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Telangana Assembly Election 2018: From K Chandrashekar Rao to Akbaruddin Owaisi, here's a look at key candidates

Over 1,800 candidates are in the fray for the 119 constituencies in the 7 December Telangana Assembly election.

Telangana Assembly election exit poll results 2018: KCR's TRS set to storm back to power in India's youngest state

The Telangana election exit poll results are in and the state that saw one of the most vitriolic poll campaigns appears set for another five years of TRS rule

As Telangana Assembly election heads for tight fight, Andhra settlers may hold key to victory for Mahakutami

Not very long ago, leaders of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana fought as if the two states were India and Pakistan.

Curious tale of Telangana's 'Mahakutami': Trust deficit, 'lack of discipline' threaten to derail anti-TRS Grand Alliance

As Telangana inches closes to polling day on 7 December, all's not well with the Mahakutami or Grand Alliance of the Congress, TDP, CPI and newly-formed Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) party in the state.

Sensing chink in KCR armour, Congress pushes narrative of Sonia Gandhi as 'mother of Telangana'

Congress leaders competed with one another to say why Telangana could never have been born without her. The reference, of course, was to the fact that the state was formed in 2014 by the UPA-II government.

Sonia Gandhi seeks to reclaim Congress' lost ground in Telangana with rally; Chandrababu Naidu conspicuous by his absence

Sonia Gandhi is widely acknowledged to have been instrumental in getting statehood for Telangana. This obviously gives the Congress good reason to be proactive..

Congress releases fourth list of 13 candidates for Telangana election, as 'grand alliance' remains split on seat sharing

The Congress is heading a four-party alliance in Telangana called the Mahakutami, and has left 24 seats for its three allies — Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) and Communist Party of India.

Telangana polls: TRS aims to use an eight-point election strategy to counter challenge posed by Mahakutami

Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) is embarking upon a comprehensive electoral strategy to frustrate the efforts of his rivals.

Telangana Assembly election: KCR's dreams of cakewalk fade as TDP-Congress alliance gets its act together

Two months after KCR dissolved the Telangana Assembly and about a month before polling, much of his cheeky confidence seems to have evaporated.

Telangana polls: BJP borrows from Hyderabad history to recast Modi as Vallabhbhai Patel, paints KCR as 'new Nizam'

The BJP is positioning itself as the force that will liberate Hyderabad State, which is pretty much modern-day Telangana, from the rule of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi