Andhra governor meets PM

Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here yesterday and is understood to have briefed him about the situation in the agitation-hit Telangana region.
The meeting assumes significance as the general strike in Telangana region entered the 27th day on Saturday.
Earlier, Narasimhan met Home Minister P Chidambaram and briefed him about the developments in the state.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is also scheduled to meet Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee over the issue.
Earlier, Union Health Minister and Congress in-charge for Andhra Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad has appealed to demonstrators agitating for the creation of a separate Telangana state, to end their strike.
"The strike should be called off immediately as it would provide the common people of the state some much needed respite," Azad told the media.
Pro-Telangana activists have stepped up their efforts for the four-decade-old demand of a separate state, which is sought to be carved out of the economically less developed parts of Andhra Pradesh.