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Hyderabad: A day after conducting raids for over 18 hours at the houses of casino organizer Chikkoti Praveen Kumar in Saidabad and his aide Madhava Reddy in Bowenpally in connection Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued separate notices to them asking to appear before it on Monday. The ED officials, […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana fought for its existence in undivided Andhra Pradesh but after the State’s formation in 2014, it has emerged as one of the most developed States in the country, thanks to the priority accorded to welfare and development initiatives by the TRS government. Among the several innovative initiatives introduced by the State government in […]
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Anantapur: Police on Sunday arrested Sunkara Prasad Naidu, a notorious criminal under the ‘most-wanted’ category from Guntakallu village in the district, in connection with a kidnapping case. Prasad Naidu alias Allagadda Prasad along with 13 members of his gang were arrested by the police who seized one pistol, 16 bullets, two four-wheelers, a Bullet bike […]
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Amaravati: Three Karnataka police officers were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district on Sunday. The accident occurred along the Tirupati-Chittoor highway when the car in which they were travelling overturned and fell off the road after hitting a road divider. The accident took place near Choutapalli village […]
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Nandyal: In view of heavy rainfall, the irrigation department officials of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday opened three gates of the Srisailam Dam up and released water downstream. State Irrigation Minister Ambati Rambabu, Nandyal MP Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Srisailam MLA Shilpa Chakrapani Reddy and Nandyal District Collector Manazir Jeelani lifted the three gates of the Srisailam […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET) for engineering stream which concluded on Wednesday saw 91 per cent students taking the test. A total of 1,72,243 students registered for the entrance test which was conducted on July 18, 19 and 20 of whom 1,56,812 appeared. On Wednesday, a total of […]
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Hyderabad: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Chairman and Managing Director N Sridhar on Wednesday asked officials concerned to take necessary steps to supply coal to thermal power stations in five States. At a review meeting here, he instructed officials to take precautionary measures so that coal transport should not be affected in spite of heavy […]
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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 […]
