VISAKHAPATNAM: At least eight devotees were killed and four others injured in a wall collapse during an annual festival at Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Simhachalam in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Tuesday called for filing a case over the Congress party's 'Gayab(Missing)' post, and said it was a threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

AMARAVATI: Robbers looted passengers of the Nizamabad-Tirupati Rayalaseema Express in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district in the early hours of Tuesday.

HYDERABAD: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Andhra Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader and former minister Vidadala Rajini's brother-in-law, Vidadala Gopi, in an extortion case.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said that terrorism and violence never achieved anything meaningful for the causes they aim to promote.

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Police arrested senior IPS officer and former intelligence chief PSR Anjaneyulu on Tuesday in the case related to alleged wrongful detention and harassment of a Mumbai-based actress.

AMARAVATI: A Special Deputy Collector was killed and four others injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Annamayya district on Monday, police said.

AMARAVATI: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress President Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has slammed the NDA government over the demolition of Kasinayana Jyothi Kshetram in Badvel constituency of Kadapa district.

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the anticipatory bail petition of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader and former Minister Vidadala Rajini in an extortion case.

AMARAVATI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded its national executive committee member Somu Veerraju as the candidate for the biennial elections to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.

AMARAVATI: Six persons were killed and 30 others injured in two separate road accidents in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Ayyanna Patrudu on Wednesday rejected the plea of former Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party leader Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to recognise him as the Leader of the Opposition.

AMARAVATI: The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Andhra Pradesh has bagged a Legislative Council seat from the Krishna-Guntur graduates' constituency while the candidate backed by it was leading in East-West Godavari graduates' constituency.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee handed over an amount of Rs. 16 lakh 70 thousand to the administrators of the respective schools/colleges for the fees of 105 Sikligar and Vanjara Sikh children studying in various schools/colleges in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh for the year 2023-24. Earlier, the Dharam Prachar Committee had also given an amount of Rs. 13 lakh 44 thousand for the fees of Sikligar and Vanjara Sikh children in Raipur and Chhattisgarh. This amount has been handed over to the administrators by Shiromani Committee members Bhai Rajinder Singh Mehta, Surjit Singh Bhittevad, Sukhwarsh Singh Pannu and Secretary Balwinder Singh Kahlwan.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav on Friday presented a Budget of Rs 3,22,359 crore for the financial year 2025-26.

AMARAVATI: A court in Andhra Pradesh’s Annamayya district Friday sent actor and YSR Congress Party leader Posani Krishna Murali to judicial custody for 14 days for making derogatory comments against Deputy Chief Minister and actor Pawan Kalyan.

AMARAVATI: Maha Shivratri turned tragic for families of five youths in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district on Wednesday as they drowned in the Godavari river.

AMARAVATI: The Andhra Pradesh government has taken significant strides in getting the state back on track from the previous misrule and misgovernance and these steps are already showing results, Governor, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer (retd) said on Monday.

AMARAVATI: YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) President and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy attended the Assembly briefly on the first day of the Budget session before leading a walkout of his party members.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said that the NDA government in the state has appointed new Vice-Chancellors of universities purely on merit basis.

VIJAYAWADA: YSR Congress Party President and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday alleged that there is a total breakdown of law and order in the state and the arrest of his party leader and former MLA Vallabhneni Vamsi "in a false case is proof of this".

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh's Minister for Agriculture and Animal Husbandry K. Atchannaidu on Wednesday ordered authorities to ban the transport of chickens from bird-flu-affected districts until the situation comes under control.

VISAKHAPATNAM: A software engineer was found brutally murdered by unknown persons in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district on Tuesday.

AMARAVATI: Controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma on Monday skipped his appearance before Andhra Pradesh’s Crime Investigation Department (CID) for questioning in a case relating to a Telugu movie released in 2019.

AMARAVATI: The Andhra Pradesh government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to further investigate the allegations of irregularities and corruption in Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited (APSBCL) under the YSR Congress Party's tenure.

VIJAYAWADA: Harish Kumar Gupta on Friday assumed office as Andhra Pradesh’s new Director General of Police and declared that controlling cybercrimes and action against organised crime and mafia would be his priorities.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) on Thursday approved 15 projects involving an investment of Rs.44,776 crore.

