Despite indications that the Central government is actively considering making an announcement on Telangana in July, Congress leaders from the region are adamant about their decision to quit en masse on July 4. Party MPs also said that they had already asked for an appointment with the Lok Sabha Speaker on Monday to submit their resignations.

The Sree Padma-nabha Swamy temple here is likely to become India’s richest temple, surpassing Tirumala in Tirupati, And-hra Pradesh, with a Supre-me Court-appointed expert panel estimating that 70 per cent of the gold jewellery and diamonds retrieved fro-m its secret cellar A would amount to `50,000 crores.

The Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple here is all set to become the richest temple in India with the expert panel deputed by the Supreme Court estimating that 70 per cent of the gold jewellery and diamonds retrieved from the secret cellar-A itself will amount to `50,000 crores.

Transparency took new wings on Friday as chief minister Oommen Chandy virtually opened his office and chamber to public and promised a 24-hour toll-free help line.

Public sector Indian Bank has announced appointment of Chintaman Mahadeo Dixit and Narendra Kumar Agrawal as shareholder directors of the Bank with immediate effect.

The Congress camp in Andhra Pradesh is a buzz with activity with chief minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and state party president Botsa Satyanarayana stepping in to avert a possible crisis in the wake of threat by legislators from Telangana to quit their posts in support of a separate state.

It will probably go down as one of the worst days for Indian athletics. With quarter-mile relay specialist Sini Jose also testing positive for anabolic steroids, following Mandeep Kaur’s exposure the previous day, it probably sounds the death knell of India’s Olympic relay dream.

Five political parties — CPI, CPI (M), Forward Bloc, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party — on Thursday launched an indefinite dharna here in the state capital demanding withdrawal of security forces from Dhinkia, the proposed Posco steel project site near Paradip in Orissa.

The ruling Congress MPs, legislators and state ministers from Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Friday said they would resign en masse on July 4 in support of their demand for a separate state.

After a four-month lull, the movement for statehood to the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh is set to enter a crucial phase with the major players, hopeful of achieving their goal, gearing up to pressurise the Central government.