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Amaravati: The government employees in Andhra Pradesh dropped their plans to go on strike from Sunday midnight after a breakthrough in the talks with the State government over their demands. While the government accepted few demands of the employees’ unions, the latter softened their stand on few demands, leading to an amicable solution. The breakthrough […]
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Telangana Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya in Hyderabad and highlighted the 11th century saint’s message of equality of all. The ‘Statue of Equality’ commemorates Ramanujacharya who promoted the idea of equality in all aspects of living, including faith, caste and creed. Modi, who was on a half-day visit to the […]
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Hyderabad: Around 100 students belonging to BBA LLB and LLB programmes at KL Deemed-to-be University, Andhra Pradesh, in association with AP Legal Services Authority recently conducted a two-day survey on living conditions and problems faced by people of three villages adopted by the university in Guntur. The objective of the survey which covered over 800 […]
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New Delhi: There were 127 tiger deaths, with the maximum (42) of them in Madhya Pradesh, in 2021 as compared to 106 deaths in 2020, the Parliament was told on Thursday. “Of the 127, Madhya Pradesh alone accounted for 42 deaths, the highest, followed by Maharashtra at 27. Apart from that, Karnataka saw 15 deaths, […]
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Hyderabad: Smoke it, rub it or vape it. But they must have it. Hash oil, one of the costlier derivatives of marijuana and which is different from hashish, is now in demand among drug users in the city, courtesy the crackdown by law enforcement agencies on plain marijuana. The oil, extracted from fine quality marijuana […]
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Hyderabad: Suryadevara Naga Vamsi, producer of ‘Bheemla Nayak’ starring Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati, has said the film’s release, which has been much-delayed, depends on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Reddy. Speaking at the ‘DJ Tillu’ theatrical trailer launch, Naga Vamsi said: “You must ask Jagan Garu about this. Whenever the AP government removes […]
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The fisherman was attacked by the giant fish with its spear-like snout when he along with four others was fishing in the deep sea 60 nautical miles from the shore.
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Despite police denying permission for the protest and the curbs imposed across the state, a large number of employees, teachers and pensioners managed to reach here after a call by 'PRC Sadhana Samiti', the joint action committee of all employees' associations.
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Hyderabad: Telugu star Ram Charan will be seen in the much-anticipated film, tentatively titled ‘RC15’. A directorial venture of Shankar Shanmugham, the team is apparently resuming the shoot soon. As reported, the makers of RC15 have scheduled a shoot which will be carried out in the East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. A couple of […]
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Vijayawada: Leaders of state government employees’ unions on Wednesday burnt the new payslips of salaries and copies of PRC GOs at the Revenue Bhavan here, protesting against the attitude of the Andhra Pradesh government. PRC Sadhana Samiti leaders Bandi Srinivasa Rao, Bopparaju Venkateswarlu, Suryanarayana, Venkatrami Reddy and others doused the payslips as well as copies […]
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Amaravati: Police in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday started detaining leaders of the government employees and teachers’ unions to foil ‘Chalo Vijayawada’ called by PRC Sadhana Samiti on Thursday. Citing the denial of permission for the protest program in view of Covid-19 pandemic situation, the police detained leaders of various unions of government employees and teachers […]
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Vijayawada: Three of a family of handloom weavers committed suicide at Pedana of Krishna district here on Tuesday. Kasina Padmanabham, 52, his wife Naga Leelavati, 45, and son Rajanagendra, 24, committed suicide by hanging from ceiling. Police suspect that financial problems have driven them to take the extreme step. Investigation is on. Now you can […]
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Visakhapatnam: The Praja Arogya Vedika affiliated to Jan Swasthya Abhiyan has urged the union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman to allocate a minimum of three per cent of the GDP in the budget to health care so that India would become world no. 1 number one in providing quality health care to the citizens. In […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh registered 10,310 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Sunday. In 24 hours ending 9 AM on Sunday, 9,692 infected people had recovered while 12 more succumbed in the state, according to the latest bulletin. The state Covid-19 chart now showed a total of 22,70,491 positives, 21,39,854 recoveries and 14,606 deaths till date. The […]
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Telangana Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech chairman Krishna Ella and co-founder Suchitra Ella were among the four persons from Telangana who were named for the Padma awards declared by the Central government on Republic Day. The Ella couple were named for the Padma Bhushan in the trade and industry category while Darshanam Mogilaiah, S Ramachandraiah and […]
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Hyderabad: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Andhra Pradesh (AP) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LinkedIn for a joint research in the area of intelligent cloud computing. The MoU was signed by Prof. CSP Rao, Director, NIT-AP, and Naga Krishna R. Sathvalli, Director, Business Systems Program, LinkedIn. Chidambaran Kollengode, Director, Data and […]
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Amaravati: More than the proposed changes to the cadre rules, non-empanelment for various ranks has become the major stumbling block for Indian Administrative Service officers of Andhra Pradesh cadre, depriving them of the opportunity to serve at the Centre. The ‘360-degree’ system, under which senior IAS officers, and even retired bureaucrats, are called at random […]
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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 […]