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer and Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful 100th launch of the GSLV-F15 rocket, which carried the NVS-02 satellite.

AMARAVATI: A portion of the under construction terminal of Rajahmundry Airport in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district collapsed on Friday and a report on the incident has been sought by the Union Civil Aviation Minister.

DAVOS: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Sunday. His agenda includes promoting Andhra Pradesh to global business leaders and industrialists for potential investments.

AMARAVATI: Four persons were killed and 25 injured when a bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck near Chittoor town in Andhra Pradesh early Friday.

TIRUPATI: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday announced compensation of Rs.25 lakh each to the families of the six devotees who died in the stampede on Wednesday night during distribution of tickets for a sacred event at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on a two-day tour from Wednesday.

HYDERABAD: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers and leaders of various political parties paid tributes to prominent social reformer Savitribai Phule on her birth anniversary on Friday.

VIJAYWADA: Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday arrested scores of teachers heading towards Amaravati and Vijayawada to foil their planned protest at the chief minister's official residence to demand repeal of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).

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.

AMARVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday inaugurated Grasim Industries Ltd's Chlor-Alkali manufacturing unit at BB Puram in East Godavari district.

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has sought an action taken report from a joint committee on a plea against unscientific dumping of marble slurry on agricultural land near Harischandrapuram Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district.

VISAKHAPATNAM: With 'noose' around their neck, some tribal women farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalli district staged a protest over the plans to hand over their cashew plantations to a mining company

NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday met Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and urged him to extend support to the Visakhapatnam-Bhogapuram beach corridor project for providing better connectivity and boosting tourism.

AMARAVATI: Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Tammineni Seetaram, adjourned the House sine die after passing the Appropriation Bill 2022 and Appropriation (No. 2) Bill 2022 by voice vote here on Friday.

AMARAVATI: The menace of ragging continues to haunt students in some institutions in Telugu states as in the latest case in Andhra Pradesh, 18 students of JNTU Anantapur have been suspended for ragging juniors.

AMARAVATI:A day after the roaring success of Andhra Pradesh government employees' 'Chalo Vijayawada' despite police denying them permission, Director General of Police Gautam Sawang on Friday met Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Abide by Indian law or pack up: Andhra HC to Twitter

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has urged the Prime Minister to reconsider proposed changes in the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954 and retain the existing process of requiring the state NOC to officers going on Central deputation.

VIJAYAWADA; A city court has directed former Andhra Pradesh BJP chief Kanna Lakshminarayana, his wife and son to pay Rs 1 crore compensation to his daughter-in-law in a domestic violence case.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed discontent over delay in payment of compensation to families of those who succumbed to Covid-19, and ordered personal appearance of chief secretaries of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar at 2 p.m.

NEW DELHI:The government informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that it has received complaints against 18 NGOs for their alleged involvement in conversion into Christianity by inducements, allurement and misrepresentation since 2018.

AMARAVATI:Passengers of a private bus had a narrow escape when the vehicle caught fire in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district early Thursday.

BENGALURU: The mortal remains of Lance Naik B. Sai Teja were on Sunday sent to his hometown Madanapalle from Bengaluru Command Hospital to be handed over to the family members.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday announced Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia for the family of Lance Naik B. Sai Teja, who lost his life in the December 8 chopper crash.

AMARAVATI:A gang of burglars looted Rs 17 lakh from an ATM in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa town by using gas cutters, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on the outskirts of the town on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. According to police, the burglary was committed at an ATM of State Bank of India (SBI) near the KSRM Engineering College.

HYDERABAD:Actor Prabhas has donated a huge amount of Rs 1 crore to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Relief Fund. After the recent floods which caused devastation in some areas of the state, the 'Baahubali' actor has donated the money.

HYDERBAD: Tributes are pouring in from all corners of the Telugu states, for former chief minister of combined Andhra Pradesh, K. Rosaiah who passed away on Saturday.

HYDERABAD: Former chief minister of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah passed away on Saturday. Following a drop in pulse rate, Rosaiah was rushed to a hospital by family members, but did not respond to treatment, and was declared dead, sources said.

