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Amaravati: A leopard killed a calf in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district on Monday, local officials said. The incident occurred early in the morning in Vitlampalli village of Kalyandurg ‘mandal’ (block). The calf belonging to a farmer was attacked by a leopard around 3 a.m. The locals alerted the forest department. This incident came a day […]
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Anantapur: Police on Sunday arrested Sunkara Prasad Naidu, a notorious criminal under the ‘most-wanted’ category from Guntakallu village in the district, in connection with a kidnapping case. Prasad Naidu alias Allagadda Prasad along with 13 members of his gang were arrested by the police who seized one pistol, 16 bullets, two four-wheelers, a Bullet bike […]
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Amaravati: Three Karnataka police officers were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district on Sunday. The accident occurred along the Tirupati-Chittoor highway when the car in which they were travelling overturned and fell off the road after hitting a road divider. The accident took place near Choutapalli village […]
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Nandyal: In view of heavy rainfall, the irrigation department officials of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday opened three gates of the Srisailam Dam up and released water downstream. State Irrigation Minister Ambati Rambabu, Nandyal MP Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Srisailam MLA Shilpa Chakrapani Reddy and Nandyal District Collector Manazir Jeelani lifted the three gates of the Srisailam […]
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Visakhapatnam: A wine dealer was murdered when he demanded a customer to clear his dues of Rs.500. The incident occurred at the MVP Colony fish market on Friday night. D. Appala Reddy sold liquor at the fish market where he lived with his family. A customer Sai wanted liquor and Appala Reddy asked him to […]
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Hyderabad: The irrigation department officials opened three gates of Srisailam dam up to 10 feet high and released water downstream. Before opening the two gates, Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Minister Ambati Rambabu performed puja to Goddess Gangamma. As much as 1.39 lakh cusecs of water released from Srisailam dam would reach Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) in […]
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Amaravati: Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday stated that the Center had received a proposal from the Andhra Pradesh government to shift the State High Court from Amaravati to Kurnool. This was in response to a query raised by YSR Congress Party MPs Kotagiri Sridhar and Chinta Anuradha to the Centre on […]
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Visakhapatnam: A woman in the city got her husband allegedly murdered in order to continue her extra-marital relationship and then filed a complaint with the police that her husband went missing. According to Pothina Mallayyapalem police, B, Mrudula, 29, of Madhurawada Rickshaw Colony, lodged a complaint with them on July 17 that her husband, Murali, […]
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Amaravati: Dr NTR University of Health Sciences has given permission for the conduct of academic activities from the next academic year 2023-24 in five new medical colleges at Eluru, Vizianagaram, Rajamahendravaram, Nandyal and Machilipatnam districts in Andhra Pradesh. With this, academic activities will begin with 150 MBBS seats in each college. Principals and superintendents have […]
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Machilipatnam: A Sub Inspector of police working in the Andhra Pradesh Armed Reserve was arrested on Tuesday by the DISHA police for cheating a woman and promising to marry her. The SI identified as Viswanathapalli Ganesh hailed from Narasimhanagar in Machilipatnam and entered into a physical relationship with the victim who hailed from Penamalur under […]
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Nellore: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday performed the Bhoomi puja to mark the beginning of the Rs.3,746.14 crore worth first phase works of Ramayapatnam port in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district here. Addressing the displaced persons on the occasion, he said that the new port would be very useful to the state as […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday credited Rs 137 crore into the accounts of 3,39,096 beneficiaries who were left out from receiving the benefits of welfare schemes and also provided fresh pension, Arogyasri, and ration cards to 3.10 lakh families. Speaking on the occasion, he said that his government is […]
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Kothagudem: The residents of Kannaigudem gram panchayat in Yetapaka mandal of Alluri Sitaram Raju Manyam District in Andhra Pradesh have demanded demerger of their village with Telangana as they were not being cared for by AP government. Scores of residents of the village took to the streets shouting ‘Jai Telangana’ slogans and staged a dharna […]
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Hyderabad: The Godavari floods at Bhadrachalam has sparked a fresh row between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar blaming it on Polavaram project and demanding reduction in the height of the project. He also sought merger of five villages in Andhra Pradesh near Bhadrachalam with Telangana that would help in taking […]
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Amaravati: The alleged suicide by a Dalit man in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district last month took a new turn with his family blaming a police sub-inspector and owner of a brick factory for his death. The family members of Udayagiri Narayana (38) alleged that the accused portrayed his murder as a suicide by hanging the […]
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Hyderabad/Amaravati: Polling was underway for Presidential elections in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Monday. Members of Telangana Legislative Assembly and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly began casting their votes at their respective Assembly buildings in Hyderabad and Amaravati respectively. The polling began at 10 a.m. under tight security arrangements and will continue till 5 p.m. In Hyderabad, […]
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Vijayawada: The first suspected monkeypox case in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada created a scare but the health authorities clarified on Sunday that the child has tested negative for the disease. Andhra Pradesh’s Commissioner for Medical, Health and Family Welfare J. Nivas said that the two-year-old girl has routine skin rashes. There is no need to panic, […]
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Amaravati: River Godavari which was in spate showed indications of a let-up on Sunday evening at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, belying fears that the water level might rise to a higher level. The Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Information and Management System recorded 25.20 lakh cusecs at the Cotton Barrage […]
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Visakhapatnam: There is a need for an early amendment of the regulation pertaining to `Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement’ to stop the taxation on offshore income of Indian firms providing technical support, according to AP Industries minister Gudivada Amarnath. Addressing a meeting on `Collaboration between the Andhra Pradesh government and Western Australia government here on Saturday, […]
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Vijayawada: With the Godavari river in spate, the flood waters wreaked havoc in six districts in Andhra Pradesh and more than 170 villages are under water while crops in thousands of hectares are damaged. According to officials here on Saturday, the Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR), Eluru, West Godavari, East Godavari, Konaseema and Kakinada districts are […]
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Hyderabad: International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Nellore, is organising world’s longest and largest cultural festival on the occasion of Sri Krishna Janmashtami. The unique features of the international cultural fest is that anyone from the age of 4 months to 80 plus years can participate and there is no registration charges. All the participants will […]
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Visakhapatnam: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday released Rs.261.51 crore to 2,61,516 benefiries at the rate of Rs 10,000 each under the YSR Vahana Mitra scheme. Addressing a public meeting here on the occasion, he said it was one of the poll promises kept within four months of coming into power. “We implemented this […]
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Amaravati: Hundreds of villages, mainly the lankas (island villages), along the course of Godavari are reeling under one of the worst floods as the swollen river has been discharging 19.05 lakh cusecs of water as on Friday morning. The flood crossed the third danger signal at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram in […]
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Amaravati: The flood flow in river Godavari reached 15 lakh cusecs on Wednesday morning even as the second warning signal continued. However, the flood is apparently decreasing, according to State Disaster Management Authority Managing Director B R Ambedkar. “By evening the intensity could lessen but still people in vulnerable areas should remain cautious,” Ambedkar said […]
