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Hyderabad: All the antagonists of Telangana, who had virtually spelt doom for the State in the power sector following Statehood, have had to eat the humble pie, given the stellar performance of the young State in the sector. Realising the importance of the energy sector, the startup State focused on improving its power position right […]
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Vizianagaram: One person was arrested for alleged rape of a woman in the city on Monday night. Hailing from the Parvatipuram district in Andhra Pradesh, the woman lives with her two children in the city, working in a tea shop to eke out a livelihood. On Monday night two persons knocked her door and forced […]
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Hyderabad/ Amaravati: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated with traditional piety in the two Telugu-speaking states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Tuesday. With Covid restrictions no longer in place, the devout freely made their way to mosques to offer prayers with friends and family. The happiness was palpable on people’s faces as they streamed out after Eid […]
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Hyderabad: An interstate racket of selling spurious (BT-3) cotton seeds from Karnataka to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh was busted by the Rachakonda Police Special Operations team with two persons being arrested at Mansoorabad on Monday. Police seized 15 quintals of spurious cotton seeds from M.Lakshmi Narayana (48), a trader from Kamala Nagar in Mansoorabad and […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana Industries and Information Technology Minister K. T. Rama Rao has clarified that his remarks about Andhra Pradesh were not meant to hurt anyone. It appears that an innocuous comment that I had made at a meeting earlier today may have caused some unintentional pain to my friends in AP I enjoy a great brotherly […]
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Anakapalle: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has expressed happiness that the housing for the homeless in Andhra Pradesh could go on, notwithstanding the obstacles created by his detractors. Addressing a public meeting at Pydiwada Agraharam Layout in Sabbavaram mandal after giving away house-site pattas to the beneficiaries here on Thursday, he noted that houses on […]
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Suryapet: Tragedy struck an NRI’s family with the death of a couple, which was on its way to their native place in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh after return from Australia in the early hours of Wednesday. The car in which they were travelling hit a retaining wall of a culvert leading to death of the […]
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Kothagudem: Maoists have burnt a bus bound for Hyderabad on AP Telangana state borders on Sunday night. The incident occurred at Kothur in Chintoor mandal of Alluri Sitaramaraju district during late night hours. It was said that five armed naxals stopped the bus and told the passengers onboard to get down. But the passengers refused […]
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New Delhi: In yet another tragic incident involving an electric two-wheeler, a 40-year-old man has died after a blast occurred in an e-scooter belonging to Boom Motors while being charged at home. The incident in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, also left the deceased Kotakonda Siva Kumar’s wife and two daughters with severe burn injuries. According to […]
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Mancherial: Purohits or priests of not only Telangana, but Andhra Pradesh made a killing during the 12-day Pushkaralu of Pranahita by way of solemnizing certain rituals performed by devotees. Scores of priests from Andhra Pradesh made a beeline to Kaleshwaram in Prof Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, where the confluence of Pranahita, Godavari and mystic Saraswathi is […]
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Visakhapatnam: Jana Sena Party came into being only for the sake of Telugu Desam Party supremo Chandrababu Naidu, according to Minister for Industries Gudivada Amarnath. Talking to media persons here on Sunday, he observed that JSP had no ideals but worked solely for Chandrababu which was evident from JSP president and film star Pawan Kalyan […]
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Amaravati: The process of retrofitting passenger auto rickshaws and converting them into electric vehicles has begun in Andhra Pradesh and as many as 4,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations are being set up for the purpose. The New Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) has identified the areas for setting up the EV […]
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Vijayawada: In yet another incident, a man was killed and three others were injured when the battery of an electric two-wheeler exploded in their house in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. The incident occurred in Vijayawada early Saturday when the man had kept the battery on charging in the bedroom. Shiva Kumar, his wife and their […]
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Mancherial: Mohan Pennada, an ardent lover of rivers and tours from East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh said that visiting Pranahita river was one of the indelible experiences in his life. He had a holy dip in Pranahita river as part of the ongoing Pushkaralu at Arjunagutta village in Kotapalli mandal on Thursday. Mohan told ‘Telangana […]
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Kakinada: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has observed that the Aditya Birla group coming forward to invest over Rs.2,000 crore through Grasim industry in the state augured well for Andhra Pradesh. Inaugurating the Grasim industry core alkali unit along with its Group Chairman Kumaramangalam Birla at Balabhadrapuram in Bikkavolu mandal in East Godavari district here […]
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Amaravati: A family was left stranded on a road in Andhra Pradesh’s Ongole town after police took away the car in which they were travelling in along with the driver, saying they needed it for the convoy of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. The shocking incident occurred on Wednesday night when the family travelling […]
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Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has directed that a special app for the Anti-Corruption Bureau be prepared for control of corruption in the state, on lines of the Disha app, in a month’s time. Reviewing the programmes of the Home ministry here on Wednesday, he called for according top priority for ACB and Disha […]
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Guntur: According to information available, Kiran Kumar of Macherla in the district married a girl from Tenali on April 11. He took the bride to Macherla on the next day. The parents of the girl fixed the nuptial night in Tenali on April 16 and Kiran Kumar along with his wife started for Tenali in the […]
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Anakapalle: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized Ganja worth more than 2 crores in the Anakapalle district of Andhra Pradesh, said a press release by the DRI on Tuesday. According to the statement, the officials acted upon a specific input about a substantial quantity of cannabis also known as Ganja being transported by one […]
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Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed incharge ministers for all the 26 districts in the state. The incharge ministers will review the development programmes and administrative affairs in the respective districts. The list: Guntur: Dharmana Prasada Rao, Kakinada: Seediri Appalaraju, Srikakulam: Botsa Satyanarayana, Anakapalli: Rajanna Dora, Alluri Seetharamana Raju and Parvatipuram: Gudivada Amaranath, Vizianagaram: […]