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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 […]
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Hyderabad: A one-way special train between Tirupati-Secunderabad will be run by the South Central Railway (SCR) on April 17 to clear the extra rush during holidays. According to a press release, Train No.02763 Tirupati – Secunderabad one way special will depart at 5 pm on April 17 and arrive at 5.45 am the next day. […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to a mishap at a chemical unit in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh. He also prayed for quick recovery of the injured. “Pained by the loss of lives due to a mishap at a chemical unit in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh. […]
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Amaravati/Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday condoled the death of six people and announced Rs 25 lakh compensation for the family members of the victims of the gas leak-triggered explosion at a chemicals manufacturing unit at Akkireddygudem. Thirteen people were also injured in the fire accident. The chief minister also […]
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Eluru: Six persons were charred to death and 12 injured in a massive fire accident that took place in a chemical factory called Porus Private Limited in the Musunuru village of Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district on Wednesday. The fire broke out in the factory delivering polymer raw material after a container got leaked and the […]
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Visakhapatnam: That a Stanford University Undergraduate admission stacks up against the odds, would be an understatement, considering that the premier University receives around 50,000 applications every year with an acceptance rate being one of the lowest in the world at around 3.9 per cent. Add to that, a global pandemic and the extreme uncertainty and […]
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Tirupati: Three people were injured in a stampede-like situation at the ticket counters at the Tirumala shrine in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati, informed TTD PRO Ravi Kumar on Tuesday. Due to uncontrollable rush for Sarvadarshanam tickets at respective counters in Tirupati, TTD had decided to stop break darshan till sunday and allow the pilgrims to Tirumala […]
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Hyderabad: Five train passengers who were on a different track were run over by Konark express near Batuva village in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday early morning. ANDHRA TRAIN ACCIDENT Five people were killed after a train ran over them in the Srikakulam district of #AndhraPradesh. pic.twitter.com/QpJkPsdopj — Mirror Now (@MirrorNow) April 12, […]
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Visakhapatnam: After initially announcing that the entire Cabinet would be changed barring only a few, Jagan’s decision to retain nearly half the team–11 out of 25 –as ministers appears to have stirred a hornet’s nest. At least two former ministers–Mekathoti Sucharita who held the Home portfolio and Balineni Srinivasulu Reddy who handled Environment and Forests […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has reconstituted his Cabinet with all 25 ministers taking oath on Monday. Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan administered the oath of office and secrecy to members of the revamped Cabinet at a ceremony held near the State Secretariat and attended by leaders and workers of YSR Congress […]
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Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has finalised the list of new Cabinet ministers on Sunday, striking a social balance and giving priority to backward classes. The finalised list is –Gudivada Amaranath, Dadisetti Raja, Botsa Satyanarayana, Rajanna Dora, Dharmana Prasada Rao, Seediri Appalaraju, Jogi Ramesh, Ambati Rambabu, Kottu Satyanarayana, Taneti Vanita, Arumuri Nageswara Rao, Meruga […]
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Amaravati: The stage is set for the reorganisation of the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Monday even as the suspense continued on who will be picked as the new ministers and who will retain their ministerial positions. Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan will administer oath to the new ministers at the Secretariat at 11.31 a.m. on Monday. […]
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Amaravati: Homes in darkness, patients suffering in government hospitals and industries coming to a grinding halt in Andhra Pradesh show the severity of the power crisis gripping the state. An incident in which a woman delivered a baby under a cellphone light at a government hospital in Narsipatnam and the visuals of patients having a […]
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Visakhapatnam: RINL-Visakhapatnam steel plant has achieved profit before tax (PBT) of Rs. 835 crore with a scintillating turnaround performance during 2021-22, according to its Chairman and Managing Director Atul Bhatt. He disclosed this while addressing senior officials and representatives of various unions at a function organized at MP Hall of Ukkunagaram club, here on Saturday. […]
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Amaravati: The Tipu Sultan controversy has resurfaced in Proddatur town in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district. Unidentified person wrote ‘Tipu Sultan Centre’ on a divider on Jinnah Road Centre, once again bringing to the fire the controversy over the proposal to install a statue of the former Mysore ruler in the town. On the intervening night […]
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Tirupati(AP): A 65-year-old man was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in a village close to the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border in the small hours of Saturday. The incident occurred when the victim was asleep under a tiny thatched shelter in his tomato farm, police said. Police and forest officials rushed to […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday disbursed Rs 1,024 crores to the mothers of 10,68,150 students across the state under its flagship scheme Jagananna Vasathi Deevena which helps the students with boarding and lodging charges for 2021-22. “By depositing the financial assistance directly into mothers’ accounts, they are now demanding […]
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Visakhapatnam: A woman delivered a baby under the light of phones, torchlights and candles at a government hospital in Narsipatnam of Andhra Pradesh. With NTR Government Hospital plunging into darkness due to power cuts gripping the state and failure of the generator at the hospital premises, the staff asked the attendants of the woman to […]
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Visakhapatnam: With almost the entire cabinet of Andhra Pradesh set to be reconstituted with new faces, there are quite a few who are tipped for the coveted posts of ministers. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, keen on striking a balance in caste equations besides giving opportunity for senior and loyalists in the party, is likely […]
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Guntur: The canteen at the renowned Sri Malleswara Swamy Siva temple at Pedakakani in the district was closed on Friday in the wake of allegations that non-vegetarian food was cooked on the premises. Endowments department officials said that the canteen was seized and the licence of its organisers cancelled even while a probe was ordered […]
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Visakhapatnam: Maoists killed a militia member on suspicion of being a police informer in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitharama Raju district after the latter surrendered, said a police official on Friday. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Korra Laxman. The incident was reported in the Bongajangi remote village of Peddabayalu Mandal in […]
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Amaravati: All Muslim government employees, teachers, and contract workers are permitted to leave offices/ schools early by one hour in the evening on all working days during the month of Ramzan from April 3 to May 2, said the Government of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. “Government hereby permit all the Government Servants, Teachers, Persons hired […]
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Amaravati: Ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle, all Ministers of the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet have resigned with immediate effect. After finishing the final Cabinet meeting today afternoon, all 24 Cabinet Ministers have submitted their resignation letters to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at Andhra Pradesh Secretariat on Thursday. The new Ministers will take oath on […]
