Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati: The process of retrofitting passenger auto rickshaws and converting them into electric vehicles has begun in Andhra Pradesh and as many as 4,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations are being set up for the purpose. The New Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) has identified the areas for setting up the EV […]

Tirupati: Devotees at Tirumala temple near here were in for a shock when a LED screen at the famous hill shrine started showing movie songs instead of spiritual ones. On Friday evening, the LED screen in front of a shopping complex at Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple suddenly started showing Hindi songs, leaving the devotees dumbfounded […]

Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh’s YSRCP Government organised mega job mela in which over 200 companies from various sectors are participating, kickstarted on Saturday. The job fair will continue till April 24. Rajya Sabha member and YSRCP National General secretary V Vijaya Sai Reddy told ANI that over 206 companies from various sectors will be a part […]

Vijayawada: In yet another incident, a man was killed and three others were injured when the battery of an electric two-wheeler exploded in their house in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. The incident occurred in Vijayawada early Saturday when the man had kept the battery on charging in the bedroom. Shiva Kumar, his wife and their […]

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh State Women’s Commission on Friday issued summons to Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu and party leader Bonda Uma for humiliating the Chairperson of the Commission Vasireddi Padma and trying to obstruct her from listening to the woes of the gangrape victim at the government hospital on the day. The Commission […]

Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy directed stern action against the culprits who gangraped a mentally challenged girl in Vijayawada government hospital and announced Rs.10 lakh to the victim while calling for support to the family. The government suspended a Circle Inspector and a Sub-Inspector of Police for negligence in discharge of duty in the […]

Vijayawada: In a shocking incident, a mentally challenged woman was gangraped by three contract employees of a government hospital in Vijayawada. The 23-year-old victim was confined to a room in the Government General Hospital (GGH) for 30 hours (April 19-20). The three accused sexually assaulted her during the period. The victim’s parents alleged that the […]

Kakinada: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has observed that the Aditya Birla group coming forward to invest over Rs.2,000 crore through Grasim industry in the state augured well for Andhra Pradesh. Inaugurating the Grasim industry core alkali unit along with its Group Chairman Kumaramangalam Birla at Balabhadrapuram in Bikkavolu mandal in East Godavari district here […]

Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday suspended two employees of Road Transport Authority (RTA) for an incident in which a family was left stranded on road after the car in which they were travelling was taken away for the chief minister’s convoy. Within hours after Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed anguish […]

Amaravati: A family was left stranded on a road in Andhra Pradesh’s Ongole town after police took away the car in which they were travelling in along with the driver, saying they needed it for the convoy of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. The shocking incident occurred on Wednesday night when the family travelling […]

Hyderabad: Andhra Chess Association (ACA) in association with GITAM University is going to conduct GITAM 3rd Vizag Grand Masters International Open Chess Tournament at the GITAM University, Visakhapatnam from June 10 to 17. Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu released the poster of the tournament at the Port Guest House on Wednesday. The tournament is categorised into […]

Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has directed that a special app for the Anti-Corruption Bureau be prepared for control of corruption in the state, on lines of the Disha app, in a month’s time. Reviewing the programmes of the Home ministry here on Wednesday, he called for according top priority for ACB and Disha […]

Vijayawada: Telugu Desam Party leader Buddha Venkanna on Wednesday announced that a 100-member suicide squad has been formed to tackle detractors of TDP president Chandrababu Naidu. Talking to reporters here during the birthday celebrations of Chandrababu Naidu, he warned that it was ready to either kill or die to protect the TDP supremo and his […]

Guntur: According to information available, Kiran Kumar of Macherla in the district married a girl from Tenali on April 11. He took the bride to Macherla on the next day. The parents of the girl fixed the nuptial night in Tenali on April 16 and Kiran Kumar along with his wife started for Tenali in the […]

Anakapalle: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized Ganja worth more than 2 crores in the Anakapalle district of Andhra Pradesh, said a press release by the DRI on Tuesday. According to the statement, the officials acted upon a specific input about a substantial quantity of cannabis also known as Ganja being transported by one […]

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed incharge ministers for all the 26 districts in the state. The incharge ministers will review the development programmes and administrative affairs in the respective districts. The list: Guntur: Dharmana Prasada Rao, Kakinada: Seediri Appalaraju, Srikakulam: Botsa Satyanarayana, Anakapalli: Rajanna Dora, Alluri Seetharamana Raju and Parvatipuram: Gudivada Amaranath, Vizianagaram: […]

Visakhapatnam: The Indian war of Independence, truly an epic struggle, won acclaim from the world, Vice-President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has observed. He visited Pandrangi, the native place of the legendary tribal leader Alluri Seetharama Raju in the district on Tuesday along with Mizoram Governor K. Haribabu. Naidu garlanded the statue of Seetharama Raju […]

Visakhapatnam: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy called on his Haryana counterpart Manoharlal Khattar here on Tuesday. It was a courtesy call on the Haryana Chief Minister who is reportedly undergoing treatment at the Pema Wellness Resorts in Rushikonda here for the past four days. The meeting was brief and Jagan was accompanied during the visit […]

Amaravati: A four-year-old girl, who went missing into a forest in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, has been traced by the police after strenuous efforts for 36 hours. After a massive search operation by Chittoor police, the girl was traced at Ambapuram in Kangundi reserve forest, which is known to be a habitat of elephants and […]

Visakhapatnam: A girl has slit the throat of her fiance in a bid to kill him as she did not like to marry him. The incident occurred in Kommalapudi village of Ravikamatam mandal in Anakapalle district here on Monday. According to police, Ramunaidu of Visakhapatnam city is working as a scientist in CSIR, Hyderabad. He […]

Visakhapatnam: Ola and Uber drivers on Monday took out a rally in the city demanding their managements to reduce commission from the present 40 per cent to 20 per cent. The rally with about 500 cars commenced from the Port Sitarama Kalyanamandapam in Akkayyapalem and concluded at the RTA office where a memorandum was submitted […]

Visakhapatnam: Former Energy Secretary EAS Sarma has demanded the government to revoke the tax exemption notifications for Adani and Hindujas forthwith. In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Government, Sameer Sharma, on Monday, he also demanded an independent enquiry into the concessions given to the Adani and the Hinduja Groups in […]

Nellore: Two persons were arrested in connection with a theft in Nellore court complex on Sunday. Talking to media persons here, Superintendent of Police Vijaya Rao said the case was busted with full evidence and CC camera footage. The thieves took away mobile phones and laptops and threw away the papers and the two persons […]

Andhra Pradesh: Atleast 15 people were injured and 20 were arrested after stones were allegedly pelted as clashes broke out between two groups in Holagunda of Kurnool’s Allur in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. According to the police, the incident took place during a Hanuman Jayanthi procession. As per the police, stone pelting was witnessed when […]