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YSRCP MPs threaten to resign if AP is denied 'special status'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Nellore, (Andhra Pradesh) [India] February 13 (ANI): YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday said if the Centre does not grant 'Special Category Status' to Andhra Pradesh, the members of parliament from the party will resign in protest.
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Jaitley announces special assistance measures for Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Announcing special assistance measures for Andhra Pradesh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said it would give the state an amount equivalent to what it would have received had the special category status given to it.
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Artists, intellectuals travelling abroad should be placed under special ca
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 13 (ANI): After Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan faces embarrassment in the U.S. and visa denial to Sarod Player Amzad Ali Khan by the U.K., the Congress says there must be a special category or position for intellectuals travelling across the globe so that they do not have to f
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YSR Congress protests in Parl premises demanding special status for Andhra
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 2 (ANI): The YSR Congress leaders staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the Parliament premises today demanding special category status for Andhra Pradesh.
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People of Andhra Pradesh feel cheated on special category status: Jaganmoh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad, July 30 (ANI): With the Congress Party mounting its efforts to pass a private member's bill introduced by its MP K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao on Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress Party chief Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday asserted that the bill is important to m
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Inter-State Council meeting: Nitish raises demand for Bihar's special
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday raised the demand for special category status for Bihar at the 11th Inter-State Council meeting here, saying that it is needed to bring the state out of backwardness.
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