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Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday arrested scores of teachers heading towards Amaravati and Vijayawada to foil their planned protest at the chief minister’s official residence to demand repeal of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). In view of the ‘Chalo CMO’ call given by Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Federation (APTF), all the roads leading to the […]
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Kothagudem: Maoists have burnt a bus bound for Hyderabad on AP Telangana state borders on Sunday night. The incident occurred at Kothur in Chintoor mandal of Alluri Sitaramaraju district during late night hours. It was said that five armed naxals stopped the bus and told the passengers onboard to get down. But the passengers refused […]
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New Delhi: In yet another tragic incident involving an electric two-wheeler, a 40-year-old man has died after a blast occurred in an e-scooter belonging to Boom Motors while being charged at home. The incident in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, also left the deceased Kotakonda Siva Kumar’s wife and two daughters with severe burn injuries. According to […]
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Visakhapatnam: Railways will run the Samata and Swarna Jayanthi express trains from Visakhapatnam to Hazarat Nizamuddin with modern Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) rake in place of conventional coaches from April 25. While the Swarna Jayanthi express will have 21 LHB coaches comprising 2nd AC-2, 3rd AC-4, Sleeper Class-9, General Second Class-3, Second class Luggage cum […]
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Mancherial: Purohits or priests of not only Telangana, but Andhra Pradesh made a killing during the 12-day Pushkaralu of Pranahita by way of solemnizing certain rituals performed by devotees. Scores of priests from Andhra Pradesh made a beeline to Kaleshwaram in Prof Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, where the confluence of Pranahita, Godavari and mystic Saraswathi is […]
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Visakhapatnam: Jana Sena Party came into being only for the sake of Telugu Desam Party supremo Chandrababu Naidu, according to Minister for Industries Gudivada Amarnath. Talking to media persons here on Sunday, he observed that JSP had no ideals but worked solely for Chandrababu which was evident from JSP president and film star Pawan Kalyan […]
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Vijayawada: Governor of Andhra Pradesh Biswabhushan Harichandan and Lady Governor Suprava Harichandan on Sunday visited the National War Memorial (NWM) in Delhi to pay their obeisance to the martyrs. The Governor laid a wreath as a mark of respect for the brave war heroes who lost their lives while serving the nation. Governor Harichandan during […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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: […]
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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 […]
