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Andhra Pradesh: Megastar Chiranjeevis foray into politics could change the political landscape of the State.

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State of acrimony

With the 2009 Assembly elections in view, the demand for a separate Telangana State once again gains strength.

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Target Hyderabad

Given the State administrations failure to heed security warnings, the bomb blasts in Hyderabad were waiting to happen.

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Under fire

With the governments consistently apathetic handling of the land struggle, Mudigonda was waiting to happen.

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Telengana tantrum

The Telengana Rashtra Samithi seeks to force the statehood issue with the resignation of its two leaders from the Union Cabinet.

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A resounding mandate

A shrewd campaign fetches the Congress a landslide victory in the municipal elections in Andhra Pradesh.

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A violent turn

The ban on eight naxalite organisations, in the wake of the murder of nine persons, including a Congress legislator, portends another phase of bloody

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Politics of separation

The Telangana Rashtra Samiti pulls out of the Congress-led coalition government in Andhra Pradesh on the issue of a separate Telangana, but the junior

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Murder and mayhem

The murder of a TDP legislator in Andhra Pradesh confirms the explosive nature of the mix of criminality, caste and politics in the State.

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Confronting naxalism

At a meet organised by the Union Home Ministry in Hyderabad consensus eludes States on a unified approach to tackle the growing problem of naxal extre

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Separatist strains

The political row over TRS leader Chandrasekar Rao's outburst against Congress president Sonia Gandhi blows over but the issue of statehood for Telang

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A popular backlash

Powered by a vigorous campaign, the Congress returns to power in Andhra Pradesh as the voters hand a crushing defeat to the Telugu Desam Party in the

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