Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, who is supervising Andhra Pradesh affairs, revealed that the new state will be named Hyderabad. The core group meeting, headed by party chief Sonia Gandhi, was attended by chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, his deputy, Damodar Rajanarasimha, prime minister Manmohan Singh and senior ministers like AK Antony, P Chidambaram, Sushilkumar Shinde and Ghulam Nabi Azad. The formal announcement is due in a few days time.