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Amaravati: The age-old word ‘Mangali’, Telugu for barber, can no longer be used as the Andhra Pradesh government has issued an order prohibiting it, along with some other words, as it was “dishonouring the self-respect of the Nayee Brahmin community”. The government, vide its order, prohibited the use of words Mangali, Mangalidhi, mangaloda, bochchu gorigevada […]

State Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday extended the lockdown by 14 days from May 24 to June 7 to contain the virus spread across the state.

V Sadanandam, Mancherial town’s president of Nayi Brahmana Sangham, hailed the Chief Minister for coming to the rescue of barbers by giving free electricity of 250 units per month

He assured to bring the issues to the notice of MLA N Diwakar Rao and to resolve it soon.

The members of Nayi Brahmana Seva Sangham, an association of barbers belonging to the town, held a meeting and resolved to begin the hunger strike as part of their agitation

About 200 barbers from various hair salons participated in the rally which began at IB Chowk and ended at Laxmi Talkies cross road