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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 […]
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Visakhapatnam: The rumours of possible mid-term election in Andhra Pradesh have been doing the rounds for some time now with of course, the ruling YSR Congress Party always ready to deny any such move every time the topic was broached. But political observers have an inkling that Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy may opt for […]
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Hyderabad: The newly-wed couple Nayanathara and Vignesh Shivan, who was at Tirumala temple to take part in Kalyanotsavam of Lord Venkateshwara on Friday, stirred a controversy when the actress was found walking along the Mada Streets with her footwear on. Video footage of her walking in the surrounding area of the main temple with her […]
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Vijayawada: The ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) will establish party offices in all the 26 districts in the state, according to the party general secretary and Rajya Sabha member V. Vijay Sai Reddy. Announcing this at the inaugural ceremony of the party office in the newly formed NTR district here on Friday, he said that […]
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Tirumala: A record Rs.130.29 crore collections from hundi were received during May this year at the Tirumala Sri Venkateswara Swami temple. According to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) executive officer Dharma Reddy, as many as 22,62,000 devotees had darshan of the Lord during the month and the laddu sales was 1.86 crore. The hundi collections during […]
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Amaravati: Kalluri Gangadhar Reddy, a witness in the sensational murder case of former Andhra Pradesh minister Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy, died under suspicious circumstances in Anantapur district. The 49-year-old died in sleep at his house in Yadiki village on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, the family members informed the police. The police rushed there […]
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Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Minister for Tourism and film actor R.K. Roja has lambasted the BJP national president JP Nadda for his remarks against the Jagan government in the state. Addressing a media conference here on Wednesday, she took strong exception to Nadda’s view that Modi’s health scheme Ayushman Bharat was being implemented in the name […]
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Visakhapatnam: Cordelia Cruise Empress reached the shores of Vizag on Wednesday morning. The cruise ship will provide excellent cruise services in the tourism sector with all the amenities to enjoy with the family for three days in the ocean waters. The first service starts today. The ship will sail back to Chennai via Puducherry from […]
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Chittoor: A 45-year-old has been arrested for allegedly raping his six-year-old neighbour in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The accused has been identified as 45-year-old Sreedhar Babu. As per the police, Babu is currently in custody and a case has been registered for the same. “The accused knew the girl as they are neighbours. […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday urged the chairman of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to prevent Andhra Pradesh from illegally dumping tunnel waste in the Srisailam reservoir. It also requested the Board to obtain full details from AP duly inspecting the site urgently, to arrive at proper assessment and initiated immediate action in […]
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Visakhapatnam: What is film actor ‘Power Star’ and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan up to? Is he keen on joining hands with former ally Telugu Desam Party of N. Chandrababu Naidu again? There are indications he may prefer the stronger TDP to the BJP which has its presence only on paper in Andhra Pradesh […]
