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Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held Spandana video conference with District Collectors and SPs and discussed a wide range of issues including PRC, Covid, MIG layouts, Spandana redressals, Housing and Sustainable Development Goals. During the meeting held here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister directed the officials to focus on completing the compassionate appointments […]
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Guntur: The iconic Jinnah Tower here was painted in the national tricolours. The tower which is a city landmark has long been mired in controversy over being named in the honour of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. In an apparent bid to quell the attempts to raise the communal pitch, the Guntur Municipal […]
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Vijayawada: Leaders of state government employees’ unions on Wednesday burnt the new payslips of salaries and copies of PRC GOs at the Revenue Bhavan here, protesting against the attitude of the Andhra Pradesh government. PRC Sadhana Samiti leaders Bandi Srinivasa Rao, Bopparaju Venkateswarlu, Suryanarayana, Venkatrami Reddy and others doused the payslips as well as copies […]
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Kakinada: Four persons died after consuming spurious toddy, while another was admitted in critical condition at the government hospital here on Wednesday. He was rushed to Kakinada government general hospital, where his condition is stated to be critical. The incident occurred in Rajavommangi of East Godavari district. Police have registered a case and are investigating.
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Amaravati: Police in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday started detaining leaders of the government employees and teachers’ unions to foil ‘Chalo Vijayawada’ called by PRC Sadhana Samiti on Thursday. Citing the denial of permission for the protest program in view of Covid-19 pandemic situation, the police detained leaders of various unions of government employees and teachers […]
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Vijayawada: Three of a family of handloom weavers committed suicide at Pedana of Krishna district here on Tuesday. Kasina Padmanabham, 52, his wife Naga Leelavati, 45, and son Rajanagendra, 24, committed suicide by hanging from ceiling. Police suspect that financial problems have driven them to take the extreme step. Investigation is on. Now you can […]
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Amaravati: Former Chief Minister of AP and Telugu Desam Party national president N Chandrababu Naidu has said that the Central Budget introduced in the Parliament on Tuesday was not up to expectations. In his reaction here, he noted that the Centre did not spell out what it has in store for the farmers and the […]
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Visakhapatnam: Special Branch police have arrested three persons including a woman, for drug peddling. Informing this at a media conference here on Monday, Special Branch Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Anand Reddy and ACP-West Sripada Rao said Ganta Malavya, 24, a resident of Shaikpet near Golconda in Hyderabad arrived in the city by a private […]
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Hyderabad: There is a likelihood for largescale appointment of judges in Andhra Pradesh High Court. The collegium headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana which met on January 29 here, has recommended the names of seven senior lawyers for promotion as judges–Ravi Cheemalapati, Gannamaneni Ramakrishna Prasad, Konakanti Srinivasa Reddy, Vaddiboyina Sujata, Satthi Subba Reddy, […]
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Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is all set to conduct a mega-musical event on the occasion of Purandaradasa Aradhana Mahotsavam from January 31 to February 2. Dasa Sahitya Project is organising the event at both Tirumala and Tirupati. Haridasa Ranjani will be conducted at Annamacharya Kalamandiram in Tirupati on Monday from 6 pm to 8 pm, where […]
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Visakhapatnam: The Praja Arogya Vedika affiliated to Jan Swasthya Abhiyan has urged the union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman to allocate a minimum of three per cent of the GDP in the budget to health care so that India would become world no. 1 number one in providing quality health care to the citizens. In […]
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Vijayawada: Sexual harassment allegedly by a Telugu Desam Party leader has led to suicide of a school girl who jumped from a highrise apartment in Kummaripalem Centre of Vidyadharapuram here on Saturday. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Hanumantha Rao, the minor girl, a student of ninth class of a school near Benz Circle here, […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh registered 10,310 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Sunday. In 24 hours ending 9 AM on Sunday, 9,692 infected people had recovered while 12 more succumbed in the state, according to the latest bulletin. The state Covid-19 chart now showed a total of 22,70,491 positives, 21,39,854 recoveries and 14,606 deaths till date. The […]
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Hyderabad: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Andhra Pradesh (AP) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LinkedIn for a joint research in the area of intelligent cloud computing. The MoU was signed by Prof. CSP Rao, Director, NIT-AP, and Naga Krishna R. Sathvalli, Director, Business Systems Program, LinkedIn. Chidambaran Kollengode, Director, Data and […]
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Amaravati: More than the proposed changes to the cadre rules, non-empanelment for various ranks has become the major stumbling block for Indian Administrative Service officers of Andhra Pradesh cadre, depriving them of the opportunity to serve at the Centre. The ‘360-degree’ system, under which senior IAS officers, and even retired bureaucrats, are called at random […]
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Visakhapatnam: The Pay Revision Commission (PRC) row in Andhra Pradesh remains unresolved with the State government employees intensifying their agitation day by day. They are participating in thousands in the districts and are gearing up to take part in the `Chalo Vijayawada’ rally scheduled for February 3 for which the RTC workers also announced their […]
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Visakhapatnam: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) is of the view that the Andhra Pradesh government’s proposal to carve out 13 new districts made no administrative or rational sense. In a statement here on Friday, HRF leaders V.S. Krishna and A. Chandrasekhar noted that although the formation of smaller districts was a laudable exercise, it ought […]
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Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh unit of the BJP has welcomed the decision of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy to increase the number of districts in the state. Talking to media persons here on Thursday, the BJP state president Somu Veerraju pointed out that it was BJP’s policy to have smaller states and small districts […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday launched AP Seva Portal 2.0, an improved version of the Citizen Service Portal, to provide better services to the people. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister stated that all the officials right from village/ward secretariats to higher authorities will be using AP Seva […]
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Hyderabad: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has decided to release the online quota of darshan tickets for February. The Rs 300 Special Entry Darshan (SED) tickets will be released at 9 am on Friday, while the Slotted Sarva Darshan (SSD) tokens for the common pilgrims will be released at the same time on Saturday. TTD […]
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Guntur: Tension prevailed at Jinnah Tower here in Andhra Pradesh as some members of a right-wing group tried to hoist the National Flag at the landmark named after Pakistan’s founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Police detained activists of Hindu Vahini when they attempted to hoist the national flag at Jinnah Tower on the occasion of […]
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Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam, the biggest city in Andhra Pradesh and proposed to become the executive capital of the state, will be part of the smallest district under the same name, thanks to reconstitution of the districts. After the reconstitution of the 13 districts comprising 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly constituencies, 51 Revenue divisions and 670 […]
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Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) on Tuesday announced that it will be offering a 20 per cent discount on ticket fares of various air-conditioned buses – Garuda, Night Rider, Indra, Amaravati, and Vennela sleeper services to Hyderabad from Vijayawada. According to APSRTC regional manager M Yesu Danam, the discount will be […]
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YSR's EBC (Economically Backward Classes) Nestham scheme aims at improving their livelihood and financial empowerment to benefit even the poorest female citizens from the EBC category.
