Andhra Pradesh

The widening works are being carried out at a cost of Rs 150 crore from Kondaveti Vagu Lift Irrigation Scheme to Rayapudi, stretching up to 15.5 km.

Hyderabad: A fact-finding team of the Krishna River Board Management (KRMB) inspection visit to Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS) on Wednesday was postponed since the Andhra Pradesh (AP) government failed to appoint a nodal officer to facilitate their visit to the project site. The board, which scheduled the visit to the site following directions from […]

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has taken it upon himself to spread awareness on Disha application, which has been launched to provide better security and protection to citizens, mainly women. The Chief Minister actively took part in an extensive campaign held at Gollapudi, Vijayawada on Tuesday, on the Disha application intending to […]

Andhra Pradesh govt approved allotment of 860 acres of land at a lower price for the plant which is proposed to be established near Momidi and Tamminapatnam villages

Visakhapatnam: Workers at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant –Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) went on a daylong strike on Tuesday, demanding dropping the move to privatise the plant and implementation of wage revision. As many as 14 trade unions took part in the strike. The workers are also demanding job for the family of workers who […]

Rajahmundry: Three minor children were drowned as the motorcycle they travelled on, skidded and fell into an open well. The bodies were fished out on Wednesday morning. The accident occurred at Dosakayalapalli in Korukonda mandal of East Godavari district on Monday. Gummadi Suneel, 17, took his relatives Chinnam Veerraju, 17, Chinnam Sirisha, 13 and Abhiram, […]

Of the total cases reported, only 1,418 were now active after 1,635 patients had recovered.

Visakhapatnam: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday condemned the arrest of the unemployed youth and students who staged dharna demanding inclusion of 1.86 lakh posts in the job calendar released by the state government. CPM city committee secretary B. Ganga Rao said that youth who staged a demonstration in front of the residence […]

Curfew will be relaxed from 6 am to 9 pm in Anantapur, Kurnool, Guntur, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, YSR Kadapa, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore and Srikakulam districts

The 'bandh' is called in protest against the 'encounter' in which six Maoists were killed at Teegalametta on June 16

It was on October 17, 2019 that Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, at a high-level meeting on recruitments, took the decision to do away with personal interviews for all recruitments through the AP Public Service Commission.

Walking an average of 40 kilometres a day, the youngster interacted with various people in hospitals, colleges, schools and public places in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

Do not take up works on RLIS without green nod, AP told

Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy said less than five per cent cases were reported in six districts--Kadapa, Guntur, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Nellore and Kurnool.

Vijayawada: One person was arrested in connection with a murder in broad daylight on the road in Durga Agraharam within a few hours of the incident on Friday morning. A rowdy sheeter Kukkala Ravi, Hemant and Karim had committed the offence according to plan and one of them was immediately nabbed and being interrogated, police […]

The apex court had on Thursday told Andhra Pradesh government that it was not convinced of the precautionary measures suggested by the state for holding Class 12 board exams.

The deceased include Javeria a 12-year-old girl, 18-year-old Abdul Rashid, and 15-year old Anuus Khan.

Committee to be set up to assess marks to be awarded to students

Says KRMB's directions to AP to stop RLIS works clears the air surrounding project's legality

The Krishna River Management Board has instructed the Andhra Pradesh government not to take up the construction of the proposed Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme till a Detailed Project Report is submitted and appraised by the board and Central Water Commission.

In a letter addressed to the GVMC Commissioner G. Srujana here on Wednesday, he said it was a highly inopportune time for GVMC to notify the proposal to hike the taxes, as the residents of Vizag were struggling to deal with the Covid pandemic

"If Rajasekhar Reddy diverted Telangana water to Andhra is a thief, what should we call Jaganmohan Reddy who is diverting double the quantity of water by constructing illegal projects?" he questioned

Visakhapatnam: The Forum for Development of North Andhra has hailed the appointment of Olympic medalist Karnam Malleswari as the first Vice-Chancellor of Delhi Sports University. Malleswari, who hails from Voosavanipeta village near Amadalavalasa in Srikakulam district, had worked her way hard to bag several international medals. She also received the Rajiv Khel Ratna, Padma Shri, […]

Kurnool: Four of a family committed suicide by consuming poison in the city on Tuesday night. A TV mechanic Pratap, his wife Hemalatha, and their son Jayant and daughter Rishita–were vexed with life after their friends and relatives died due to COVID recently, police, who found a suicide note at the premises, said. When none […]