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Amaravati: Dr NTR University of Health Sciences has given permission for the conduct of academic activities from the next academic year 2023-24 in five new medical colleges at Eluru, Vizianagaram, Rajamahendravaram, Nandyal and Machilipatnam districts in Andhra Pradesh. With this, academic activities will begin with 150 MBBS seats in each college. Principals and superintendents have […]
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Machilipatnam: A Sub Inspector of police working in the Andhra Pradesh Armed Reserve was arrested on Tuesday by the DISHA police for cheating a woman and promising to marry her. The SI identified as Viswanathapalli Ganesh hailed from Narasimhanagar in Machilipatnam and entered into a physical relationship with the victim who hailed from Penamalur under […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana requested Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to take necessary steps for a site inspection of RDS right canal on top priority and restrain Andhra Pradesh from proceeding with canal construction immediately. In a letter to the Board Chairman, Irrigation and Command Area Development (I&CAD) department Engineer-in-Chief (General) C Muralidhar urged to depute a […]
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Nellore: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday performed the Bhoomi puja to mark the beginning of the Rs.3,746.14 crore worth first phase works of Ramayapatnam port in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district here. Addressing the displaced persons on the occasion, he said that the new port would be very useful to the state as […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday credited Rs 137 crore into the accounts of 3,39,096 beneficiaries who were left out from receiving the benefits of welfare schemes and also provided fresh pension, Arogyasri, and ration cards to 3.10 lakh families. Speaking on the occasion, he said that his government is […]
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Kothagudem: The residents of Kannaigudem gram panchayat in Yetapaka mandal of Alluri Sitaram Raju Manyam District in Andhra Pradesh have demanded demerger of their village with Telangana as they were not being cared for by AP government. Scores of residents of the village took to the streets shouting ‘Jai Telangana’ slogans and staged a dharna […]
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Hyderabad: The Godavari floods at Bhadrachalam has sparked a fresh row between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar blaming it on Polavaram project and demanding reduction in the height of the project. He also sought merger of five villages in Andhra Pradesh near Bhadrachalam with Telangana that would help in taking […]
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Amaravati: The alleged suicide by a Dalit man in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district last month took a new turn with his family blaming a police sub-inspector and owner of a brick factory for his death. The family members of Udayagiri Narayana (38) alleged that the accused portrayed his murder as a suicide by hanging the […]
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Amaravati: River Godavari which was in spate showed indications of a let-up on Sunday evening at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, belying fears that the water level might rise to a higher level. The Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Information and Management System recorded 25.20 lakh cusecs at the Cotton Barrage […]
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Visakhapatnam: There is a need for an early amendment of the regulation pertaining to `Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement’ to stop the taxation on offshore income of Indian firms providing technical support, according to AP Industries minister Gudivada Amarnath. Addressing a meeting on `Collaboration between the Andhra Pradesh government and Western Australia government here on Saturday, […]
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Vijayawada: With the Godavari river in spate, the flood waters wreaked havoc in six districts in Andhra Pradesh and more than 170 villages are under water while crops in thousands of hectares are damaged. According to officials here on Saturday, the Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR), Eluru, West Godavari, East Godavari, Konaseema and Kakinada districts are […]
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Amaravati: Hundreds of villages, mainly the lankas (island villages), along the course of Godavari are reeling under one of the worst floods as the swollen river has been discharging 19.05 lakh cusecs of water as on Friday morning. The flood crossed the third danger signal at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram in […]
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Hyderabad: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Wednesday made it clear that there will be no interruption in power supply under any circumstances in spite of heavy rains lashing the State for the last few days. Appreciating Telangana power companies for providing uninterrupted supply despite record rainfall that was not registered in the last 100 […]
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Hyderabad: The one-minute late norm is in force for the Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET) commencing July 14. This means students will not be allowed into the centre even if they are late by a minute. The test will be conducted in two sessions i.e., 9 am to 12 […]
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Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam airport recorded a 30 per cent increase in passenger traffic over the last quarter. According to O. Naresh Kumar of Andhra Pradesh Air Travellers’ Association, the number of passengers in the first quarter of the current fiscal 2022-23 was 5,94,400 compared to 4,56,324 in the last quarter of 2021-22.The aircraft movement also […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana has requested the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to stop Andhra Pradesh from proceeding with any further construction of Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme Right Canal (RDS Right Canal) or its components till Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) delivered its decision. In a letter to the Board Chairman, Telangana Irrigation and Command Area Development (I&CAD) […]
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Amaravati: Two women pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh, who were reported missing in the cloudburst and flash floods near Amarnath cave in South Kashmir, had died, according to officials here on Monday. Both the women were from Rajahmundry and were identified as Kotha Parvathi, and Munishetti Sudha. They were said to have died in the floods […]
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Hyderabad: Chilkur Balaji temple chief priest C S Rangarajan has issued an appeal supporting the grand celebrations of Vyasa Pournami or Guru Pournami on July 13 being organised by fishermen communities in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The Fishermen community claims that they are the descendents of Satyavathy, the mother of sage Veda Vyasa and the […]
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Amaravati: At least six pilgrims, including two women, from Andhra Pradesh were reported missing in the cloudburst and flash floods near the Amarnath cave in Kashmir, according to State government sources here on Sunday. The six pilgrims who remained untraced after the tragedy near the holy cave were identified as Vinod Ashok (Vijayawada), Gunishetty Sudha […]
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Nalgonda: Andhra Pradesh MLC R V Ramesh Yadav on Sunday escaped unhurt from a road accident on National Highway No. 65 at Gopayapally of Narketpally mandal in the district on early hours of Sunday. According to the police, the road accident took place when the YSRCP MLC was going to Hyderabad after attending YSRCP plenary […]
