While the Telangana State will be a reality on June 2, the officials working on the governmental facilities for it are perplexed about the State emblem to be displayed for the State of Telangana. The existing emblem for AP would be retained for Andhra Pradesh. The Telangana State is expected to get its separate icons and emblem after the Appointed Day. This includes the new emblem for the State government, new song and other symbols. AP is expected to retain all State symbols – animal, bird, tree as the present symbols are widely relevant to Seemandhra region. A new State song will also be finalized for the new State. T-agitators vehemently objected to the present State song “Maa Telugu Talliki…”. ...

Even as the Telangana Congressmen call the press and voice their confidence in forming the first Telangana State Government with an alliance of Congress, MIM and CPI, things could not get worse for them in the just concluded elections. While the likes of Ponnala Lakshmiah, Jana Reddy, D Srinivas project themselves as possible 1st CM of Telangana State, it is now clearer that Congress has almost no chance of forming a Government even if it gains the support of MIM and CPI as there seems to be no possibility of Congress winning even 40 Assembly seats. Even the Telangana Congress MPs who were better off on than the MLAs in taking part in the Telangana agitation are finding it hard ...

While acknowledging that all her family members are in politics, Kavitha Kalvakuntla dismisses the notion that the TRS is a “family-run” party. She claims that it’s her work during the Telangana movement that had fetched her a party ticket to contest from the Nizamabad parliamentary constituency. Her way of drumming up support for her candidature in the district is simple: “This is our Telangana, let’s vote for our own party (TRS)”. She is confident of making a successful debut in electoral politics while taking on two- time MP Madhu Yashki Goud of the Congress and Yendala Laxminarayana of the BJP, who is extensively banking on the Modi wave. As the polls draw closer, Nizamabad’s daughter-in-law (as she describes herself) is ...