No Confidence motion: This is how Andhra Pradesh's demand from NDA for special status will affect its neighbours
The mover of the no-confidence motion against the NDA government is the Telugu Desam Party. Chandrababu Naidu's grouse is that the Centre did not keep its promise to accord special category status to Andhra Pradesh. But it is not just the BJP that Naidu seeks to target.