Telangana state announced? - Live

After the UPA allies raised no objections to the Congress High Command's decision over Telangana, the ball is now in the court of Congress top decision-making body, Congress Working Committee. (Read here)

The blueprint of Telangana will now be presented before the CWC members. Will they endorse it? Will it not? Stay tuned to Sakshipost for updates, as we bring you all the live action

• The CWC meet on Telangana has just began.
• A total of 22 members, including Sonia Gandhi and CWC are part of the crucial meet
• Amid high expectations, the CWC is deliberating over Telangana. The Centre will announce its verdict after the crucial meet
• The Congress top brass is expecting that the CWC meeting too will go off without any hitches
• The AICC media meet is expected to happen at 7 pm after the conclusion of the CWC meet. The Centre is expected to make an official announcement on the contentious issue
• Union minister Sharad Pawar said, "The Telangana decision will be put forth before the Cabinet and then to Parliament if the Cabinet approves it."
• National media is going ga ga over a separate statehood being declared for Telangana with Hyderabad as its capital
• CM Kiran Kumar Reddy is expected to leave Delhi for Hyderabad at 7.30 pm
• According to official statement issued by the PMO a few minutes ago, there will be a Cabinet meeting on Telangana on August 1
• The suspense continues over the state of Hyderabad—will it be made the capital of the newly formed state or a union territory.
• If Hyderabad is indeed made a union territory, it will be the 8th UT in the country and if Telangana is made a separate state, it would be the 29th state in the country
• CWC meeting over...Centre to announce verdict in a few minutes
• The CWC meeting was lasted for over an hour
• Telugu people will now have two states?
• Tuesday will mark the end of over 70-yr battle for Telangana?
• With speculation rife that Congress had favoured a separate statehood for Telangana, celebrations were witnessed across several regions of the state which backed division of state. Slogans of Jai Telangana slogans reverberated through Telangana Bhavan in Hyderabad. There was festive atmosphere at the Osmania University campus where the Telangana movement gained momentum a few years ago.
• Announcing the much-awaited crucial decision on the contentious issue, Ajay Maken in a press conference held at the AICC office in New Delhi said that it was not easy for the Congress to make a decision. However, it has been decided to grant separate statehood for Telangana region. There will be ten districts in the newly formed state.
  As expected, it has been decided that Hyderabad will act as the joint capital for both Andhra PRadesh and the newly formed state for 10 years.
• He also added that the polavaram project will be treated as a national project. The two states will share all the natural resources especially the rivers, he said.
   Special funds will be alloted for the development of Seemandhra region, he added.

- Siva@Sakshipost