Andhra Pradesh

State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar said elections were unanimous only for 16 percent of the seats and about 10,890 sarpanches and 47,500 ward members were elected directly. 

Kondru Raji (46) of Kadapa district lost her husband long ago and the poverty-stricken woman chose to work in Saudi Arabia with the sole aim of earning some money to arrange weddings of her two daughters.

According to YSRCP count, principal opposition, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) aligned candidates were restricted to only 488 panchayat victories.

This is the first child for Sreevani, one of the youngest deputy CMs in the country, and her husband Sathrucharla Parikshith Raju.

Huge voter turnout was recorded in the majority of 2,743 Panchayats going to polls in the last phase.

Visakhapatnam: Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) senior leader and Rajya Sabha member V Vijayasai Reddy spearheaded a padayatra (protest walkathon), accompanied by scores of YSRCP leaders, supporters and others to oppose Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) privatisation on Saturday. Reddy called the padayatra as ‘parirakshana porata yatra’, a walkathon for the protection of VSP. “Our […]

Jagan said AP could not yet gain the required growth momentum in industrialization despite the government's commitment to provide a business-friendly environment.

Rajya Sabha member V. Vijayasai Reddy spearheaded a padayatra (protest walkathon), accompanied by scores of YSRCP leaders, supporters and others to oppose Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

"Rapid industrialisation of my state is possible if only the special status is accorded. This was a commitment made on the floor of the Parliament and was a pre-condition to the bifurcation," said Reddy.

The Andhra government informed the commission that 485 people, who were hospitalized for 2-3 days were paid Rs 1 lakh each

A 60-year-old wooden chariot of the Antarvedi temple was gutted in a mysterious fire in September last year, sparking a political and religious row.

For the Armed personnel from the State winning Veer Chakra and Sowrya Chakra the cash award will be increased from Rs 6 lakhs to Rs 60 lakhs.

During the course of the search operation, hand written books, agreements and loose sheets revealing undisclosed cash transactions were seized

The decision was informed by the Chief Minister himself to the members of JAC of Ukku Parirakshana Committee who met him on his arrival at the city airport here on Wednesday

The election is being held in 12 mandals of Machilipatnam revenue division in Krishna district for 196 Sarpanch posts and 1,440 ward members.

He was 85, Sundara Varada Bhattacharyulu had been involved in all the Poojas in the tirumala temple and has regularly conducted brahmotsavam,Pavithrotsava and all other special poojas to the main deity.

The deceased was identified as R Kodanda Rama Rao, aged around 50 years and hailing from Bhimavaram in West Godavari

Chennai bench of NGT was hearing a petition filed by Gavinolla Srinivas who said construction works on the project were continuing in violation of the NGT judgment

Visakhapatnam: YSR Congress Party Rajya Sabha member Vijay Sai Reddy will undertake a 25-km ‘Save Vizag Steel Plant’ padayatra on February 20 in the city. Announcing this here on Tuesday, Vijay Sai Reddy said it would begin in the morning from the Gandhi statue in front of the GVMC main office in the city as […]

The electoral process was stopped midway in March 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic.

In a major road accident, 13 persons were killed and four were injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in the district on Sunday.

Fourteen members of a family on a pilgrimage died and four others injured when their vehicle jumped over the road divider and collided with a truck in Kurnool district on Hyderabad - Bengaluru national highway

Hyderabad: Uncertainty prevailed among family members and relatives of victims of Friday’s Araku road mishap at Shaikpet here in the city on the condition of the injured persons. They alleged negligence on part of driver Srisailam and the Dinesh Travels management. On Saturday, relatives of the one of the deceased, K Satyanarayana (50), his months’ […]

The revenue divisions in which polls will be held in the second of the four phases are Tekkali, Palakonda, Parvathipuram, Narsipatnam, Rajamahendravaram, Ramachandrapuram, Kovvuru, Gudiwada, Narsaraopeta