Amaravati, March 30 (IANS) Senior Maoist leader Chelluri Narayana Rao alias Suresh, a member of CPI-Maoist’s Central Committee and Secretary of Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee, along with eight other cadres, surrendered before Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday.Director General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta produced the surrendered Maoists before the media here.A native of the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, Narayana Rao worked in the CPI-Maoist party for about 36 years in variou…
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Amaravati, March 24 (IANS) All households in Andhra Pradesh will have access to safe drinking water by 2028 under the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0. Officials from the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Andhra Pradesh government formally signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0 in New Delhi today.Union Minister for Jal Sakti C.R. Paatil praised the efforts of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in extending the Jal Jeevan Mission by taking up the issue with Prime…
Bengaluru, March 12 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said that BJP leaders have not raised their voice over the issue of the Central government issuing a notification for the Krishna Upper Stage Project, even as the Andhra Pradesh government has objected to the land acquisition and compensation process related to the project. Speaking in the Karnataka Legislative Council during a discussion held under Rule 330, Shivakumar said he, along with Ministers H.K. Patil and M….
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Amended BharatNet is a $16.9 billion (Rs 139,000 crore) publicly-funded programme which will take OFC fibre and broadband to every single village of this country, including in Andhra Pradesh, Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday.A memorandum of cooperation (MoC) has been signed between Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN), the Department of Telecommunications, and Andhra Pradesh government for the expedited implementation of the Amended BharatNet Programme (…
Tirupati, Feb 22 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), on Sunday, criticised the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government in Andhra Pradesh for what it called its vindictive attitude and diversion politics in the Tirupati laddu controversy and said the party will not go back on its stand and will continue to expose Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s ‘lies’ and the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam’s ‘irregularities’. YSRCP leader and former TTD Chairman, Bhumana Karunakara Reddy, said that appoi…
Amaravati, Feb 10 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has urged the Centre to consider age-based regulation of social media.TDP Parliamentary Party leader Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu on Tuesday met Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw and submitted a memorandum, requesting for policy deliberation on age-based regulation of social media for children.He requested that the Ministry consider constituting a dedicated committee or expert group to study age-based regulation of soci…
Amaravati, Feb 10 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi and sought the Centre’s support on funding and approvals. The Chief Minister discussed key state-related issues, including ongoing and proposed projects, and sought the Centre’s support on funding and approvals, according to a brief official release here.The Chief Minister posted on social media that he discussed key matters related to Andhra Pradesh’s devel…
Amaravati, Feb 10 (IANS) YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday accused the Chandrababu Naidu-led government in Andhra Pradesh of “hoodwinking” the people with what he called “cooked-up GSDP figures”.The former chief minister also remarked that Chandrababu Naidu’s leadership would possibly rank first in government debt, corruption, political vendetta and false propaganda.He claimed that the state is confronting a worrying economic slowdown, as is clearly evident from th…
Hyderabad, Feb 10 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement has registered an ECIR in the Tirupati laddu adulteration case to begin the probe into allegations of money laundering.The Central agency registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against the accused, sources said on Tuesday.The ED launched the investigation based on the charge sheets filed by the CBI-led Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the case.There are allegations of hawala-…
Amaravati, Feb 10 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday met Union Minister for Jal Shakti C. R. Patil in New Delhi and presented proposals for the Polavaram–Nallamala Sagar Link Project, aimed at diverting surplus Godavari waters to the drought prone-regions. He described the project as a crucial lifeline that would meet drinking water, irrigation, and industrial needs, and requested approvals along with technical and financial support under the National River Li…