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Chennai: 11/03/2014: The Hindu: Front Line: Book Review Column: Title: The Destruction of Hyderabad. Author: A.G. Noorani.

Destructive merger

Hyderabad’s accession to India was inevitable, but there were better alternatives to the Army action that Sardar Patel pushed through, says A.G. Noora

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Victims of Tsunduru carnage wait for the special court verdict in July 2007.- A File Photo.--T.Vijaya Kumar

Tsunduru’s agony

It took 16 years for the Special Court to convict the accused in the Tsunduru massacre of 1991 in Andhra Pradesh in which eight Dalits were killed. No

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Telangana - Andhra book by Inukonda Thirumali

A tale of two States

The book argues that Andhra Pradesh was created only to serve the interests of Andhraites and asserts that the bifurcation of the State corrects a his

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The Ongole branch canal under the Nagarjunasagar project command area near Chimakurthi in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. The Krishna water flow may not be the same in future in view of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II award.-KOMMURI SRINIVAS

Water conflict

Andhra Pradesh feels the second Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal's verdict has dealt a blow to the State.

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Workers in the illegal mines at Hospet in Karnataka's Bellary district do not even have basic amenities while the mine owners make their billions.-K. MURALI KUMAR

STRANGE BONDS

POLITICS makes strange bedfellows, all the more so if business interests are involved. Gali Janardhana Reddy, mining baron, BJP benefactor and now Kar

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M. Channa Reddy. He merged the Telangana Praja Samithi with the Congress after the TPS secured a handsome electoral victory in 1971.-THE HINDU PHOTO LIBRARY

Tales of expediency

M. Channa Reddy.

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Fatal feed

Genetically modified cotton figures in a new controversy in Andhra Pradesh as livestock die after grazing on Bt cotton fields.

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IN KURNOOL, A protest by manual scavengers demanding the demolition of dry latrines, rehabilitation of their families and education support for their children.-U. SUBRAMANYAM

Part of the system

Near the showpiece HITEC City are a dozen dry latrines. The situation is worse in the other districts of Andhra Pradesh.

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Seeds of discontent

The Andhra Pradesh government hauls up Monsanto before the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission as the Bt cotton seeds of the company

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Bt cotton, ripe for picking.-S. SIVA SARAVANAN

A saga of failures

THE latest controversy over the pricing of Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh has its roots in the miserable performance of the crop in some parts of the Sta

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Dubious business

The Andhra Pradesh government's payment of Rs.11.67 crores to a Delhi-based company in a deal meant to manufacture the Volkswagen car in Visakhapatnam

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Turning to the farm sector

The Congress government initiates a number of measures in accordance with its electoral promise to transform the rural economy of the State.

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