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KRMB frowns at AP water drawal

Fact-finding team rushed to Pothireddipadu submits report.
Visakhapatnam Railway Station declared 100% DiGi PAY

Visakhapatnam: Divisional Railway Manager of Waltair Division Mukul Saran Mathur on Wednesday declared Visakhapatnam Railway Station as 100% Digital Payment Enabled (Digi PAY) station. He launched the services at the Station to promote cashless transaction. The launch of Digi-PAY stations will encourage cashless transactions, and enables th
Doctor in Vizag attacked with acid

Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam police are on the lookout for two persons for attacking a doctor with acid on Tuesday. Dr Balaji Bhushan Patnaik, a Pediatrician from Odisha was travelling in a car near Pandimetta here when unidentified persons threw acid on him and fled. Investigation is underway.
YSR Congress wants CBI probe in Polavaram project `irregularities’

YSRC leader Botsa Satyanarayana alleged that the cost of the project has been escalated to benefit the contractors. "The company which was given the contract has a shady background," he said, adding there should be a comprehensive inquiry into the issue by the CBI.
5 held for smuggling ganja in Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam: City police have arrested five persons, including the driver and cleaner of a van in which 352 kg of ganja was being smuggled. Based on a tip off, Duvvada police stopped the vehicle near Aganampudi toll gate on Tuesday and seized the vehicle and ganja. Two of the arrested--Karanam Ravindrababu and Vivek Jain are accused in other c
Andhra Pradesh government launches ‘People First’, a mobile app for citizens

People First, currently available only on Android-based mobile phones, enables citizens to access their profile, the various benefits accrued to them from the government and also register their grievances.
Andhra Pradesh set to tide over bifurcation crisis: Chandrababu Naidu

"We are now in a position to tide over the crisis (caused by the bifurcation). Now, my aim is to make Andhra the number one state in all fields, not only in the country but also in the world," Naidu said.
Two Telugu youngsters drown in Ukraine

Hyderabad: Two Telugu youngsters, who were final year students at the Zaporozhye State Medical University in Ukraine, reportedly drowned in the sea while trying to save a friend. According to information reaching here, Shivakant Reddy from LB Nagar in Hyderabad and Ashok Kumar from Kadapa were reportedly playing volleyball on the beach with thei
Andhra Pradesh: Eloped couple ends life hours after marriage

The friends of the deceased couple said they married in Vijayawada on Tuesday. However, the couple sent messages to their friends the same night that they were going to die.
Assets valued at Rs 4.7 crore unearthed during raids on civic official in Nellore

Amaravati: Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday unearthed assets valued at Rs 4.7 crore during raids on A Prasad, Commissioner of Naidupet Municipal Corporation, in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. During simultaneous raids on the accused officer's houses and those of his relatives, the ACB officials found that Prasad
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Ramakrishna Math’s miniature doll expo begins in Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam: International vice-president of Ramakrishna Math and Mission Swami Gautamanandaji inaugurated the miniature doll exhibition on the life and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Sri Sarada Devi and Sri Vivekananda at the RK Mission Ashram here on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, he said there is a great need for the youngste
DVSS Somayajulu to take charge as High Court judge on Thursday

Visakhapatnam: Noted city lawyer DVSS Somayajulu, who has been appointed as Judge of High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will take oath of office on Thursday. Son of legal luminary and corner city Mayor D.V. Subba Rao who was also chairman of Bar Council of India for two terms, Somayajulu who has been practising law since 1985 is the firs
Polavaram Project: EAS Sarma wants CBI probe

Former Energy Secretary EAS Sarma has expressed concern over the manner in which Andhra Pradesh State government has been proceeding with the Polavaram project.
Girijan Co-operative Corporation staff retirement age raised to 60

Visakhapatnam: The Girijan Co-operative Corporation (GCC), which has its headquarters in the city, has completed 60 years in the service of the tribal group in the State, marketing their products and striving for their economic uplift. State Tribal Welfare Minister N Ananda Babu, who participated in the 60th anniversary celebrations of GCC
Andhra Pradesh Police, Excise to work jointly to curb ganja

Visakhapatnam: Excise department and police were putting in joint efforts to prevent ganja cultivation and smuggling according to Visakhapatnam district Superintendent of Police Rahuldev Sharma. Addressing a media conference here along with Assistant Excise Commissioner Babjirao, he said that as part of this, both the departments had taken up su
Rs 39,000 cr more required for Polavaram irrigation project: Chandrababu Naidu

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Sardar Sarovar project to the nation yesterday. Polavaram will be the only such project to be dedicated to the nation next, said Chandrababu Naidu.
Former AP minister Konathala Ramakrishna demands AIIMS in Vizag

Mr Ramakrishna also resented privatisation of the only super specialty hospital in the region VIMS without properly developing it.
MLA plea to CM Chandrababu Naidu to remove wine shops

Visakhapatnam: BJP Floor Leader in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Visakhapatnam North MLA P. Vishnu Kumar Raju has made a fervent appeal to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to remove liquor shops in residential areas in his constituency. The legislator met the Chief Minister who was here to attend a conference on environment on Sunda
Technology holds key, says Jayaprakash Narayana

Visakhapatnam: N Jayaprakash Narayan, founder of Lok Satta Party on Sunday observed that technology played a major role in education. Participating in the Youth Assembly on Right to Education at Andhra University here, Dr Narayan said reforms in school education in the context of globalisation was the need of the hour. He also released a book ti
‘Andhra Pradesh becoming model for good environs’

Mr. Naidu said efforts were on to make the state Open Defecation Free and already all municipalities and 4,000 villages had become ODF. By October 2 next, 100 per cent ODF would be achieved, he said.