The Telangana agitation has taken its toll with Brand Hyderabad taking a severe beating, as is evident through the MoUs signed during the recently concluded Partnership Summit. While Coastal Andhra region attracted a lion’s share of the proposed investments, Telagnana including Hyderabad was left high and dry with investors shying away for obvious reasons. Out of nearly Rs 6.5 lakh [...]

By Nalamotu Chakravarthy In order to quell 1973’s violent Jai Andhra movement for a separate State, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s Congress Government reached an agreement with the leaders of Andhra Pradesh. That agreement is often called the Six-Point Formula. As part of that agreement, six new zones were defined. Each zone had a set of districts. Zone 1: Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, [...]