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…
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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 …
Amaravati, Feb 4 (IANS) YSR Congress Party president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday warned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu that if the ‘jungle raj’ continues in the state, the party cadre will hit back with equal measure and teach a fitting lesson. “We are witnessing jungle raj in Andhra Pradesh. There is no law and order. We have a situation where Chandrababu Naidu is abusing the government and the policy authority for his political interests,” the former Chief Min…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 (IANS) The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police has arrested a man from Bhubaneswar in connection with a Rs 6 crore investment fraud case, a senior police official said on Monday. The accused cyber criminal, identified as Vedgiri Srinivasrao, 39, is a resident of the Guntur area in Andhra Pradesh.Police sources revealed that a businessman from Berhampur in Ganjam district came into contact with an unidentified cyber fraudster on the popular social media platform Facebook on May 7…
Amaravati, Feb 1 (IANS) Strongly condemning what it calls the ‘murder attempt’ on former Minister Ambati Rambabu, YSR Congress Party on Sunday sought the Centre’s intervention over ‘political violence’ in Andhra Pradesh.The main opposition party termed the murder attempt on its leader a shocking assault on democracy and a sign of collapsing law and order in Andhra Pradesh. It said the incident reflects a dangerous trend of targeting opposition voices and intimidating those who question the gov…
Amaravati, Jan 14 (IANS) Highlighting the rich Telugu culture, Sankranti celebrations began across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Wednesday with ‘bhogi’ amid usual pomp and gaiety Villages and towns in both the Telugu states came alive with traditional celebrations to mark the harvest festivalThree-day celebrations kicked off with ‘bhogi’, burning of old and unwanted items such as old clothes, mats and broomsticks in the belief that new things usher into their lives.People in villages and towns…
Hyderabad, Jan 9 (IANS) Three migrant workers from Bihar were killed in a road accident in Telangana’s Nalgonda district on Friday, police said.The accident occurred near Miryalguda Bypass when a truck collided with a cement tanker.Three other people, who sustained injuries in the incident, were shifted to Miryalguda Area Hospital. The deceased have been identified as Biru Bai (30), Santosh (30) and Suraj (18), all hailing from Bihar.The truck rammed into the cement tanker when the latter was ta…
Amaravati, Dec 29 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, on Monday, approved formation of two new districts, taking the total number of districts in the state to 28. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu approved formation of Polavaram and Markapuram districts.Polavaram district will have Rampachodavaram as its headquarters.Briefing the media on the Cabinet decisions, state Revenue Minister Anagani Satya Prasad said that the Cabinet approved proposals for changes in 17 o…