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Tirupati: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams on Saturday cancelled VIP Break darshan due to an unprecedented pilgrim rush. TTD Trust Board Chairman YV Subba Reddy said, “Due to the series of holidays coupled with the wedding season, Tirumala has been witnessing unprecedented Pilgrims influx.” TTD has cancelled the VIP darshan till August 21 on the recommendation […]
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has flagged its concern over the proposal of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to construct reservoirs across Kosasthalaiyar river, saying it would affect Chennai’s drinking water prospects. In a letter to his Andhra counterpart Jagan Mohan Reddy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said, “it is learnt” that the government of Andhra […]
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Amaravati: A lawyer of Andhra Pradesh High Court has urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to order forensic analysis of a nude video clip allegedly involving YSRCP MP Gorantla Madhav. He alleged that the police are trying to mislead the people on the issue by stating that the video being circulated on social media is not […]
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Amaravati: The age-old word ‘Mangali’, Telugu for barber, can no longer be used as the Andhra Pradesh government has issued an order prohibiting it, along with some other words, as it was “dishonouring the self-respect of the Nayee Brahmin community”. The government, vide its order, prohibited the use of words Mangali, Mangalidhi, mangaloda, bochchu gorigevada […]
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Hyderabad: The Indian Navy works to protect the shores of our nation, often sacrificing their lives, time with their families, only to ensure that the Indian seas are safe and secure. Salman Khan took a whole day out of his hectic schedule to spend quality time with the sailors on Visakhapatnam, who were more than […]
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Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has called for establishing a fund for running welfare hostels, on lines of the fund created for maintenance of schools in Andhra Pradesh. Addressing a review meeting at his camp office in Tadepalli on Wednesday regarding infrastructural facilities in SC, ST, BC, Minority, Gurukula schools, welfare hostels and Nadu […]
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Hyderabad: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on Tuesday appealed to devotees to ensure that they have booked their accommodation and darshan tickets in advance before arriving in Tirumala. Heavy pilgrim influx is anticipated between August 11 and 15 owing to public holidays. The surge in footfalls is expected to continue till August 19. The TTD […]
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Amaravati: For the second month in a row, river Godavari is in spate again and crossed the first danger level at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Alluri Sitarama Raju district, which is yet to fully recover from last month’s deluge, is once again in the grip of […]
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Amaravati: A man in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district stole bus of state-owned APSRTC to reach home. The stolen bus belonging to Palakonda depot of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) was found in Kandisa village on Tuesday after several hours of search by the police along with Corporation officials. The students’ special bus was stolen […]
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Vizianagaram: A strange incident in which a AP Road Transport Corporation bus was stolen and later found by the police in another village, took place in the district on Tuesday. According to reports, an RTC bus of Palakonda depot on Monday made its night halt in Vangara village where the driver and conductor took rest. […]
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Nandyal: A police constable was brutally murdered in Nandyal on Sunday night. Guduru Surendra Kumar, 37, working as computer operator in Deputy Superintendent of Police office, was returning home on his motorcycle after duty when he was stopped by six ex-convicts who took him in an autorickshaw to Chinnacheruvu area where they stabbed him and […]
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Anakapalle: At least two people were injured in a fire that broke out at a pharmaceutical company at Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City in Parawada, Anakapalli on Monday. The fire has been brought under control. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Further details are awaited.
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Amaravati: Five persons were killed in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district in the early hours of Monday. A car rammed into a truck from rear near Cumbam in Prakasam district. All five occupants of the car died on the spot. The accident occured on Amaravati-Anantapur highway. The deceased, including three women, were on […]
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Hyderabad: Actor politician Pawan Kalyan on Sunday accepted the challenge of Telangana’s Industry Minister K.T. Rama Rao to wear handloom. @KTRTRS Ram Bhai’s challenge accepted😊 ‘cause of my love & admiration for our weaver communities. Now I nominate Sri @ncbn Sri @balineni_vasu Sri @drlaxmanbjp to post their pictures with Handlooms & show their love on #NationalHandloomDay […]
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Amaravati: Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh Women’s Commission Vasireddi Padma on Saturday urged the police to conduct the probe in the YSR Congress MP Gorantla Madhav obscene video case expeditiously and take appropriate action. In a letter addressed to the Director General of Police, she noted that there was need for early inquiry in the issue […]
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Paderu: Woman leader of Maoist party Podiam Jogamma alias Ritika surrendered to the police here on Saturday. A native of Salibudava village of Etapaka mandal here in Alluri Sitarama Raju district, she carried Rs. One lakh reward on her head. According to Officer on Special Duty Krishnakant, Jogamma was involved in the exchange of fire […]
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Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh has reported its first suspected case of monkeypox with a student of GITAM University here, showing the symptoms of the viral disease. The student was kept in isolation and the officials of the health department arrived at the university to collect the swab samples. Before the medical team could arrive, the student […]
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Hyderabad: Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy is hailed as the 19th-century hero who led the first mass rebellion in Andhra Pradesh against the British. Descendant of a dispossessed Polygar family, once a powerful feudal class of chieftains who looked after administrative matters in villages, he led a mass uprising against the tyranny of the British in 1846. […]
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Hyderabad: A man from Andhra Pradesh allegedly unable to bear harassment from financiers, died by suicide in Hyderabad on Thursday. The victim, Ch.Giridhar Varma (40), a realtor from Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh had come to the city three months ago on business purpose and was staying in a rented house at Ayodhya Nagar in […]
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New Delhi: YSR Congress MP from Hindupur, Gorantla Madhav, on Thursday alleged that deliberate attempts were being made to tarnish his image and accused the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of conspiring to discredit him. Talking to media persons here on Thursday to respond to what he said was a fake video, he said that […]
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Hyderabad: Vimala Foundation, a voluntary organisation established by senior surgical oncologist from Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda, Dr K Sreekanth, has donated a furnished room for an old age home in Porumamilla village, YSR district in Andhra Pradesh. The Foundation, which has been established in the memory of the surgeon’s parents late Dr K Subbaiah and late […]
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Anakapalle: After a gas leak occurred in a garment factory that left over a hundred hospitalised in Anakapalle district, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday took note of the situation and ordered safety audit in all the industries of the state. The decision came in wake of the gas leak incident […]
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Jeddah: Handling a mentally-ill person with memory loss by itself is not an easy task, and if the person is in an alien land with language barriers, it becomes doubly challenging. This is the tale of 38-year-old Bandala Annemma from Kadapa in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh who landed in Saudi Arabia for better prospects in February […]
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Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Task force police on Wednesday arrested two sandalwood smugglers and seized 30 red sandal logs valued at over Rs. 50 lakhs. On a tip off, a police team carried out a combing operation, Task Force Superintendent of Police M. Sundhar Rao, said. He stated that a person was found moving suspiciously at […]
