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Nellore: The ruling YSR Congress Party is confident of a big win in the by-election to the Atmakur Assembly seat to be held on Thursday. The campaigning for the bypoll ended on a high-note on Tuesday evening with both the YSRCP and the BJP holding huge rallies and road shows. However, the ruling party candidate […]
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Nalgonda: Along with her two children, a woman, who was native of Avuravani of Narketpally mandal in the district, committed suicide by jumping in front of Falaknuma express near Nadikudi railway station in Palnadu district of Andhra Pradesh state on Monday night. The victims were Gade Ramya (28), her son Rishik Reddy(8) and her daughter […]
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Srikakulam: Forest officials on Tuesday caught the rogue bear which killed a farmer and injured many others in Kidisingi village of Vajrapukotturu mandal in the district. The bear was traced to a house in the village, tranquilised and put in a cage. It was then shifted to an animal rescue centre here. It is believed […]
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Visakhapatnam: City-based IT company Symbiosys Technologies is producing a high-end global animation film at its studios here. Announcing this here on Monday, CEO of the company O. Naresh Kumar said that the movie titled `Noah’s Ark’ with co-producers from the US and Brazil is set for global release. “Already 20 distributors in 20 different countries […]
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Srikakulam: A 72-year-old man was killed after being attacked by a bear in the Kidisingi village of Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district on Sunday morning, police said. The deceased has been identified as Kalamata Kodanda Rao, a 72-year-old man. “Kalamata Kodanda Rao (72) was killed in a bear attack on Sunday morning in Kidisingi village in […]
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Amaravati/Hyderabad: Police and railway authorities remain on high alert in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in view of the ‘Bharat bandh’ call given by some organisations to protest against recently announced scheme Agnipath for Army recruitment. Security was tightened at all major railway stations, offices of the Central government and Army recruitments authorities in both the […]
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Hyderabad: With less than a month to go for the Presidential election, all eyes are not just on the candidate BJP-led NDA will name but also on the stand to be taken by Andhra Pradesh’s ruling YSR Congress Party. As the NDA is short of majority in the electoral college, it will expect the YSRCP […]
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Guntur: The Andhra Pradesh police on Saturday took into custody a suspect in arson at Secunderabad railway station during protests over Agnipath scheme. The suspect, Avula Subba Rao who is Director of Sai Defence Academy, was held by Guntur police in Khambam from where he was taken to Narasaraopeta here. He is being handed over […]
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Visakhapatnam: In view of suspected agitation at Visakhapatnam railway station and agitations in various zones, several trains are cancelled and a few diverted or rescheduled. Trains cancelled were train No. 18045 Shalimar-Secunderabad East Coast Express leaving Shalimar on June 19, train No. 17240 Visakhapatnam-Guntur express leaving Visakhapatnam on Saturday, No. 17239 Guntur –Visakhapatnam express leaving […]
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Guntur: Security has been beefed at Guntur Railway station with police force deployed in large numbers in view of the anti-Agnipath protests across the country. According to the police, around 200 suspects have been taken into preventive custody. Guntur Superintendent of Police Arif Hafiz said, “Heavy police have been deployed at the Guntur Railway station. […]
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Visakhapatnam: Railway authorities on Saturday closed the Visakhapatnam railway station and beefed up security at all other major stations in Andhra Pradesh as a precautionary measure to prevent protests against the Central government’s Agnipath military recruitment scheme. Following intelligence alerts about army aspirants planning massive protests, authorities have shut down the station and stopped the […]
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Visakhapatnam: In view of agitation in various railway zones, the trains passing through Waltair Division were cancelled and a few diverted on Friday. The trains cancelled were No. 18046 Hyderabad-Shalimar East Coast Express leaving Hyderabad on Friday, train No. 12704 Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma Express leaving Secunderabad on Friday, and train No. 22644 Patna – Ernakulam express […]
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Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary Nara Lokesh on Thursday urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to take steps to prevent aqua farmers from declaring ‘aqua holiday’ this year. In a letter to the Chief Minister, Lokesh said one sector after another including aqua culture was getting stuck in crisis […]
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Kakinada: Union Minister of State for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Dr L Murugan has lauded the YS Jagan government for setting up a Secretariat system for the benefit of the people. Talking to reporters after inspecting the 36th Division Secretariat in the town here on Thursday, he observed that the state government has removed the […]
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Nellore: In a shocking incident, a 3-year-old girl, who was subjected to occult practices by her father, died while undergoing treatment in a hospital on Thursday morning. Her father has been detained by the police. On Wednesday, Venugopal who has twin daughters, conducted some rituals at his home in the Perareddypally village of Nellore district. […]
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Tadepalli: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has called for special focus on employment generating MSMEs in the state and prompt payment of incentives to them. At a review on Industrial development, Ports and Fishing harbours here on Wednesday, he directed officials to ensure that basic infrastructural facilities were created in lands earmarked for industries. When […]
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Amaravati: Hotels, restaurants and eateries in Andhra Pradesh will be allowed to remain open till midnight from Tuesday and the state government has issued an order to this effect. Hitherto, restaurants were open till 10 p.m. due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The government has relaxed the timings in response to plea from the […]
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Anantapur: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday released Rs 2,977 crore under the YSR Free Crop Insurance scheme for the 2021-Kharif season directly into the accounts of 15.61 lakh farmers at a function held at ChenneKothapalli village of Sri Satyasai district. Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister said that Anantapur district in […]
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Tirupati: Tirupati police on Tuesday arrested two inter-state thieves through a Locked House Monitoring System (LHMS) and recovered 50 grams of gold in a case and Rs.1800 in cash in the other. Vamshidhar Reddy allegedly broke into a house and committed theft of Rs 1800. Police caught him with the help of LHMS when he […]
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Tirupati: A video clip of a man being allegedly thrashed by a traffic police head constable here went viral on social media on Sunday. While the police initially tried to justify the cop’s action, he was later put under suspension, pending an inquiry. @ncbn @naralokesh @MVenkaiahNaidu @SucharitaYSRCP @APPOLICE100 Found this indiscriminate incident happened at #AnnamayyaCircle, […]
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Visakhapatnam: Five people were killed and seven others injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district early Monday, police said. A private bus overturned near Edugurallapalli in Chinturu mandal of the district. The bus of Sangita Travels with 60 passengers was on its way to Vijayawada from Chinnapally in neighbouring Odisha. […]
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Visakhapatnam: Police have arrested a youth and recovered 63 LSD drug packets from him in Gajuwaka here on Saturday. The surveillance team suspected that the youth, Girish Teja Naidu, was not only consuming the synthetic drug but also selling it in the city. The police said Teja would procure the synthetic drug packet from his […]
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Vijayawada: A teenager allegedly committed suicide after his friends mocked him following defeat in online game PUBG. The incident was reported from Machilipatnam town of Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district on Sunday. The 16-year-old felt reportedly humiliated after his friends mocked him when he lost the online game. He came home and allegedly hanged himself to […]
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Visakhapatnam: The maiden run of the new LHB rake of train no. 12861 Visakhapatnam- Kacheguda express was flagged off by retired railway employees in the presence of Divisional Railway Manager Anup Satpathy and other officials, at the Visakhapatnam railway station here on Saturday. The modern Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) rake has been introduced to several […]
