India seeks to calm tempers over plan for new state


FE Team | Published: January 06, 2010 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00


NEW DELHI, Jan 5 (AFP): India's home minister called on Tuesday for regional politicians to end massive street protests that have erupted over the proposed creation of a new state.
P Chidambaram met with eight political parties in New Delhi to try to cool tensions on the issue of Telangana state, which would be carved out of Andhra Pradesh.

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