Hyderabad, April 15 (IANS) The unit of director Sampath Nandi’s explosive action drama, ‘Bhogi’, featuring actor Sharwanand in the lead, has now begun its next schedule in Rajahmundry. Sources close to the unit have disclosed that the team has now commenced one of its most crucial and expansive schedules in Rajahmundry. This leg of the shoot will unfold in the rugged and demanding landscapes of the Rampachodavaram forests, where a series of intense, intricately designed action sequences are to b…
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Amaravati, March 9 (IANS) Congress’ Andhra Pradesh Congress unit President Y. S. Sharmila Reddy on Monday termed the death of 11 people due to milk adulteration in Rajahmundry as “murders” by the government.Launching a scathing attack on the state administration, she accused it of criminal negligence and complete failure to ensure food safety.After visiting the victims undergoing treatment at KIMS Hospital in Rajahmundry, she said the tragedy was not an accident but the direct result of years of…
Amaravati, March 8 (IANS) The death toll due to acute renal failure caused by milk adulteration in Andhra Pradesh’s Rajahmundry city reached 12 on Sunday as a 73-year-old woman died while undergoing medical treatment at a private hospitalSenapathi Ramalaxmi, a resident of Laalacheruvu area in the city, was admitted to the hospital with acute renal failure on February 16 after she reportedly consumed adulterated milk.Nine people, including three infants, are still battling for life with acute r…
Amaravati, Feb 26 (IANS) Fifteen people affected by milk adulteration in Andhra Pradesh’s Rajahmundry remained under treatment, officials said on Thursday.The milk adulteration claimed five lives and left 15 others ill, who are under treatment at six hospitals.One of those undergoing treatment is on ventilator, six on dialysis and eight on ventilator-dialysis.The government on Thursday revealed details of the incident, which triggered an uproar. An official note also mentions about the measures …
Amaravati, Feb 25 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday directed the officials to give top priority to public health. At a meeting with officials of Medical and Health Department, he reviewed the situation relating to outbreak of diarrhoea in Srikakulam and milk adulteration incident in Rajahmundry.The Chief Minister directed officials not to neglect public health. He said that various departments should work in coordination to prevent such incidents from recurri…
Amaravati, Feb 24 (IANS) The condition of seven persons undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Andhra Pradesh’s Rajahmundry after consuming adulterated milk is critical, a top official said on Tuesday.State Health and Family Welfare Department Commissioner Veerapandian said that 15 people are undergoing treatment in various hospitals, of whom three are on ventilators, two on dialysis and three more on ventilator-dialysis.Among those undergoing treatment, there are two children, including a…
Amaravati, Feb 23 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of four persons who died due to consumption of adulterated milk in Rajahmundry. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu made the announcement in the Legislative Assembly.He also declared that the government will bear the medical expenses of those undergoing treatment in the hospitals.Terming the incident as painful, the Chief Minister expressed deep sympathy for the families o…
Amaravati, Feb 6 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh forest officials on Friday successfully captured a tiger, which was moving around human habitations near Rajahmundry in East Godavari district for the last six days, bringing relief to the area’s people who had been living in fear. After strenuous efforts involving expert teams from Pune and Delhi, the forest officials succeeded in capturing the big cat in Kurmapuram village in Rayavaram mandal of East Godavari.The officials fired a tranquiliser to capture …
Amaravati, Feb 5 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh forest department has intensified its efforts to capture a tiger which is roaming around the Rajahmundry town in East Godavari district for the last five days, triggering panic.Authorities sounded an alert after it was confirmed that the big cat killed cattle near Bhupalapatnam village of Rajanagaram mandal, about 20 km from Rajahmundry.Personnel of the forest department, police and Rapid Action Force joined the operation to capture the tiger and also e…
Hyderabad, Jan 11 (IANS) The Hyderabad-Vijayawada national highway was teeming with vehicles on Sunday as thousands of families were heading to their native places for Sankranti, the biggest festival in both Telugu states.Cars, buses and other transport vehicles queued up at toll plazas even as authorities have taken special measures to ease the congestion.A huge rush was seen at Pattangi toll plaza near Hyderabad since early hours of Sunday, with people heading to towns and villages in Telangan…