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Visakhapatnam: The Pay Revision Commission (PRC) row in Andhra Pradesh remains unresolved with the State government employees intensifying their agitation day by day. They are participating in thousands in the districts and are gearing up to take part in the `Chalo Vijayawada’ rally scheduled for February 3 for which the RTC workers also announced their […]
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Amravati: As many as 12,561 COVID infections were added in Andhra Pradesh during the past 24 hours. According to a bulletin of Medical and Health department here on Friday, 12 deaths were reported during the period–three in Visakhapatnam, two each in Kurnool and Nellore and one each in Anatapur, Chittoor, Guntur, Vizianagaram and West Godavari […]
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Visakhapatnam: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) is of the view that the Andhra Pradesh government’s proposal to carve out 13 new districts made no administrative or rational sense. In a statement here on Friday, HRF leaders V.S. Krishna and A. Chandrasekhar noted that although the formation of smaller districts was a laudable exercise, it ought […]
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Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh unit of the BJP has welcomed the decision of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy to increase the number of districts in the state. Talking to media persons here on Thursday, the BJP state president Somu Veerraju pointed out that it was BJP’s policy to have smaller states and small districts […]
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Guntur: Tension prevailed at Jinnah Tower here in Andhra Pradesh as some members of a right-wing group tried to hoist the National Flag at the landmark named after Pakistan’s founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Police detained activists of Hindu Vahini when they attempted to hoist the national flag at Jinnah Tower on the occasion of […]
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Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam, the biggest city in Andhra Pradesh and proposed to become the executive capital of the state, will be part of the smallest district under the same name, thanks to reconstitution of the districts. After the reconstitution of the 13 districts comprising 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly constituencies, 51 Revenue divisions and 670 […]
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YSR's EBC (Economically Backward Classes) Nestham scheme aims at improving their livelihood and financial empowerment to benefit even the poorest female citizens from the EBC category.
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The new names of the new 13 districts are as follows, Manyam, Alluri Sitharama Raju, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Kona Seema, Eluru, NTR District, Bapatla, Palnadu, Nandyal, Sri Satyasai, Annamayya and Sri Balaji district.
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Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Special Operations Team along with Medipally police arrested three persons, including a couple, on charges of cheating job aspirants with promises of jobs in the Indian Railways and the Hyderabad Metro Rail. They reportedly collected around Rs.1.50 crore from their victims. The arrested persons are K Surendra (37) and his wife B […]
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Amaravati: The PRC Sadhana Samiti, representing Andhra Pradesh state government employees, teachers and pensioners, has decided not to go for talks till the PRC Government Orders were withdrawn. The Samiti leaders who met on Tuesday in the wake of the invitation from the Principal Secretary-General Administration Department for talks on the issue, wrote a letter […]
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Amaravati: The stand-off between Andhra Pradesh government and employees over pay revision continued on Tuesday as the latter turned down another invitation for talks and intensified their protest. The employees’ unions rejected the fresh offer of talks by a five-member committee constituted by the government to hold talks to resolve the contentious issue. A day […]
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Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh state government employees’ union leaders who are demanding withdrawal of GOs pertaining to PRC, served strike notice on the government declaring that they would go on strike from February 6 midnight if their demands are not met. A delegation of 20 members of the steering committee in the name PRC Sadhana […]
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Hyderabad: For her courage in dealing with a terrorist attack, 13 year-old Gurugu Himapriya, hailing from Ponnam village of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, has been chosen for Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2022. In February 2018, Himapriya’s residence in Sunjuwan Mil Camp, Jammu, was attacked by a terrorist, when her father, who is an Army Jawan, […]
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Amaravati: Continuing the alarming upward trend, as many as 14,440 new COVID infections were detected during the past 24 hours in Andhra Pradesh. Besides, three deaths were recorded on Saturday–one each in Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, Guntur and Prakasam districts. Visakhapatnam accounted for the highest number of cases on the day at 2,258, Ananatapur 1534, Guntur […]
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Telangana Authorities in Telangana began a fever survey across the state on Friday to identify people with Covid-19 symptoms and distribute home isolation kits free of cost. The State government said it has a crore home isolation kits ready for distribution among those who either tested positive for Covid or are having symptoms. With the […]
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In normal times, the play is staged regularly all year round at village and temple fairs, and other social events, across Andhra Pradesh.
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Amaravati: Active cases increased to 73,143 but there was a slight dip in fresh infections as Andhra Pradesh recorded 12,926 new Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Saturday, taking the caseload to 21,66,194. The state had reported 13,212 fresh cases on Friday. According to the latest bulletin, there were 3,913 recoveries […]
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Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet which met here on Friday, approved spending Rs.7,880 crore for construction of 16 new medical colleges in the State. The meeting also sanctioned Rs.3,820 crore for developing 11 existing medical colleges. The other Cabinet decisions include providing jobs on compassionate grounds to families of employees who died of COVID, setting […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday asked the Infrastructure and Investments (I and I) Department to plan and build at least seven new airports in the State under the ‘One District – One Airport” concept. The “One District – One Airport is a good concept,” the Chief Minister said and […]
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Visakhapatnam: Hundreds of teachers stormed the district collectorates on Thursday in protest against the new pay revision commission wages. The protests, in response to a call of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Organisations (FAPTO), led to tension with the police stopping their surge and taking into custody the leaders apprehending law and order problem. […]
