Normal life was partially disrupted in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday due to a bandh called by students of Osmania University in protest against the Terms of Reference of the Sri Krishna Committee on the statehood issue.

Non-Telangana leaders cutting across party lines on Sunday stepped up pressure against creation of a separate state in Andhra Pradesh, but ministers from the region who had threatened to quit appeared to have a rethink on the issue.

With the Telangana region on the boil, the Centre and the Congress party were tonight involved in hectic efforts to defuse the crisis triggered by TRS Chief K Chandrasekhara Rao's fast-unto-death protest to carve a separate state out of Andhra Pradesh.

Incidents of violence and arson continued to erupt at various places in the troubled Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh today, the second day of the 48-hour bandh called by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in support of its demand for a separate state.

Sporadic violence on Sunday marred the first day of a 48-hour bandh, called to press for Telangana statehood, that crippled normal life in Hyderabad and Telangana region, even as Andhra Pradesh government sought to pacify TSR chief K Chandrasekhar Rao by deciding to withdraw cases filed against him in last one week.