Amaravati, July 12 (IANS) All Telugu tourists stranded on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island following the boat tragedy on Saturday have safely reached Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, the Andhra Pradesh government said on Sunday.According to an official release, they will depart Hanoi at 7.05 p.m. (local time) by Vietnam Airlines and are expected to reach Hyderabad at around 10 p.m. IST.The Indian Embassy in Vietnam, the Andhra Pradesh government, and Andhra Pradesh Bhavan, New Delhi, continue to…
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New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The sole survivor of the fishing boat tragedy off the Visakhapatnam coast, Andhra Pradesh, has recalled the terrifying moments after the vessel capsized in the Bay of Bengal, saying that seven fishermen were on board, and six of them clung to the overturned boat for nearly nine hours before they were forced to swim for survival.Narrating the ordeal, survivor Kari Chinna said, “There were seven of us on board the fishing boat. We had gone about 29 nautical miles off th…
Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh), July 6 (IANS) The Adani Foundation on Monday partnered with the Andhra Pradesh government’s flagship Public-Private-People Partnership (P4) initiative as a ‘Margdarshi’ (guide and enabling partner) to support economically vulnerable families, known as Bangaru Kutumbams, in Kuppam Mandal of the state’s Chittoor district.The initiative, titled “Transforming Lives Together: A P4 Model for Holistic Progress of Bangaru Kutumbams in Kuppam Mandal”, will cover all 29 Gram Panch…
Vijayawada, June 23 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team, probing the alleged custodial death of a 25-year-old man in Vijayawada, on Tuesday took suspended SHO into custody for questioning. The four-member SIT constituted two days ago by the Andhra Pradesh government took Nagaraju, the suspended Station House Officer (SHO) of Krishna Lanka police station, into custody from his residence in Singh Nagar.He was shifted to the police guest house, where he was being interrogated by the SIT.Supporter…
Chennai, June 8 (IANS) AMMK General Secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Monday questioned the Tamil Nadu government’s ability to retain major industrial investments after reports suggested that Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), which had earlier signed an MoU with the previous Tamil Nadu government for a Rs 29,000-crore project in Thoothukudi, has now entered into an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh government. In a statement, Dhinakaran said the development was a matter of serious concern …
Vijayawada, May 25 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said that the government would promote one crore entrepreneurs under the ‘one family-one entrepreneur’ initiative. He stated that the state government was giving top priority to the MSME sector and had released incentives worth Rs 558 crore so far.The Chief Minister virtually laid the foundation for 38 MSME parks.Later, addressing the ‘one family-one entrepreneur’ MSME Growth Summit 2026, he stated tha…
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…
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 (…