List of Holidays - 2010

Date	Reason (?)
01 January 2010	New Year (Will not be allowed to Celebrate in Hyderabad)
02 January 2010	Maoist Bandh
03 January 2010	Maoist Bandh, OU Students Protest
04 January 2010	Maoist Bandh, OU Students Protest
05 January 2010	Maoist Bandh, OU Students Protest, MLAs protest
06 January 2010	Maoist Bandh, OU Students Protest, MPs rally
07 January 2010	Students Protest, TRC chief fast
08 January 2010	Make Jagan CM - Rally - Peacefull
09 January 2010	Make Jagan CM - Rally - Violent
10 January 2010	Lagadapati Rajagopal - Mega Marathon (Vizag 2 Warrangal)
11 January 2010	Hyderabad Settlers Rally, Bandh
12 January 2010	Telangana Praja Samthi Bandh
13 January 2010	Bhogi - Two Days rest for all Bandhs
14 January 2010	Sankranti
15 January 2010	Remove Rossiah Bandh - (sponsored by Jagan and Reddy Brothers )
16 January 2010	Remove Rossiah Bandh - (sponsored by Lagadapati Rajagopal)
17 January 2010	Jai Andhra Bandh - BJP, Jai Telangana Bandh - Teachers Forum
18 January 2010	Anti 'Jai Andhra' bandh - non BJP parties
19 January 2010	Pro Andhra Bandh, pro Rayalaseema bandh
20 January 2010	Greater Hyderabad bandh
21 January 2010	MIM bandh against Andhra, Telangana and Rayalaseema
22 January 2010	Software professionals bandh
23 January 2010	BPO professionals bandh
24 January 2010	non-andhraites bandh in Andhra, non-Telanganites bandh in Telangana
25 January 2010	Bandh in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu in support for unified Andhra
26 January 2010	Rest for Bandh ; President's rule imposed
27 January 2010	Telangana bandh against Presidents Rule
28 January 2010	Andhra bandh against Presidents Rule
29 January 2010	Cine actors bandh
30 January 2010	Kerala, WB Bandh (just like that), T-State indefinite bandh
31 January 2010	Central government dissolves cabinet . Manmohan and his ministers resign enmasse. Prathiba Patil declares Jagan as Prime Minister, KCR as Home Minister, Lagadapati as Sports Minister, Chiranjeevi as Culture minister. Sonia goes back to Italy with family (Rahul and Priyanka), Manmohan goes for higher studies (second PhD), Chidambaram becomes stock broker in NSE. Other congress minsiters sign-up as actors for upcoming Big Cinema productions
01 February 2010	Peace Returns, People go for Work, Children go to School. No more holidays for the calendar year

Hyderabad New Year Parties Cancelled

Most of the pubs and restaurants have cancelled New Year Parties this year! Some of them who are going ahead with that have been asked to have it as a low key affair as the publicity will invite the wrath of pro-Telangana activists who are on indefinite fast for creation of separate state.

Indefinite Bandh in Hyderabad from Tuesday

All party Telangana forum has threatened Indefinite Bandh in Hyderabad from Tuesday if the central Government doesn't come-up with a concrete plan on creation of Telangana.

Hyundai Engineers suffer injuries - Hyderabad Bandh

Engineers of Automobile Major - Hyundai Motors suffered injuries when the van they were travelling came under heavy stone pelting.

Family Day Function

Hyundai Motors India Limited (HMIE) is situated in Hyderabad and the Engineers and their family members were on a Family trip in dozens of vehicles. Around noon when they were passing through JNTU they came under heavy attack from pro-Telangana activists

The windshields of couple of vans and buses were damaged. Windows of some buses were also damaged in the melee. Some engineers and their family members suffered minor injuries and were treated in various private hospitals in the city

Equally Blamed

Though most of the employees and their family members blamed government and securtity personnel for the injuries, some family members were critical on Hyundai management for going ahead with the tour inspite of bandh.

The employees and management heaved a sigh of relief when the news of calling of the bandh broke out

Lagadapati Rajagopal pitching for Chief Minister Post?

Is Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal pitching for Chief Minister Post? If the capital's media men are to believed then Yes, Rajagopal is emerging as a top contender for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister.

There are reports that Sonia has deputed Manishankar Iyer a senior diplomat turned politician to assure Lagadapati of a 'big' post, which some say might be of CM.


Rajagopal Lagadapati is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Vijayawada constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is a technocrat-turned industrialist, is the Founder Chairman of LANCO Group. In addition to his entrepreneurial spirit, Rajagopal has a strong sense of social responsibility. He established LANCO Foundation (formerely LIGHT), a Charitable Trust, in the year 2000 to reach out to the needy and has been involved in various philanthropic activities. After one-and-a-half decades in the industry, Rajagopal chose to enter politics in 2003. He is a Member of Parliament, India.

What will be the capital of new Andhra Pradesh

Vizag to be capital of new Andhra Pradesh

There is a dog fight going on between the Vijaywada-Guntur leaders and Vizag leaders on choosing the capital of new andhra pradesh.

With no unity between Vijayawada and Guntur leaders, the Vijayawada-Guntur is pitching for any capital other than Vizag ... most probably that is the reason they want Hyderabad to be as capital of Andra too

On the other hand, the Vizag lobby wants Vishakapatnam to be the capital of the parent state. Vizag, they feel, has all the credit to be the capital