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Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh has reported its first suspected case of monkeypox with a student of GITAM University here, showing the symptoms of the viral disease. The student was kept in isolation and the officials of the health department arrived at the university to collect the swab samples. Before the medical team could arrive, the student […]
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Hyderabad: Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy is hailed as the 19th-century hero who led the first mass rebellion in Andhra Pradesh against the British. Descendant of a dispossessed Polygar family, once a powerful feudal class of chieftains who looked after administrative matters in villages, he led a mass uprising against the tyranny of the British in 1846. […]
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Hyderabad: A man from Andhra Pradesh allegedly unable to bear harassment from financiers, died by suicide in Hyderabad on Thursday. The victim, Ch.Giridhar Varma (40), a realtor from Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh had come to the city three months ago on business purpose and was staying in a rented house at Ayodhya Nagar in […]
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New Delhi: YSR Congress MP from Hindupur, Gorantla Madhav, on Thursday alleged that deliberate attempts were being made to tarnish his image and accused the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of conspiring to discredit him. Talking to media persons here on Thursday to respond to what he said was a fake video, he said that […]
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Hyderabad: Vimala Foundation, a voluntary organisation established by senior surgical oncologist from Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda, Dr K Sreekanth, has donated a furnished room for an old age home in Porumamilla village, YSR district in Andhra Pradesh. The Foundation, which has been established in the memory of the surgeon’s parents late Dr K Subbaiah and late […]
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Anakapalle: After a gas leak occurred in a garment factory that left over a hundred hospitalised in Anakapalle district, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday took note of the situation and ordered safety audit in all the industries of the state. The decision came in wake of the gas leak incident […]
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Jeddah: Handling a mentally-ill person with memory loss by itself is not an easy task, and if the person is in an alien land with language barriers, it becomes doubly challenging. This is the tale of 38-year-old Bandala Annemma from Kadapa in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh who landed in Saudi Arabia for better prospects in February […]
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Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Task force police on Wednesday arrested two sandalwood smugglers and seized 30 red sandal logs valued at over Rs. 50 lakhs. On a tip off, a police team carried out a combing operation, Task Force Superintendent of Police M. Sundhar Rao, said. He stated that a person was found moving suspiciously at […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday ordered a high level probe into the gas leak incident at Atchutapuram SEZ in Anakapalle district. The Chief Minister held a review meeting on the incident and said the committee would look into the gas leak incident and find out the cause and steps to […]
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Anakapalle: Following the poisonous gas leak incident in a company in the Brandix area of Andhra Pradesh’s Atchutapuram, a total of 53 people were admitted to the hospital so far. “At present, 53 people are admitted here. All have been examined and their condition is stable. They are undergoing treatment,” said Hemanth, District Medical and […]
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Visakhapatnam: About 100 women workers of an apparels firm fell ill after a gas leakage from an adjacent chemical company in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalle district on Tuesday, officials said. The gas leak affected staff of Seeds Apparel India in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Atchutapuram area. The women complained of vomiting, nausea, and breathlessness. […]
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Vijayawada: The case of two girls students of ninth class of Kankipadu zilla parishad high school missing in Krishna district has created a stir in the state and as many as 20 police teams are on the job to trace them. Police suspect the hand of Gundi Jojibabu, a neighbour of one of the missing […]
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Vijayawada: Seven persons were arrested in connection with the suicide of an engineering student Harishita Varshini last week due to harassment by recovery agents. Deputy Commissioner of Police Mary Prashanti told media persons here on Monday that three managers and four recovery agents who had set up a call centre in Vijayawada and harassing customers, […]
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Amaravati: The Centre has invited former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to a meeting of the national committee formed to commemorate 75 years of independence. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president will be leaving for New Delhi on August 6 to attend the meeting. To be presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]
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Vijayawada: A wife smashed her husband’s head with a grinding stone and killed him for suspecting her fidelity. The incident occurred in Amudarlanka village of Krishna district. According to police, K. Venkata Subbarao and his wife Veerakumari were at loggerheads since long as the former always suspected her fidelity. Vexed with this, Veerakumari left him […]
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Visakhapatnam: The Indian Navy on Saturday recovered two bodies of the engineering students who went missing at the beach in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district. The Navy and Coast Guard were carrying out the search operation with two helicopters and four boats at Pudimadaka beach off Bay of Bengal. Bodies of P. Ganesh and K. Jagadeesh were […]
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Anakapalle: Seven students were feared drowned in the sea when they went for a dip in the Bay of Bengal at Pudimadaka beach in Atchutapuram mandal of the district on Friday afternoon. While the body of Pawan, 19, was fished out, the local fishermen managed to rescue Surisetti Teja whose condition is said to be […]
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Kakinada: The YSR Congress Party government in Andhra Pradesh is working for the welfare of all communities in the state, including the YSR Kapu Nestham scheme for Kapus, although it was not part of the election manifesto, Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy stated here on Friday. Addressing a meeting at Gollaprolu near here after pressing […]
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Kothagudem: Claiming credit for the construction of Godavari karakatta at Bhadrachalam TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu wanted construction of river bund in merged villages in AP. He visited Bhadrachalam on Friday and performed pujas at Bhadradri Rama Temple. He was welcomed by priests in a traditional manner. Later he visted Godavari river bund (karakatta) and […]
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Vijayawada: A troop of caged monkeys have been rescued and set free by the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department. The monkeys were being kept in a cage on the premises of the office of the local Directorate of Medical Education (DME) office, apparently for weeks without food and water. Following a complaint from a concerned citizen, […]
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Visakhapatnam: In a dramatic twist, a married woman who was feared drowned at Visakhapatnam beach two days ago was reportedly found in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore on Wednesday, officials said. Authorities had conducted a large-scale search by deploying even a helicopter of the Indian Navy after the 21-year-old woman went missing on RK Beach where she […]
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Kothagudem: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to visit the flood affected areas in Sivakasipuram and Kukkunur in Velerupadu and Kukkunur mandals of AP on Thursday. He would visit flood-affected areas in Burgampad in Kothagudem district and would stay at Bhadrachalam in the night. On Friday he would visit Thotapalli, Kothulagutta, Kunavaram and Rekhapalli […]
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Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried raids at the houses of alleged casino organizers Chikkoti Praveen Kumar in Saifabad and Madhava Reddy in Bowenpally in Secunderabad. These raids were carried out against Kumar and Reddy for allegedly violating FEMA rules. The ED has conducted raids at Kumar’s another house in Andhra Pradesh. They were […]
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Visakhapatnam: Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs) in Waltair Railway Division will no longer be required to carry reservation charts, as they are to be equipped with handheld terminal (HHT) devices to provide reservation status to passengers in a running train. The HHT system was formally inaugurated by Divisional Railway Manager Anup Satpathy here recently with 78 […]
