New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Indian Railways continues to maintain enhanced operational preparedness this week with the running of special trains to facilitate safe, smooth, timely and comfortable travel for passengers during the ongoing Holi festive rush across the country, an official statement said on Tuesday.During this period, more than 5.5 million passengers travelled from stations under the jurisdiction of North Western Railway. Notably, around 1.1 million passengers travelled on March 1 and…
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Amaravati, March 1 (IANS) Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Sunday laid the foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy and inaugurated High Court Judges’ Residential Complex in Amaravati. He also laid the foundation stone for the Andhra Pradesh Judges’ Guest House.The Judicial Academy is being constructed at a cost of Rs 165 crore with academic, residential and training facilities to accommodate 120 trainee judges in each batch.With a total built-up area of about 2.05 la…
Tirupati, March 1 (IANS) Chief Justice of India Surya Kant offered prayers at Sri Venkateswara Temple on Sunday.The Chief Justice, who had reached Tirumala on Saturday evening, had darshan in the morning.On his arrival at the temple, he was received by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Chairman B.R. Naidu, Executive Officer Muddada Ravi Chandra, Additional Executive Officer C.H. Venkaiah Chowdhury, and District Superintendent of Police L. Subbaraidu. On this occasion, the priests traditionally…
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 10 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, on Tuesday, sought the completion of ongoing railway projects and sanction of new railway lines for the state. The Chief Minister met the Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi and submitted a detailed memorandum. He also sought introduction of additional train services in Andhra Pradesh.During the meeting, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu referred to the high-speed railway corridors announced in the recent …
Amaravati, Feb 8 (IANS) YSR Congress Party leader and former minister Kurasala Kannababu on Sunday accused Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of repeatedly dragging the Tirupati laddu issue into public discourse to divert attention from what he described as the failures of his government.Speaking to the media in Kakinada, Kannababu said that despite being in power for 20 months, the government has failed to implement key promises and resorts to raising the laddu controversy whenever it faces cr…
Amaravati, Feb 6 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Friday called upon people to act as conscious guardians of dharma.In the wake of the controversy over alleged adulteration of ghee used for making sacred Tirupati laddu, the Jana Sena leader reminded Hindus of their dharmic responsibility.“Every devotee carries a Dharmic responsibility! Let us come out of the slumber and convenience of an average Hindu mind, where there is a fear of God and respect for faith.”However,…
Ballari (Karnataka), Feb 6 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Karnataka’s Ballari city on Friday morning after a plastic bag containing meat and bones was found inside the premises of the Veera Balanjaneya (Hanuman) Temple located in the Nagalakeri locality.The parcel was first noticed by the temple priest during the early morning hours. Preliminary police investigations indicate that the plastic bag containing meat may have been thrown into the temple premises at around 5.45 am. The priest immediate…
Amaravati, Feb 5 (IANS) Denying the clean chit to the YSRCP in the Tirupati laddu adulteration case, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday declared that the guilty in the case will not be spared.The CBI-led has submitted a report to the state government to initiate administrative action against the individuals concerned, Naidu said.The Chief Minister said the government has constituted a one-man committee to conduct a comprehensive examination of the report, identify lap…
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…