Amaravati, July 14 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a woman poisoned her two minor sons to death before committing suicide in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district.According to police, the incident occurred at Vittamrajupalli village in Vinukonda mandal.Nakka Bharati (24) killed Tejesh Reddy (6) and Hemanatha Nagi Reddy (4) before hanging herself at her house.Police suspect that she served food laced with poison to her sons on Monday night and then died by suicide.The incident came to light on Tuesday…
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Amaravati, July 1 (IANS) Three persons were charred to death when two trucks caught fire after a collision in Palnadu district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.The accident occurred on the national highway near Boyapalem on the border between Palnadu and Guntur districts when a truck rammed into another truck while trying to avoid a stationary vehicle.Both trucks caught fire after a collision on the National Highway 16 (Kolkata-Chennai National Highway) early this morning. The drivers…
Amaravati, June 26 (IANS) Eight persons were killed and 15 others injured in three separate road accidents in Andhra Pradesh since Thursday night, police said.Four persons were killed and nine others injured when a Multi-Utility Vehicle rammed into a stationary lorry in Palnadu district early Friday.The accident occurred near Macherla Nagaravanam when the vehicle hit the lorry parked by the roadside. Four people died on the spot, while nine others were injured. Police rushed to the spot and shif…
Amaravati, June 19 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday urged bankers to extend their cooperation to facilitate economic activities across the state The Chief Minister chaired the 235th State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) meeting held at the Secretariat.The meeting discussed the Annual Credit Plan for 2026-27 and reviewed the credit extended to the agriculture sector, MSMEs, Self-Help Groups (SHGs), and tenant farmersBanks reported extending loans worth Rs 3,86,2…
Amaravati, June 14 (IANS) Four persons, including three children, drowned when a boat they were travelling in overturned in the Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district on Sunday. The incident occurred at Konur in the Acchampet mandal of the district.According to police, 10 people belonging to the same family travelled in a boat to attend a family function at Konur. While returning home, the boat overturned, and all of them started drowning.While six of them were rescued by the villa…
Amaravati, May 11 (IANS) A constable was murdered by unidentified men in Kakinada town of Andhra Pradesh, police said on Monday.The incident occurred in the Gandhi Nagar area of Kakinada late on Sunday night.According to police, unidentified men attacked Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP) constable Nageswara Rao with a knife. They slit his throat, resulting in his death.Locals told police that some youth who were under the influence of alcohol attacked a man who was walking on the road.Police …
Amaravati, April 9 (IANS) A court in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district sent the accused in the rape of a government employee to judicial custody for 14 days.Namala Srinu, who was arrested by Macherla town police on Wednesday night, was produced before a judge on Thursday morning.After the judge sent the accused to judicial custody, he was shifted to Gurazala sub-jail.A 32-year-old woman was assaulted and raped by the accused at her home in Macherla town on April 2.The assailant allegedly raped…
Amaravati, April 5 (IANS) A police officer in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district has been suspended for his alleged involvement in an honour killing case.Circle Inspector T. Venkataramana was suspended on Sunday by District Superintendent of Police Krishna Rao following allegations that he accepted money from the parents of a 22-year-old woman and handed her over to them despite her having entered into a love marriage. This act by the police officer is alleged to have directly contributed to he…
Amaravati, Jan 18 (IANS) YSR Congress Party has sought an impartial investigation into the murder of party activist Manda Salman in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district. The party will submit a formal representation to the Director General of Police, Harish Gupta, on Monday.A delegation of YSRCP leaders will call on the DGP regarding the murder of a Dalit activist of the party in Pinnelli village in Gurazala constituency.The party has sought an immediate appointment in this regard. In a letter addr…
Amaravati, Jan 16 (IANS) YSR Congress Party president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday reacted strongly to the murder of a YSRCP activist allegedly by TDP men in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district, warning Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that he will “certainly have to pay the price”. Jagan accused Chief Minister Naidu of indulging in the politics of violence.”Mr. Chandrababu Naidu, the people will never forgive you for indulging in the politics of violence. You will certainly have to pay th…