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Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday suspended two employees of Road Transport Authority (RTA) for an incident in which a family was left stranded on road after the car in which they were travelling was taken away for the chief minister’s convoy. Within hours after Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed anguish […]
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Amaravati: A family was left stranded on a road in Andhra Pradesh’s Ongole town after police took away the car in which they were travelling in along with the driver, saying they needed it for the convoy of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. The shocking incident occurred on Wednesday night when the family travelling […]
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Hyderabad: Andhra Chess Association (ACA) in association with GITAM University is going to conduct GITAM 3rd Vizag Grand Masters International Open Chess Tournament at the GITAM University, Visakhapatnam from June 10 to 17. Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu released the poster of the tournament at the Port Guest House on Wednesday. The tournament is categorised into […]
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Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has directed that a special app for the Anti-Corruption Bureau be prepared for control of corruption in the state, on lines of the Disha app, in a month’s time. Reviewing the programmes of the Home ministry here on Wednesday, he called for according top priority for ACB and Disha […]
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Vijayawada: Telugu Desam Party leader Buddha Venkanna on Wednesday announced that a 100-member suicide squad has been formed to tackle detractors of TDP president Chandrababu Naidu. Talking to reporters here during the birthday celebrations of Chandrababu Naidu, he warned that it was ready to either kill or die to protect the TDP supremo and his […]
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Guntur: According to information available, Kiran Kumar of Macherla in the district married a girl from Tenali on April 11. He took the bride to Macherla on the next day. The parents of the girl fixed the nuptial night in Tenali on April 16 and Kiran Kumar along with his wife started for Tenali in the […]
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Anakapalle: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized Ganja worth more than 2 crores in the Anakapalle district of Andhra Pradesh, said a press release by the DRI on Tuesday. According to the statement, the officials acted upon a specific input about a substantial quantity of cannabis also known as Ganja being transported by one […]
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Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed incharge ministers for all the 26 districts in the state. The incharge ministers will review the development programmes and administrative affairs in the respective districts. The list: Guntur: Dharmana Prasada Rao, Kakinada: Seediri Appalaraju, Srikakulam: Botsa Satyanarayana, Anakapalli: Rajanna Dora, Alluri Seetharamana Raju and Parvatipuram: Gudivada Amaranath, Vizianagaram: […]
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Visakhapatnam: The Indian war of Independence, truly an epic struggle, won acclaim from the world, Vice-President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has observed. He visited Pandrangi, the native place of the legendary tribal leader Alluri Seetharama Raju in the district on Tuesday along with Mizoram Governor K. Haribabu. Naidu garlanded the statue of Seetharama Raju […]
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Visakhapatnam: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy called on his Haryana counterpart Manoharlal Khattar here on Tuesday. It was a courtesy call on the Haryana Chief Minister who is reportedly undergoing treatment at the Pema Wellness Resorts in Rushikonda here for the past four days. The meeting was brief and Jagan was accompanied during the visit […]
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Amaravati: A four-year-old girl, who went missing into a forest in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, has been traced by the police after strenuous efforts for 36 hours. After a massive search operation by Chittoor police, the girl was traced at Ambapuram in Kangundi reserve forest, which is known to be a habitat of elephants and […]
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Visakhapatnam: A girl has slit the throat of her fiance in a bid to kill him as she did not like to marry him. The incident occurred in Kommalapudi village of Ravikamatam mandal in Anakapalle district here on Monday. According to police, Ramunaidu of Visakhapatnam city is working as a scientist in CSIR, Hyderabad. He […]
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Visakhapatnam: Ola and Uber drivers on Monday took out a rally in the city demanding their managements to reduce commission from the present 40 per cent to 20 per cent. The rally with about 500 cars commenced from the Port Sitarama Kalyanamandapam in Akkayyapalem and concluded at the RTA office where a memorandum was submitted […]
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Visakhapatnam: Former Energy Secretary EAS Sarma has demanded the government to revoke the tax exemption notifications for Adani and Hindujas forthwith. In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Government, Sameer Sharma, on Monday, he also demanded an independent enquiry into the concessions given to the Adani and the Hinduja Groups in […]
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Nellore: Two persons were arrested in connection with a theft in Nellore court complex on Sunday. Talking to media persons here, Superintendent of Police Vijaya Rao said the case was busted with full evidence and CC camera footage. The thieves took away mobile phones and laptops and threw away the papers and the two persons […]
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Andhra Pradesh: Atleast 15 people were injured and 20 were arrested after stones were allegedly pelted as clashes broke out between two groups in Holagunda of Kurnool’s Allur in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. According to the police, the incident took place during a Hanuman Jayanthi procession. As per the police, stone pelting was witnessed when […]
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Ananthapur: An 8-month-old infant reportedly died in Kalyandurg after being stopped by police in a traffic snarl during the victory processions of Women and Child Welfare Minister Usha Sricharan. The family alleged that the baby died while she was being taken to a hospital in an auto-rickshaw in Kalyandurg and was stopped by the police […]
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Visakhapatnam: The East Coast Railway has decided to run two weekly special trains between Visakhapatnam and Tirupati to clear extra rush of pilgrims towards Tirupati. Train No. 08581 Visakhapatnam- Tirupati weekly summer special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 23.00 hrs on Sundays from April 17 to June 26 to reach Tirupati on the next day […]
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Visakhapatnam: A new detailed project report on Visakhapatnam Metro Rail project has estimated the cost of the project at Rs.14,309 crore to cover 76.9 km length with 54 stops including two depots, according to Andhra Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Managing Director UJM Rao. Delivering a special talk on the project arranged by the Public […]
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Amaravati: Lawyers at a court in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore town staged a protest on Saturday, demanding probe into the theft at the court. Holding placards with writings ‘Save courts from thieves’, the lawyers staged the protest at Nellore Court Complex. They condemned the incident that occurred at the fourth additional judicial magistrate court on Wednesday […]
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East Godavari: Andhra Pradesh police on Friday arrested 10 people for organizing a ‘nude dance’ at a fair in East Godavari district’s Uppangala village. As per the police, the incident took place on the intervening night of 14 and 15 April around 3 am. According to the police, based on a viral video, 10 people […]
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Visakhapatnam: Former MP Vundavalli Arun Kumar has expressed surprise as to why Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy was not handing over the Polavaram project to the Centre. Talking to media persons here on Friday, he recalled that Jagan, while in the Opposition, had questioned Chandrababu Naidu for taking over the Polavaram project which was the […]
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Vijayawada: The fire accident at a chemical plant in Eluru district that killed six people and injured 12 others late on Wednesday night has raised fresh questions over industrial safety in Andhra Pradesh. The huge fire in the pharmaceutical intermediate manufacturing unit of Porus Laboratories at Akkireddygudem was apparently caused by leakage of some chemical […]
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Vijayawada: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has directed the officials to seize the Porus chemical unit in Eluru district, where six persons died in a blast, on Wednesday night. Disclosing this here on Thursday, Home minister Taneti Vanita said that the state government would not encourage any hazardous industry against publoic interests. She visited the […]
