The bandh called by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Thursday against a reported Rayala Telangana proposal by the GoM hit the normal life in Andhra Pradesh. Abids, a busy commercial centre in Hyderabad, looks deserted on the bandh day with only
However, the protests led to celebrations at the end of the day with Union Cabinet dropping the reported Rayala Telangana and clearing Telangana with 10 districts.
Congress MPs from Telangana region on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament in New Delhi on Thursday. A delegation of Congress and TRS MPs from Telangana region met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday and conveyed their
The protests did not end in Andhra Pradesh. Picture shows TRS MPs protesting against Rayal Telangana at Parliament House on the first day of the Winter Session in New Delhi on Thursday.
Para military jawans seen on duty in Hyderabad on Thursday.
A deserted road on the bandh day at Paradise Circle in Hyderabad. Meanwhile, Osmania University once again on Thursday witnessed pitched battle between the police and pro-Telangana activists with students pelting stones at cops prompting them to lob
Police remove the protesters who were shouting slogans against the reported Rayala Telangana proposal of GoM.
Pro-Telangana activists stage protest near AP Assembly on the bandh day in Hyderabad.
Bandaru Dattatreya along with other BJP workers burning an effigy of Sonia Gandhi protesting the reported Royal Telangana proposal during a protest in Hyderabad on Thursday.
At Rajendranagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Agriculture University students blocked a convoy of YSRC president Jagan Mohan Reddy who was returning from Chennai after meeting Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. Picture shows pro-Telangana activists
Hyderabad MMTS (Photo: DC/File), picture for representation
Police personnel take cover behind barricades from stone pelting - DC/Deepak Deshpande
Effigies were burnt during the protest by pro-Telangana activists - DC/Deepak Deshpande
Pro-Telangana students take out a bike rally inside the campus - DC/Deepak Deshpande
Students pelting stones at policemen - DC/Deepak Deshpande
Another picture during the violent protests inside Osmania University campus - DC/Deepak Deshpande
A tear-gas shell falls near to protesting students - DC/Deepak Deshpande
An inspector, Vijay Srinivas, sustained minor injuries in the attack, police officials said - DC/Deepak Deshpande
The students then started hurling stones at police after which the security personnel lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse them - DC/Deepak Deshpande
Angered over not being allowed to take out the rally, the slogan shouting protesters forcibly tried to pull aside the barricades on the OU campus and also poured petrol and set on fire some of the barricades - DC/Deepak Deshpande
However, police stopped them near NCC gate on the campus, police said. Picture shows barricades raised by the police and stones pelted by students - DC/Deepak Deshpande
The protesting students wanted to take out a procession from the OU campus as part of the bandh call given by TRS to oppose the proposal of Rayala Telangana - DC/Deepak Deshpande
The pro-Telangana students of Osmania University attacked security personnel with stones prompting them to lob tear gas shells, after the protesters were prevented from taking out a rally from the varsity - DC/Deepak Deshpande
Pro-Telangana students and police personnel come face-to-face at the Osmania University in Hyderabad.
Police detain TRS activists from the protest site.
TRS leaders taking out a protest march against the Centre's reported proposal of Rayala Telangana in Hyderabad on Thursday.
TRS activists forcefully close a shop in Hyderabad during the Telangana bandh on Thursday - DC/P. Surendra
TRS activists seen playing cricket on an empty Hyderabad road on bandh day.
Children having a good time with their cycle at the bus station during Telangana bandh on Thursday - DC/P. Surendra
Pro-Telangana activists shout slogans at the bus station - DC/P. Surendra
A man makes use of the bandh and is seen sleeping in front of buses stopped at Imliban bus station in Hyderabad on the bandh day - DC/P. Surendra
Para-military forces were deployed across the city to prevent any untoward incident.
Bus services of the state-run Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) were badly affected as TRS leaders and workers held protests near bus stations at different places in Telangana since Thursday morning.
Shops and other commercial establishments did not open at various places in the region.