DHARAMSALA:Concerned about the heavy rains in several districts of Andhra Pradesh that have caused loss of life and damage to property, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to offer his condolences to him and to the families who have lost loved ones

VIJAWADA: Mohammed Karimunnisa, a member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, belonging to ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) died of cardiac arrest here late on Friday night. She was 56.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday said his government is paying compensation to farmers affected by natural disasters in the same season.

AMARAVATI:Constantly facing flak from the opposition parties over the sorry state of roads in the state, the Andhra Pradesh government is preparing to repair as many as 46,000 km of roads, on a war footing. Repairs of 8,268 km of damaged roads are set to begin soon after completion of the tender processes, by the end of this month.

AMARAVATI: The CBI on Thursday filed six more charge sheets against the accused in connection with derogatory social media posts against Judges and Judiciary of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

VISAKHAPATNAM:A man died after he was hit by escort vehicle of Andhra Pradesh Tourism Minister Avanthi Srinivasa Rao's convoy here on Wednesday, police said.

AMARAVATI: Seven people, including five women, were killed in two separate road accidents in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district on Friday, police said.

NEW DELHI:  C.V. Raju, a grassroots innovator from Andhra Pradesh, is preserving the traditional method of making 'Etikoppaka' toys, a proud heritage rooted in his village, by making vegetative dyes and developing technologies for increasing the shelf life of the dyes for the wooden toys.

VIJAYWADA:  Andhra Pradesh police on Wednesday night arrested Telugu Desam Party (TDP) spokesman K. Pattabhi Ram for allegedly using abusive words against Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

HYDERABAD:Three months after leaving the BJP, former minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh Mothkupalli Narasimhulu on Monday joined the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

AMARAVATI:  Dozens of people were injured in the violence during traditional fight with sticks during Dasara celebrations in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district.

HYDERABAD:  A temple in Andhra Pradesh has been decorated with currency notes of over Rs 5 crore as part of the ongoing Dasara celebrations.

CHANDIGARH: Andhra CA and Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association qualified from Elite Group A for the knock-out stage of the Inter-State Vinoo Mankad Under-19 Tournament being hosted by Punjab Cricket Association. The knockout tournament will be hosted by Ahmedabad. Andhra CA got 20 points and UPCA got 16 points

AMARAVATI:Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday alleged that all investments, jobs and development have been leaving the state over the past two years

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh on Friday reported 4,458 new Covid cases, pushing the tally to over 18.7 lakh, even as the state's active caseload dropped to 47,790.As many as 6,313 more persons have recovered in the past 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to over 18.1 lakh, health officials said.

AMARAVATI: Starting Monday, all people above 18 years of age are eligible for vaccination in Andhra Pradesh as the government has made arrangements for the same.

VIJAWADA: A 75-year-old Covid survivor woman in Andhra Pradesh returned home to that find her family had cremated another person by mistake. The incident occurred at Jaggaiahpet town in Krishna district on Wednesday.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday virtually laid the foundation stones for the construction of 14 medical colleges in the state.

AMARAVATI: While Odisha and West Bengal are expected to bear the brunt of the severe cyclonic storm 'Yaas' around May 26, Andhra Pradesh is also preparing itself for its impact.

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday took stock of preparedness with Chief Ministers of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to deal with cyclonic storm Yaas (pronounced as 'Yass') in the Bay of Bengal.

MUMBAI: Actor Sonu Sood took to social media on Saturday to announce that he would be setting up a couple of oxygen plants in Andhra Pradesh in June.Very happy to announce that the first set of my oxygen plants will be set up at Kurnool Government Hospital and one at District Hospital, Atmakur, Nellore, AP in the month of June! This would be followed by setting more plants in the other needy states! Time to support rural India," Sonu Sood tweeted.

AMARAVATI: The Andhra Pradesh Police tracked a missing oxygen tanker and ensured its delivery on time, thus saving the lives of nearly 400 patients on Friday.

AMARAVATI: A day after registering its highest single day Covid tally, Andhra Pradesh reported a marginal dip in the numbers on Monday.
State health authorities said that 18,972 Covid cases were detected in the 24 hours ending 10 am on Monday.

AMARAVATI:There seems to be no respite for Andhra Pradesh from the Covid onslaught, as the state registered its highest ever single-day tally of 14,792 fresh cases on Thursday.

