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Hyderabad: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) have temporarily suspended certain weekly sevas performed inside the hill temple of Lord Venkateswara to provide more darshan hours to common devotees. The weekly sevas such as ‘Astadala Padapadmaradana’ performed on Tuesday, ‘Thiruppavada’ (Thursday), and ‘Nijapada Darsanam’ (Friday) will be suspended till June 30. As the summer vacations are […]
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New Delhi: The Severe Cyclonic Storm Asani over westcentral and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards at a speed of 5 kmph through the night bringing heavy rainfall at places along the Andhra Pradesh coast. On Tuesday, at 5:30 a.m., it lay centred over west central Bay of Bengal about 300 kms southeast of […]
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Amaravati: A software engineer in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district on Monday shot dead his lover and later killed himself with the same weapon. The shocking incident occured at Tatiparti in Podalakuru mandal. M. Suresh Reddy shot dead Kavya, also a techie, and later turned the gun on himself to end his life. The couple was […]
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Eluru: State BJP president Somu Veerraju has said that his party was clear on poll pacts in Andhra Pradesh. Talking to reporters here on Monday, he remarked that BJP had ‘pact with people’ and if required, it would have poll agreement with the Jana Sena Party of film actor Pawan Kalyan. Asked if the Telugu […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradeshs ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) may once again bail out the BJP-led NDA, which appears to be trailing behind the opposition by about 2 per cent votes in the Presidential elections scheduled in July. Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) are the two parties which have always […]
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Hyderabad: The devotees coming to Tirumala for the darshan of Sri Venkateswara Swamy are not supposed to carry other faith signs, deities, person’s photos, political party flags etc. According to a release issued on Saturday, this rule has been under implementation since several decades in TTD. “But some devotees unaware and unmindful of this regulation […]
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Anakapalle: A six year old minor girl was raped by next door neighbour on Thursday night. According to the parents of the girl, she and her elder sister went out to answer calls of nature after midnight. The latter informed her parents that someone had abducted her younger sister. Then, they, along with other neighbours, […]
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Srikakulam: Four of a family in Elamanchili village in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district attempted self-immolation in which a woman and her daughter succumbed while her other daughter and son sustained severe burns on Thursday morning, police said. According to police, a property dispute in the family could have been the reason for the extreme step. […]
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Visakhapatnam: City police on Thursday refused permission to former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu for visiting the Haritha Resorts in Rushikonda in the city where a tourism project work was going on. The vehicles of his team were stopped on the national highway near Yendada junction which drew strong […]
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Tirupati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has observed that the incidents of tenth class question paper leakage was resorted to only to tarnish the image of his popular government and the leakage was done from Narayana and Sri Chaitanya colleges. Addressing a function during which he released ‘Jagananna Vidyadeevena’ funds here on Thursday, he said […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister T Vanitha has come under severe attack from the opposition for her statement that “certain incidents happen rather unwittingly” regarding a recent rape case even as Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday claimed that those involved in such sexual assault cases belonged only to the Telugu Desam […]
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Amaravati: In another shocking incident in Andhra Pradesh, the body of an eight-year-old boy was carried on a motorcycle by his relatives after an ambulance driver refused to carry the same. The incident occurred in Nellore district on Wednesday and came to light on Thursday after a video went viral on social media. A person […]
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Visakhapatnam: Industries minister Gudivada Amarnath has alleged that the previous Telugu Desam Party government had resorted to a Rs.120 crore scam in the AP State Fibernet Ltd. Inaugurating a new branch of the APSFL near Andhra University here on Wednesday, he said that he was sure former Chandrababu Naidu had a hand in the scam […]
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Visakhapatnam: City police busted an international human trafficking case with the arrest of two persons and rescued a woman belonging to Bangladesh. Deputy Commissioner of Police Sumit Sunil said here on Wednesday that a woman, Beesetti Dhanalakshmi, 37, was running a brothel house in the water tank area near Pendurthi for some time. She has […]
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Vijayawada: A man allegedly committed suicide in a police station in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district on Wednesday. Appa Rao (38), who was arrested in a theft case three days ago, was found hanging in the washroom of Bhimadu police station. Relatives of the man alleged that he was tortured by police resulting in his death. […]
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Vizianagaram: One person was arrested for alleged rape of a woman in the city on Monday night. Hailing from the Parvatipuram district in Andhra Pradesh, the woman lives with her two children in the city, working in a tea shop to eke out a livelihood. On Monday night two persons knocked her door and forced […]
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Visakhapatnam: Thousands of devotees from north Andhra and the neighbouring Odisha state thronged the Simhachalam temple for a glimpse of the `Nijaroopa Darshan’ of Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy, an annual feature held on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, on Tuesday. Elaborate arrangements were made for the convenience of devotees who queued up from […]
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Hyderabad/ Amaravati: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated with traditional piety in the two Telugu-speaking states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Tuesday. With Covid restrictions no longer in place, the devout freely made their way to mosques to offer prayers with friends and family. The happiness was palpable on people’s faces as they streamed out after Eid […]
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Visakhapatnam: The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation (DAF) of the union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The Director, IIM Visakhapatnam Prof. M Chandrasekhar signed the MoU with Vikas Trivedi, Director, DAF at an impressive function held on April 22 at the prestigious […]
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Visakhapatnam: Efforts are on to provide darshan for ordinary devotees during Chandana Yatra of Sri Varaha Lakshmi Nrusimha Swamy at the Simhachalam hill temple here on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya on Tuesday. Informing this to reporters here on Sunday, executive officer of the temple M.V. Suryakala and Regional Joint Commissioner D. Bhramaramba appealed to […]
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Amaravati: Government employees in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district on Sunday staged a novel protest by tonsuring their heads and beating themselves with ‘chappals’ to press their demand for scrapping Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Andhra Pradesh Contributory Pension Scheme Employees Association (APCPSEA) staged the novel protest near Vizianagaram collectorate. The protestors called a barber at the […]
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Amaravati: A 25-year-old woman was gang raped by three men after thrashing her husband at the Repalle Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh’s Bapatla district on Sunday. A migrant labourer, who was asleep at the railway station along with her husband, was sexually assaulted by three unidentified men. The couple who arrived at the station was […]
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Kadapa: Former minister D.L. Ravindra Reddy has said that Telangana minister K. Taraka Rama Rao had mentioned only the facts that reflected the grim situation in Andhra Pradesh. Talking to reporters who met him here on Saturday, he noted that the YSR Congress Party had ruined the state. DL also said that his daughters were […]
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Amaravati: Tension prevailed at a village in Andhra Praesh’s Eluru district on Saturday when an MLA of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) was attacked by a rival group within the ruling party following murder of a local sarpanch. The incident occurred in G. Kothapalli village of Dwaraka Tirumala mandal. The infighting in the ruling party came […]
