Andhra Pradesh

According to officials the deaths were caused due to failure of the oxygen tanker from Tamil Nadu to arrive on time

With this, the death toll due to Covid mounted to 8,899 in the State

Eleven Covid-19 patients died due to a problem in oxygen supply inside the ICU in Ruia hospital late on Monday night.

The minor girl was beaten and forcibly taken by the watchman, Apparao, Jaggaiahpet police station circle Inspector Chandrasekhar informed.

Active under the banner of Covid-19 Joint Action Committee (JAC), 60 volunteers belonging to Tabligi Jamaat have cremated bodies of 560 Covid victims since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.

Kadapa: Two persons were arrested in connection with the huge blast in the limestone mine on Saturday at Mamillapalle in the district in which 10 labourers died. Informing this to the media here on Monday, Kadapa district Superintendent of Police Anburajan, limestone mines owner Nageswara Reddy and a worker Raghunatha Reddy were arrested and a […]

According to the sources, the police got oral instructions from the higher officials not to allow ambulances of Covid-19 patients freely as earlier.

Hyderabad: The Railways has informed that all rail passengers travelling to Delhi from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States are being sent to mandatory quarantine for 14 days. Any person who has been successfully vaccinated (two doses) and produces a certificate to the effect or having a negative RT-PCR report (not older than 72 hours prior […]

Prasada Rao also served as Hyderabad police commissioner, ACB chief and other posts.

The incident had occurred near Mamillapalle village in Kalasapadu mandal when the labourers were unloading gelatin stick from a vehicle for using them at a limestone mine.

COVID-19 second wave has been widespread and it is identified that oxygen is one of the most valuable resources which needs to be procured, transported and consumed with utmost care.

About 20 workers belonging to Pulivendula, Badvel and Kasinayana mandals were working at the quarry and a few of them were engaged in unloading of the gelatin sticks.

As per information received by Director General, Drugs Control Administration, a decoy operation was conducted in Visakhapatnam to nab the accused B. Jagadeesh Kumar.

Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy spoke to the Kadapa district officials and enquired about the explosion.

He lauded the High Courts and the Supreme Court for commenting seriously and asking the Governments about the steps they were taking to help the people.

One M Subbaiah from Kurnool town has registered a complaint against Naidu, stating that he has created fear among the people of Kurnool.

Visakhapatnam: The Railways will run special trains to clear the rush of passengers. Accordingly, train No. 06185 Trivandrum – Malda Town Summer Special will leave Trivandrum at 18.00 hrs on Saturday, May 8 and on Tuesday May 11 so as to reach Visakhapatnam on the next day at 23.50hrs. The train will again leave Vizag […]

Visakhapatnam: The Forum for Development of North Andhra has urged the State government not to sell its 10.39 per cent equity share in Gangavaram Port to the Adani Group and suggested that it should either take over the Gangavaram port or request the Centre to bring it under the control of Visakhapatnam port. In a […]

Amaravati: With curfew clamped in the State to control COVID, the State government has decided to restrict the working hours for employees and they will have to work only from 8 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. This will apply to all state government offices, Secretariat, district offices and sub-divisional offices in Andhra Pradesh. Employees should possess […]

Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has directed all Arogyasri hospitals to provide beds to COVID patients without fail and the empanelled hospitals to provide 50 per cent of the beds to them. While reviewing the covid control measures and vaccination here on Thursday, he said even temporary empanelled hospitals and non-empanelled hospitals notified by […]

Vehicles would be allowed into Andhra Pradesh only between 6 am and 12 noon.

Five units of Oxygen making plants in the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant are in full operation and loading and dispatching of cryogenic tankers with Liquid Medical Oxygen at site is continuing

In a letter addressed to Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, he felt that instead of leaving Covid-19 patients to their fate, the health officials should reach out to the patients.

Under the guidance of Divisional Railway Manager Chetan Kumar Srivastava, the Diesel Loco Shed Visakhapatnam has modified the existing industrial oxygen regulator to meet the requirement.