Telangana state

HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Thursday plunged into political chaos after at least 93 legislators and many MPs, cutting across party lines, resigned to protest the central government's decision to carve out a separate Telangana state.

NEW DELHI - The government's nod to a separate Telangana state while being a good thing democratically in meeting regional aspirations could also open a "Pandora's box" of political problems, say experts and politicians.

NEW DELHI - Upset over the Congress central leadership's sudden announcement of steps to create a separate Telangana state, some Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh are to meet party president Sonia Gandhi Thursday.

HYDERABAD - A day after the central government agreed to the formation of a separate Telangana state, Andhra Pradesh plunged into political chaos Thursday with at least 92 legislators and several MPs from other regions of the state resigning or threatening to quit to protest the "unilateral" decision to divide the state.