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Visakhapatnam: An all women crew special train was inaugurated on Tuesday from Visakhapatnam to Rayagada to celebrate the International Women’s Year with the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, by Waaltair Division of East Coast Railway here. The train flagged off by the president of East Coast Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation (ECoRwWO) Parijata […]
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Nellore: A woman from the United Kingdom was allegedly gangraped on the Ravuru Road in the limits of Saidapuram in the district on Monday night. Unidentified persons were said to have resorted to the heinous crime and police, on information, registered a case and are investigating. The details of the incidents are not known yet. […]
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Visakhapatnam: A cervical cancer screening and vaccination programme was organised by Digumarti Foundation in association with Eco Carbon Private Ltd., on the occasion of International Women’s Day, at the ZP High School at Dharmarayudupeta village, Ravada Panchayati, Paravada Mandalam here on Tuesday. In a bid to prevent cervical cancer incidence, all the girls of the […]
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Visakhapatnam: Anganwadi workers on Monday took out a huge rally in the city demanding payment of minimum wages. The rally commenced from the Saraswati Park and reached the Collectorate where the police blocked its forward march. The rallyists raised slogans against the police and resented the attitude of the government. They recalled that the Chief […]
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The Governor, however, spoke about 'decentralisation of governance' in the context of the move to restructure and create new districts in the state.
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Hyderabad: As many as 133 more Telugu students who were stranded in war-torn Ukraine returned home on Sunday. Of them, 105 students were from Telangana. They arrived in Delhi from various neighbouring countries of Ukraine. The students were brought to Telangana Bhavan in Delhi, where the state government officials made food and other arrangements […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh police recovered gold, silver and cash valued at Rs 5 crore from five passengers travelling by a private bus during the early hours of Sunday. While checking a bus in Kurnool district, the personnel of Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) recovered 8.250 kg gold, 28.5 kg silver and cash from the passengers who […]
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Tirupati: As many as 69 passengers of a bus had a narrow escape as the bus driver suffered cardiac arrest while driving the vehicle in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district on Friday. One of the passengers showed presence of mind and controlled the steering to avert a tragedy, officials said. The incident occurred when the bus […]
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Polavaram: Union Minister for Water Resources Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday said that the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government were making efforts to complete the first phase of Polavaram project within a year. The union Minister who visited the project sites of Polavaram along with Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy in the morning, also […]
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Hyderabad: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Chairman YV Subba Reddy on Friday inspected the Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasadam Bhavan and luggage counter at old Anna Prasadam Complex at Tirumala and instructed officials to improve the quality of service and amenities being provided to devotees. Talking to media, he said preference is being given for facilitating […]
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Visakhapatnam: In its efforts to achieve and exceed targets despite the pandemic, Waltair Division ferried 10.61 million passengers safely up to February in this financial year which fetched Rs 358.01 crore, surpassing the targets 10.16 million and Rs.349.71 crore respectively one month before the closure of the financial year. This is an excess of 4.43 […]
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Vijayawada: BJP state president Somu Veerraju has held the two regional parties in the state–Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress Party– responsible for failure to build the new capital for Andhra Pradesh. Addressing the BJP leaders’ meeting at the party office here on Thursday, he said that the farmers in the capital region should realise […]
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Amaravati: Amaravati erupted in celebrations on Thursday after Andhra Pradesh High Court pronounced its judgment on petitions challenging Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government’s decision to create three state capitals. Raising slogans of ‘Jai Amaravati’, farmers of the region burst crackers and distributed sweets to hail the court order. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Prashant […]
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The court also asked the government to hand over developed plots with all basic amenities to farmers within three months. The government was also asked not to alienate lands in Amaravati for any work other than development of state capital.
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Vijayawada: With the deadline for submitting suggestions on reconstitution of the districts in Andhra Pradesh set to close on Thursday, the final notification on this will be issued before the end of March, according to Planning department Secretary Vijay Kumar. Informing this to media persons here on Wednesday, he said as many as 7,500 suggestions […]
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Amaravati: Nine private Volvo buses were completely gutted in a huge fire in Ongole town of Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district on Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred near Ongole Urban Development Authority (OUDA) Complex area where private travel operators had parked their vehicles. Fire fighting personnel doused the fire with the help of six fire […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly sessions will begin on March 7. AP Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan will address the two houses of Assembly and AP Legislative Council on the opening day and the house will condole the death of Minister M. Gautam Reddy on March 8. The annual budget is likely to be introduced on March […]
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He was 102 years old. He breathed his last in his daughter's residence in Hyderabad, where he had been staying for some time now.
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The bodies of the students aged between 12 and 15 years were recovered from Musi Vagu at Podavaripalem near Ponduru on Monday morning.
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Visakhapatnam: Former union Minister and BJP leader Daggubati Purandeswari has observed that AP is heading towards a financial emergency. Addressing a media conference here on Sunday, she said that the grim situation was even driving the YSR Congress Party government to pledge future revenue of the Excise department to get loans. Instead of finding ways […]
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Tirumala: Thanks to the lifting of curbs due to COVID, there is a steady flow of pilgrims to the Tirumala temple after a lapse of two years. A record number of 75,704 devotees visited the Sri Venkateswara temple here on Friday while 33,187 devotees made the offering of tonsure and the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) […]
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The state is not only struggling to pay salaries and pensions, the empty coffers have also hit some schemes and the work on infrastructure projects.
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Visakhapatnam: Both from the point of view of safety, as well as pollution, the Hetero Drugs unit near Nakkapalli in Visakhapatnam District presents a standing example of how the State government has shamefully allowed it to endanger the workers’ lives and imperil the health of the people, former Secretary to Government of India, EAS Sarma, […]
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Visakhapatnam: Railways have decided to convert the conventional coaches of three important long distance trains to LHB coaches to provide a more comfortable journey to passengers. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair Division A.K. Tripathi said here on Saturday that train No. 18189 Tatanagar-Ernakulam Biweekly Express will run with LHB rake with effect from March […]
