Latest Guntur News & Updates

Hyderabad, April 9 (IANS) Cyberabad police have arrested a man from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh for posting an offensive and abusive comment on actress Renu Desai’s reel on a social media platform.​ The Cybercrime Police of Cyberabad detected a case involving the posting of an offensive and abusive comment. During the course of investigation, the accused responsible for posting the objectionable content was identified and apprehended, an official said on Wednesday.​The accused was identified …

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) YSR Congress Party staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha during the debate on the Bill to give statutory status to Amaravati as the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh, terming it as “hopeless” for the people of the state.While making it clear that they are not against Amaravati, YSRCP leader P.V. Midhun Reddy said the party was opposing the Bill in its present form.He stated that merely naming the capital would serve no purpose and wanted the government to protect the interes…

Amaravati, March 26 (IANS) A command control room has been established at the Markapuram RDO office, and helplines have been opened to provide information in connection with the bus accident in Markapuram district, Andhra Pradesh, that claimed 14 lives and left 28 others injured.The contact numbers in the Markapuram RDO office are 6304285613, 9985733999, 7989537285 and 9703578434. A control room with the number 1077 has been set up at the Prakasam district Collectorate at Ongole.Another control …

Amaravati, March 6 (IANS) Bihar Inspector General of Police, Sunil Kumar Naik appeared before Andhra Pradesh police for second consecutive day on Friday for questioning in the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghurama Krishna Raju. The Bihar cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer reached Central Crime Station, Guntur at 10 p.m. The questioning will continue till 5 p.m., a police officer said.Sunil Naik is being questioned by a police team by Vizianagaram Superinten…

Amaravati, March 5 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh police questioned Bihar cadre IPS officer, M. Sunil Kumar Naik, for about seven hours on Thursday in the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, who is now Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly.Sunil Kumar Naik, who is the Director of Fire Services of Bihar, was questioned by Vizianagaram Superintendent of Police A. R. Damodar, who is the investigating officer in the case, at Central Crime Station, Guntur.Su…

Amaravati, March 5 (IANS) Bihar cadre IPS officer, M. Sunil Kumar Naik, on Thursday appeared before Andhra Pradesh Police for questioning in the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, who is now Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly. Sunil Kumar Naik, who is the Director of Fire Services of Bihar, reached the Central Crime Station, Guntur at 10 a.m.Vizianagaram Superintendent of Police A. R. Damodar, who is the investigating officer in the case, w…

Amaravati, Feb 26 (IANS) A court in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Bihar cadre IPS officer, M. Sunil Kumar Naik, in the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, who is now Deputy Speaker of the state Assembly.The Guntur mobile court issued the arrest warrant on a petition filed by the police.Guntur police had last year issued notice to the IPS officer, directing him to appear for questioning in connection with the case booke…

Amaravati, Feb 23 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday arrested IPS officer Sunil Nayak in Bihar in connection with the alleged custodial torture of current Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly, K Raghurama Krishna Raju, in 2021 when YSRCP was in power.Nayak, who had then served as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Andhra Pradesh, was arrested by a police team from Andhra Pradesh. Guntur district police confirmed the arrest.He is being b…

Amaravati, Feb 23 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday mooted distribution of electric bicycles to Gramin Dak Sevaks.Participating in Gramin Dak Sevak Conference in Guntur along with Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Chief Minister requested the Union Minister to provide electric bicycles to Gramin Dak Sevaks, stating that it would reduce pollution and help them perform their duties more efficiently.Chandrababu Naidu said that Gramin Dak S…

Amaravati, Feb 9 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh minister and YSR Congress Party leader Ambati Rambabu, who is currently in judicial custody for allegedly making abusive remarks against Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, was on Monday remanded to judicial custody for 14 days in another case.A Guntur Special Judicial Magistrate sent Rambabu to judicial remand till February 22 in a case booked against him in November last year in Guntur for allegedly threatening police officers.Rambabu, who is lodged …