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Hyderabad: Andhra Chess Association (ACA) in association with GITAM University is going to conduct GITAM 3rd Vizag Grand Masters International Open Chess Tournament at the GITAM University, Visakhapatnam from June 10 to 17. Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu released the poster of the tournament at the Port Guest House on Wednesday. The tournament is categorised into […]
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Visakhapatnam: A girl has slit the throat of her fiance in a bid to kill him as she did not like to marry him. The incident occurred in Kommalapudi village of Ravikamatam mandal in Anakapalle district here on Monday. According to police, Ramunaidu of Visakhapatnam city is working as a scientist in CSIR, Hyderabad. He […]
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Visakhapatnam: The East Coast Railway has decided to run two weekly special trains between Visakhapatnam and Tirupati to clear extra rush of pilgrims towards Tirupati. Train No. 08581 Visakhapatnam- Tirupati weekly summer special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 23.00 hrs on Sundays from April 17 to June 26 to reach Tirupati on the next day […]
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Hyderabad: Police forces swung into action after an anonymous call saying that explosives were planted in a train bound from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Even as tension mounted over a couple of hours, the call was traced to a teenager, who said he was “testing the alertness of the police”. Earlier, security agencies […]
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Hyderabad: Police forces swung into action after an anonymous call saying that explosives were planted in a train bound from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai on Wednesday. Sources said the caller made a call to the Government Railway Police around 10.30am, after which the Railway Police along with local police carried out bomb disposal checks in trains […]
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Visakhapatnam: With almost the entire cabinet of Andhra Pradesh set to be reconstituted with new faces, there are quite a few who are tipped for the coveted posts of ministers. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, keen on striking a balance in caste equations besides giving opportunity for senior and loyalists in the party, is likely […]
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Hyderabad: South Central Railway has extended the weekly special train services between Visakhapatnam and Secunderabad with these trains scheduled every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Train no. 08579 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad will leave Visakhapatnam every Wednesday starting from April 6 to May 25 while Train no. 08580 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam special train will leave Secunderabad every Thursday starting April 7 […]
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Visakhapatnam: East Coast Railway will run weekly special trains during summer for the convenience of passengers. Train No. 08579 Visakhapatnam- Secunderabad weekly special train will leave Visakhapatnam on Wednesdays at 19.00hrs from April 6 to May 25 to reach Secunderabad on the next day at 07.00hrs. In the return direction the train will leave Secunderabad […]
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Employees of steel plant are participating in the strike on a call given by the committee spearheading the movement against privatisation.
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Visakhapatnam: A girl studying B.Tech has been selected as software engineer by e-Commerce major Amazon. Snehakiran, a native of Palasa in Srikakulam district, is studying final year engineering at ANITS college in the city. During campus selections held in December last year, Amazon selected her offering a salary of Rs.44 lakh per annum. Snehakiran’s father […]
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Visakhapatnam: A series of rituals and Mahakumbhabhishekam were performed in accordance with Vaikhanasa Agama to mark the inauguration of the newly constructed Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in the city on Wednesday morning. The day began with Suprabhatam, Kumbharadhaana, Nivedana, Homam, Maha Purnahuti between 5.30 am and 8 am. This was followed by various other rituals […]
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Hyderabad: Three persons who were allegedly smuggling ganja in high end cars were arrested by the Rachakonda Police Special Operations Team (LB Nagar) on Thursday. The team seized 140 kg of ganja, two cars and Rs.5 lakh from them. The arrested persons were Shaik Yaseen alias Feroz (33), a cab driver from Nacharam, Chunchu Ravinder […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (HNEW) along with the Mangalhat police arrested two persons and seized 1.2 kilograms of ganja from them. The arrested persons were Mohd Azhar (35) of Chandrayangutta and Panwale Vikram Singh (38) of Jummerath Bazaar. “The two were buying ganja from a contact in Visakhapatnam and after bringing to the […]
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The Vishakapatnam station would be the first station in the East Coast Railway to implement the concept. It would be running on a pilot basis for a period of 15 days.
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Visakhapatnam: A five day old baby abducted from the government King George Hospital here on Wednesday, was traced in Srikakulam district. Police who launched a search for the infant found that two women child lifters had resorted to the crime and traced the child near Jarjengi of Kotabommali mandal in Srikakulam district on Thursday. The […]
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Visakhapatnam: Former minister and Telugu Desam Party MLA representing Visakhapatnam North, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, on Monday wrote once again to the Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Tammineni Sitaram, to immediately accept his resignation to the Assembly. Ganta who resigned in February last year to protest against the privatisation of Visakhapatnam steel plant, wrote to […]
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Visakhapatnam: An all women crew special train was inaugurated on Tuesday from Visakhapatnam to Rayagada to celebrate the International Women’s Year with the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, by Waaltair Division of East Coast Railway here. The train flagged off by the president of East Coast Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation (ECoRwWO) Parijata […]
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Visakhapatnam: A cervical cancer screening and vaccination programme was organised by Digumarti Foundation in association with Eco Carbon Private Ltd., on the occasion of International Women’s Day, at the ZP High School at Dharmarayudupeta village, Ravada Panchayati, Paravada Mandalam here on Tuesday. In a bid to prevent cervical cancer incidence, all the girls of the […]
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Visakhapatnam: Anganwadi workers on Monday took out a huge rally in the city demanding payment of minimum wages. The rally commenced from the Saraswati Park and reached the Collectorate where the police blocked its forward march. The rallyists raised slogans against the police and resented the attitude of the government. They recalled that the Chief […]
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Hyderabad: The Indian Navy’s multilateral Exercise MILAN 2022 has commenced from Feb 25 in the ‘City of Destiny’, Visakhapatnam. 2020 edition of MILAN was postponed to 2022 due to Covid-19. Read more about the highlights of the event…. Warships and high-level delegations representing navies from 40 countries are taking part in Milan-2022, the Indian Navy’s […]
