Amaravati, July 5 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday claimed that Opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders of actively funding a smear campaign against the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-led coalition government in the state. The Chief Minister alleged that YSRCP leaders were providing funds to certain social media platforms to criticise him and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan.Talking to media persons in his constituency Kuppam in Chittoor district, Chief Minis…
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Amaravati, July 1 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday declared that the next election in the state will be fought on MAVIGUN versus Amaravati. Making it clear that YSRCP stand by MAVIGUN, he told a news conference that the party would make it an election issue and include this in its manifesto.MAVIGUN is the state capital corridor proposed by Jagan Mohan Reddy. It comprises Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, and Guntur.“Next…
Amaravati, June 28 (IANS) Police in Andhra Pradesh’s Amaravati capital region have registered three cases with regard to Saturday’s clashes during a visit by leaders of the opposition YSR Congress Party.A case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was registered against YSRCP leaders on a complaint by Manikyam, a resident of Penumaka.YSRCP leader and former minister Ambati Rambabu has been booked on a complaint by Tadepalli Circle Inspector Virendra Babu for allegedly restraining a po…
Amaravati, June 26 (IANS) At the age of 94, K. Mahalakshmamma has only one wish — to die as an Indian citizen. Hailing from a village in Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh, she renounced her American citizenship to breathe her last as an Indian.The nonagenarian, who had lived in the United States for nearly two decades, returned to her native place after giving up her US citizenship a few years ago and has now expressed the desire to die as an Indian citizen.Mahalakshmamma took an oath of alleg…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan administered the oath and secrecy to ten newly elected members of the Upper House on Thursday. The newly elected MPs, who took the oath as Rajya Sabha members, included four from Andhra Pradesh — three of whom came from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and one from Jana Sena Party (JSP), both constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).From Andhra Pradesh, Sana Satish Babu, Vijay Chintakayala and Bhashya…
Amaravati, June 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said that the death of Chief Engineer Patnala Suresh in a missile attack on a ship off the coast of Oman has deeply saddened him and assured his family that the state government will extend all possible support. The Chief Minister stated that he has already instructed the authorities to coordinate with the Indian Embassy and Omani officials to bring Suresh’s mortal remains back to the homeland.“I am deeply s…
Amaravati, June 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh’s minister for human resources development and information technology, Nara Lokesh, said on Friday that he is ‘deeply shocked and devastated’ over the death of marine engineer Patnala Suresh in the attack on an oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz. “Deeply shocked and devastated to learn about the tragic demise of 44-year-old Marine Chief Engineer Patnala Suresh Garu from Visakhapatnam in the recent attack on the oil tanker MT Settebello near the …
Hyderabad, June 12 (IANS) Congress’s Telangana MP Gaddam Vamsi Krishna has questioned the silence of the leaders of ruling NDA in Andhra Pradesh over the killing of a marine engineer from Visakhapatnam in the US attack on a vessel off the coast of Oman.Krishna asked Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena Party President Pawan Kalyan and state minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national Working President Nara Lokesh if they are supporting the Central government just to protect thei…
Amaravati, June 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday that the coalition government in the state during the last two years overcame challenges and crises left behind by the YSRCP government to deliver welfare, development, and good governance. The Chief Minister took to ‘X’ to share his thoughts on the completion of two years of Telugu Desam Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the state.“Today marks exactly two years since this …
Amaravati, June 11 (IANS) All four candidates of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Andhra Pradesh have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha. Three candidates of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and one candidate of Jana Sena Party (JSP) were declared elected by the returning officer on Thursday after the period for withdrawal of nominations came to an end.As no other nomination was received and four candidates for four seats remained in the fray after the withdrawal window closed on …