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  Telangana is born as 29th state, KCR becomes first CM

  India | June 02, 2014 17:07 IST

  Hyderabad: TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao today took over as the first Chief Minister of Telangana as the stroke of midnight hour heralded its birth as the 29th state of the Union, capping decades of

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  Telangana: Jagan blasts Centre, calls for 72 hour bandh

  India | October 03, 2013 21:59 IST

  Hyderabad: YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today called for a 72-hour bandh in protest against the union cabinet's approval for creation of Telangana as the 29th state.Holding the ruling Congress and main

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  Cabinet approves creation of Telangana as 29th state

  India | October 03, 2013 22:45 IST

  New Delhi:  The Centre today took the first significant step towards creation of a separate Telangana state from out of Andhra Pradesh and decided that Hyderabad will be the joint capital of the two states