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Visakhapatnam: Two students were feared drowned in the Bay of Bengal at Bheemunipatnam beach, about 30 km from here on Friday. Five students of an engineering college in Tagarapuvalasa in Bheemunipatnam area went for swimming in the sea and among them Sai and Surya, studying in the ECE branch went missing while the three others […]

Visakhapatnam: City Mayor G. Hari Venkata Kumari on Wednesday announced that 38 expert swimmers have been selected for protection of visitors to the city beach. Talking to reporters here, she said that selection trials were held late last month. In the past, 38 swimmers were selected but after there were allegations in the selection process, […]

While the long coastal line of the state in general faces the climate change issues, cities like Visakhapatnam, Kakinada and Machilipatnam are particularly vulnerable.

Men, women and people of different age groups participated in 5K, 10K, half marathon (21K) and full marathon (42) held along the coastline.

Visakhapatnam: Renowned music artiste – ‘Sangeeta Kala Sagara’, “Sangeeta Vidya Praveena”, “Sangeeta Sudhanidhi”, “Veena Vidya Nidhi”, and retired staff artiste at All India Radio, Mallapragada Jogulamba passed away here in the early hours of Saturday. She was 80 and hailed from a family of rich heritage in classical music. Jogulamba started learning music at the […]

Visakhapatnam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of Visakhapatnam Railway Station, to be done at a cost of around Rs 450 crore, by virtual mode from AU Engineering College grounds on Saturday. The redeveloped station would cater to 75,000 passengers per day and will improve passenger experience by providing modern amenities. […]

VUPCC, which is spearheading the movement against the Centre's move to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), has called for protests during the Prime Minister's visit.

Addressing a meeting after launching several infrastructure development projects here, the Prime Minister said PM Gati Shakti has not only speeded up infrastructure development but also helped cut costs.

Hyderabad: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Visakhapatnam on Friday, starting his short tour of the Telugu States, protests against his visit to Telangana on Saturday grew louder with several organisations staging protests on Friday and others calling for more protests on Saturday. In Peddapalli district, where the Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Friday evening on a two-day visit to the city.

SPG arrived here from Delhi on Tuesday to take over the security arrangements in Z plus plus category for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city

Due to the non-interlocking works at Cheruvumandhavaram station in Kazipet – Kondapalli section, the SCR has either partially cancelled or diverted certain trains.

Visakhapatnam: The Forum for Development of North Andhra here on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to honour the commitments made in the AP State Reorganisation Act, besides continuing the Visakhapatnam steel plant in the public sector. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister who is scheduled to visit the city on November 11, […]

Visakhapatnam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch at least eight projects worth Rs.10,842.47 crore during his visit to the city on November 12. Besides these, the Prime Minister’s Office is also likely to give the green signal for launch of about six more projects in the next couple of days, according to information reaching here. […]

Decentralisation is more about devolution of powers and authority to local government institutions as per the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts of 1992-93

Visakhapatnam: Police on Friday house-arrested several Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders who had planned a protest programme at Rushikonda where the state government was constructing buildings. The TDP leaders gave a call for the programme alleging that the Rushikonda hill in Visakhapatnam was being destroyed to build Chief Minister’s office there. They had sought permission […]

A brochure containing the details of the courses was released with Aditya Modi at the AU Academic Senate Hall on Friday.

SCR has announced either permanent or temporarily augmentaiton with additional coaches to trains to provide additional facility for waiting list passengers during the festival season.

SCR has extended the run of as many as 174 special trains from various destinations between November, December 2022 and January, February 2023.

Visakhapatnam: With a view to clear the extra rush of passengers during Chhat Festival, it has been decided by railways to run one pair of Special Train between Secunderabad- Santragachi- Secunderabad. According to a railway release here on Wednesday, train No.07645 Secunderabad-Santragachi Special will leave Secunderabad o­n October 28 at 08.40 hrs to arrive in […]