Vijayawada, April 19 (IANS) The second and final batch of Haj pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh left for Saudi Arabia from the Vijayawada International Airport on Sunday.State Minority Welfare Minister N.M.D. Farooq flagged off the second batch. He expressed best wishes to the pilgrims, expressing hope that their journey would be successful, peaceful, and filled with joy.A total of 177 pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia. The first batch of 156 pilgrims had departed on Saturday.The pilgrims left for the a…
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Amaravati, April 15 (IANS) Police have arrested YSR Congress Party General Secretary (Media Wing) Pudi Srihari for the alleged social media posts against Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.Srihari, who had served as the Chief Public Relations Officer when Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was the Chief Minister, was arrested on Wednesday morning at his residence in Vijayawada.The police have reportedly seized his mobile phone and laptop. A case was registered against Srihari in Chittoor for posting a cart…
Amaravati, March 26 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has announced financial aid of Rs 5 lakh each for the families of those killed in the bus fire accident in Markapuram district on Thursday.The government also decided to pay Rs 2 lakh each to the injured.The decision was taken at the state Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.The Cabinet expressed grief over the accident and conveyed condolences to the families of the deceased.Fourteen people were burnt aliv…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the loss of lives in the Andhra Pradesh bus accident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakhs for the grieving families. At least 14 people were burnt alive, and 15 others were injured as a private travel bus caught fire after colliding with a tipper truck in Andhra Pradesh’s Markapuram district earlier in the day.In a post on X, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said, “The mishap in Markapuram district, Andhra Pradesh,…
Amaravati, March 5 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has initiated power infrastructure works worth ₹6,000 crore to meet the rising electricity demand.Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar informed the Assembly on Thursday that new substations are being built in areas experiencing high electricity load.Responding to questions raised by MLAs Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathiraju, Kolla Lalitha Kumari, and Muttumula Ashok Reddy during the Question Hour, the minister stated that the government has …
Amaravati, March 1 (IANS) Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Sunday laid the foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy and inaugurated High Court Judges’ Residential Complex in Amaravati. He also laid the foundation stone for the Andhra Pradesh Judges’ Guest House.The Judicial Academy is being constructed at a cost of Rs 165 crore with academic, residential and training facilities to accommodate 120 trainee judges in each batch.With a total built-up area of about 2.05 la…
Vijayawada, Feb 28 (IANS) Authorities on Friday handed over the mortal remains of Ayesha Meera, a 17-year-old student raped and murdered in 2007, to her parents.The remains, which were exhumed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2019 for re-postmortem, were received by Shamshad Begum and Iqbal Basha at a court in Vijayawada.Last week, the court had directed that Ayesha Meera’s remains be handed over to her family for performing the last rites.The mortal remains will be buried in Te…
Amaravati, Feb 23 (IANS) Opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) continued to stall proceedings of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council for the second week, demanding discussion on the supply of ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) by Indapur Dairy and Milk Products Limited, which it claimed had links with Heritage Foods owned by the family of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.Like last week, the YSRCP members moved an adjournment motion on Monday seeking to suspend the listed business …
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging Andhra Pradesh’s constitution of a one-man committee to recommend suitable departmental action against erring officials in the case relating to the supply of allegedly adulterated ghee for Tirumala laddus. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant observed that the administrative inquiry ordered by the state government and the top court-directed inves…
Amaravati, Feb 20 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh government on Friday constituted a one-man committee to recommend suitable action against erring officials in the case relating to the supply of alleged adulterated ghee for Tirumala laddu. Dinesh Kumar, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, will examine the Self-Contained Note (SCN) of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and recommend initiation of suitable action against erring committee members and senior officers of Tirumala Tirupati …