AMARAVATI:The Andhra Pradesh government will launch CLAP (Clean Andhra Pradesh) programme on July 8, to commemorate the birth anniversary of late Chief Minister Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy.

AMARAVATI:Andhra Pradesh's daily Covid tally hit a record high of 14,669 new cases on Wednesday, while the death toll also mounted to a new high of 71 fatalities.
The state's previous highest daily tally of 12,634 new cases and 69 deaths was reported on Sunday.

HYDERABAD: A CBI court has issued notice to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in the case filed by rebel YSR Congress Party MP K. Raghu Rama Krishna Raju seeking cancellation of his bail in the quid pro quo case.

AMARAVATI: In an apparent indication of his views on lockdown, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Tuesday that public would lose four times the losses incurred by the government if lockdown is reimplemented.

AMARAVATI/NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday congratulated Justice N.V. Ramana on becoming the new Chief Justice of India (CJI).

AMARAVATI:Amid rising Covid-19 cases in the state, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to impose night curfew starting from Saturday.At a high level review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday, it was decided to clamp curfew between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. across the state, observing closure of shops, restaurants and public places, with the exception of emergency services.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday reported 9,716 new Covid-19 cases, raising the state's overall tally beyond 9.86 lakh, while the state's active caseload breached the 60,000-mark to reach 60,208.

CHITTOOR(Andhra Pradesh):Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district police has arrested four bootleggers for illegally transporting and attempting to sell Karnataka liquor.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan on Wednesday extended Sri Ramanavami greetings to all the people in the state.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday reported 8,987 new Covid-19 cases, raising the overall tally beyond 9.76 lakh, while the state's active cases breached the 50,000-mark to reach 53,889.

AMARAVATI: The Andhra Pradesh government issued a notice to suspended IPS officer A.B. Venkateshwara Rao to submit a written statement in his defence and communicate if he wishes to be heard in person within 30 days for alleged misconduct.

AMARAVATI:Skyrocketing fuel prices across the country over the last several months are impacting people relying on fields as diverse as aquaculture and insurance, including the fishermen who go into the sea for their catch in Andhra Pradesh.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh reported 7,224 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising the overall tally over 9.55 lakh, while the state's active cases breached the 40,000-mark to reach 40,469, the health officials said on Saturday.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan and Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy paid tributes to B.R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution of India, on this birth anniversary.

AMARAVATI/TIRUPATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has cancelled his election meeting in Tirupati on April 14 to campaign for the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party's (YSRCP) candidate for the Tirupati Lok Sabha bypoll, amid a raging second wave of coronavirus.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan has stressed on the need to tackle the menace of human trafficking with a victim-centred approach.

AMARAVATI:Manthena Anantha Varma, former Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA from Bapatla joined the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) on Wednesday in the presence of Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at his camp office

AMARAVATI: Covid-19 cases continue to surge in Andhra Pradesh as the state reported 1,288 new cases on Friday taking the total tally above 9.04 lakh while the active cases now stand at 8,815, the health bulletin said.

AMARAVATI: At a time when several villages in Andhra Pradesh are facing major issues such as lack of potable water, among others, Panchayat Raj principal secretary Gopal Krishna Dwivedi has said that the state has won 13 national panchayat awards under various categories in 2021.

AMARAVATI: Six new members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council were on Thursday sworn in as MLCs by Chairman A. M. Shareef.
He officiated the oaths of office to Karimunnisa, Duvvada Srinivas Rao, Sheik Mohammed Iqbal, Balli Kalyan Chakravarthy, C. Ramachandraiah, and Sheikh Sabji.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy disbursed Rs 254 crore to 12,039 eligible families under the YSR Bima scheme (insurance).

TIRUPATI: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), custodian of the Tirupati Temple, has commenced plans to perform Sri Kalyanamastu programme at every Assembly constituency, following coronavirus guidelines.

AMARAVATI: The Bharat Bandh called by the agitating farmers on Friday
took off in Andhra Pradesh with most political parties coming in support including the state government.

AMARAVATI: Newly-elected MLCs, Pothula Sunitha and Challa Bagheedhara Reddy, took oath as legislators on Wednesday in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.