Andhra Pradesh

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Visakhapatnam: Thousands of devotees began Giripradakshina of the Simhachalam hill temple on Tuesday morning, on the eve of Guru Poornima. Their number is expected to swell to nearly four lakh or more by the time they complete the 32 k.m. trek around the hill and queue up for darshan of Lord Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swami, […]

Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam airport recorded a 30 per cent increase in passenger traffic over the last quarter. According to O. Naresh Kumar of Andhra Pradesh Air Travellers’ Association, the number of passengers in the first quarter of the current fiscal 2022-23 was 5,94,400 compared to 4,56,324 in the last quarter of 2021-22.The aircraft movement also […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has requested the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to stop Andhra Pradesh from proceeding with any further construction of Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme Right Canal (RDS Right Canal) or its components till Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) delivered its decision. In a letter to the Board Chairman, Telangana Irrigation and Command Area Development (I&CAD) […]

Amaravati: Two women pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh, who were reported missing in the cloudburst and flash floods near Amarnath cave in South Kashmir, had died, according to officials here on Monday. Both the women were from Rajahmundry and were identified as Kotha Parvathi, and Munishetti Sudha. They were said to have died in the floods […]

Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party has decided to support the NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu in the presidential poll. Announcing this here on Monday, TDP national president N Chandrababu Naidu said that his party was always committed to social justice. In this context, he recalled that the TDP had in the past supported K.R. Narayanan and […]

Tirupati: Two devotees were killed and three others injured in a road accident while they were on their way to Tirumala temple on Sunday. The dead were identified as Sharanya and Mithun of Erode in Tamil Nadu. According to reports, the driver may have dozed off at the wheel. The car they were travelling in […]

Amaravati: At least six pilgrims, including two women, from Andhra Pradesh were reported missing in the cloudburst and flash floods near the Amarnath cave in Kashmir, according to State government sources here on Sunday. The six pilgrims who remained untraced after the tragedy near the holy cave were identified as Vinod Ashok (Vijayawada), Gunishetty Sudha […]

Kurnool: Kurnool Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) station seized 66,000 bottles of liquor (worth about Rs 2 crores) on Saturday in the presence of Kurnool District SP Siddharth Kaushal in 593 cases registered in the year 2021-2022, said the SEB. Liquor bottles were destroyed on the road near the railway bridge on the way from Panchalingala […]

Guntur: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has been elected the lifetime president of the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP). An announcement in this regard was made on the second and final day of the party plenary here on Saturday. YSRCP general secretary V. Vijaysai Reddy, who was the returning officer […]

Visakhapatnam: Two persons were killed and three others injured when the wall of a house collapsed in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district on Saturday. The incident occurred in Kumaram village when five members of a family were asleep. The deceased were identified as Addala Laksmi (47) and Addala Ashok Kumar Raju (5). Locals removed the bodies from […]