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Hyderabad: To facilitate IT, ITeS employees /employers and freelancers working from remote locations, Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy launched the State government’s Work from Hometown (W@HT) website. The government aims to provide proper infrastructures, such as high-speed internet, an uninterrupted power supply, and dedicated workspaces. Initially, W@HT pilot centres in 29 locations […]
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Krishna: As many as two people drowned in the Krishna river at Andhra Pradesh’s Thotlavalluru where they had gone swimming on Monday morning. The police said, “Ten people had gone swimming this morning. Two bodies have been recovered. Another person is missing. A search operation is underway.” The deceased have been identified as Goriparthi Shiva […]
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Tirupati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday directed the Central ministries concerned to prepare an action plan within a month for division of assets between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in accordance with the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014. The Home Minister gave this directive on plea made by AP Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy […]
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Narsapur: A new daily train will be introduced between Narsapur and Vijayawada from November 17. According to railway officials, the new passenger train no. 07877 will leave Vijayawada daily at 7.10 a.m. and reach Narsapur at 12.30 p.m. In the return direction, it will leave Narsapur at 1 p.m. to reach Vijayawada at 6.15 p.m. […]
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Hyderabad: The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has again requested the State governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to furnish details of Jurala, Srisailam, Nagarjuna Sagar and Pulichintala projects for performing functions as notified in the Gazette issued in July to take control over the projects. In a letter to Engineer-in-Chief (General) of Telangana Irrigation […]
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Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed six more charge-sheets separately against the accused in a case related to derogatory posts on social media against judges and judiciary, including verdicts delivered by AP High Court judges. The six accused – Sridhar Reddy Avuthu, Jalagam Venkata Satyanarayana, G Sridhar Reddy, Sreenath Suswaram, Kishore Kumar […]
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Hyderabad: The ghat road from Tirumala to Tirupati has been temporarily closed on Thursday. Following heavy rains, rock slides have been occuring at some points along the first ghat road. Due to these incidents, the TTD security staff decided to close the Tirumala to Tirupati ghat road from 7 pm on Thursday. Now you can get handpicked […]
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Visakhapatnam: All gates of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL)-Visakhapatnam steel plant will be blocked by the workforce on Friday till noon in response to a call by the VSP protection committee. Informing this here on Thursday, CITU state president Ch. Narasinga Rao said the move was to oppose the conspiracy of the Central government which […]
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Hyderabad: Well known journalist and writer Palaparthy Prasad passed away here on Tuesday. He was 88. He was suffering from illness for the last fortnight and breathed his last in house. Prasad, as he is widely known, was the editor of Andhra Patrika in Madras for a long time and had penned several novels like […]
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Hyderabad: To clear extra rush, South Central Railways (SCR) will run weekly special trains between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam. Train number 08585 (from Visakhapatnam to Secunderabad ) will operate on November 16 and 23. It will depart from Visakhapatnam at 5.35 pm and reach Secunderabad at 7.10 am on the next day. Train number 08586 (from […]
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Vijayawada: Despite Centre sanctioning funds, several railway projects in Andhra Pradesh were stopped due to the failure of the state government to contribute its share, BJP state president Somu Veerraju said here on Sunday. Talking to reporters, he said that the Centre had sanctioned Rs.35,000 crore for railway projects and was ready to give another […]
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Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government is not inclined to affect any cut in Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel due to its precarious financial condition, a top official said here on Friday. Two days ago, the Centre reduced the Excise Duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 10 a litre […]
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Anantapur: Twelve children have taken ill after consuming food at the school midday meals programme on Friday. According to reports, students had their midday meals at their school in Tippareddipalli of Yadiki mandal in the district. Initially five of them fell sick and the teachers immediately informed their parents who shifted them to the local […]
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Hyderabad: With an intention to replicate Telangana’s TIF-MSME Green Industrial Park model developed at Dandumalkapur, Choutuppal, a delegation from Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) visited the park on Friday. Spread over 462 acres, the TIF-MSME Green Industrial Park is developed by Telangana Industrialists Federation (TIF) and State Government. It is a unique model, where […]
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Hyderabad: Three youngsters received serious injuries due to a blast in an illegal cracker unit in Tekkali town of Srikakulam district on Wednesday. According to police, Vakada Hari, Saigopal, and Murthy were injured in the accident. The condition of one person among the three injured is said to be critical. Srikakulam Superintendent of Police Amit […]
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Kadapa: The ruling YSR Congress Party scored a landslide victory in the Badvel Assembly byelection on Tuesday, securing 76.25 per cent of the votes polled. Dr Dasari Sudha, widow of Dr Venkatasubbaiah who had won in 2019 and suffered untimely death, polled 1,12,211 to defeat her nearest rival Suresh from BJP by a margin of […]
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The Chief Minister received the guard of honour from police personnel and unfurled the Tricolour.
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Visakhapatnam: Film actor and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan blamed the ruling YSR Congress Party in the State for not bringing pressure on the Centre to stop privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Addressing a public meeting arranged by the JSP to express solidarity with the ongoing agitation of the steel plant workers and trade […]
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Visakhapatnam: The IAS officer Lakshmisha who assumed charge as Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Commissioner on Saturday afternoon, was son of a poor farmer and even served as a newspaper boy while studying in Intermediate. Hailing from a remote village Holugundanahalli in Karnataka state, he recalls that his mother Lakshmamma after toiling in household chores, also used […]
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In the schedule released on Sunday, the ECI stated that it had reassessed the situation in both the States and decided to go ahead with the polling.
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Visakhapatnam: Noted environmentalist Medha Patkar gave a call for stopping privatisation of Visakhapatnam steel plant and protecting the country. Addressing the joint action committee against privatisation of the plant at the relay fast camp which entered the 261st day on Saturday, Medha Patkar, who came all the way from Mumbai to meet the steel workers, […]
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Kadapa: Polling in Badvel Assembly constituency by-election on Saturday was peaceful and 59.58 per cent of the voters cast their vote till 5 p.m., according to officials. The polling continued till 7 p.m. Chief Election Officer Vijayayanand was monitoring the byelection process through webcasting. He said the polling was going on peacefully without any untoward […]
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Hyderabad: Good news for travellers! A non-stop flight has been announced from Visakhapatnam to Tirupati, the temple city of Andhra Pradesh, and vice-versa. The flight is scheduled to begin operations on December 16. As of now, it takes over four to six hours from Visakhapatnam to reach Tirupati by air due to layovers at other […]
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Voters began casting their ballots at 7 a.m. through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at 281 polling stations, of which 148 have been identified as critical, according to poll officials.
