Amaravati, July 28 (IANS) Three devotees were killed and 13 injured when a van they were travelling in was hit by a truck in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district, police said.The accident occurred past midnight near Chelluru when the truck rammed into the stationary van. Three persons, including a boy, died on the spot while 13 others were injured.According to police, the speeding truck dragged the van for about 500 meters. Sixteen people belonging to three families from Visakhapatnam and Vi…
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Hyderabad, July 24 (IANS) The Health Department of Telangana has said that there is no need for concern over an increase in COVID-19 cases. Dr B. Ravinder Nayak, Director of Public Health & Family Welfare, Telangana, said on Friday that the present increase in COVID-19 cases is a mild seasonal uptick, consistent with the trend observed during the same period last year. There is no evidence of increased disease severity or the emergence of any new Variant of Concern, he said in a COVID-19 and…
Visakhapatnam, July 23 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court here has convicted and sentenced three accused to five years in a terror conspiracy related to radicalisation, recruitment and support for the banned CPI (Maoist) terrorist organisation. The accused, Dongari Devendra, Dubashi Swapna and Chukka Shilpa, were members of Chaitanya Mahila Sangam (CMS), an outfit working for CPI (Maoist), the NIA said in a release.The court has sentenced each of the accused, who were a…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested two persons following the seizure of detonators and other incriminating materials during searches in Koderma district of Jharkhand. The searches, conducted at four locations in connection with a 2024 motorcycle blast that took place in the Saltora area, led the NIA teams to the arrest of accused Mahesh Mehta and Shankar Yadav, said an official statement.The duo was found actively involved in a criminal conspir…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Visakhapatnam retained the top spot among India’s non‑metro job markets among the fastest‑growing smaller cities for hiring and migration, a report said on Wednesday.The report from professional networking platform LinkedIn said Visakhapatnam was followed by Ludhiana, Surat, Vadodara and Prayagraj — occupying the top five positions.It underscored the rise of non‑metro hubs that are expanding beyond legacy industries. Technology, financial services, manufacturi…
Visakhapatnam, July 19 (IANS) YSR Congress Party leaders reaffirmed that the party would provide Rs 1 crore compensation to each family of the six fishermen who lost their lives in the Visakhapatnam fishing boat tragedy once it returns to power. They also promised a new fishing boat to survivor Chinna, who lost his livelihood in the accident.The assurance was made while distributing Rs 49 lakh in financial assistance, Rs 7 lakh each to seven affected families, including Chinna.The party has assi…
Visakhapatnam, July 19 (IANS) At least four people were killed and one injured when a car in which they were travelling rammed into a lorry in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam district on early Sunday morning, police said.The accident occurred on the Kolkata-Chennai national highway near Gandigundam between Pendurthi and Anandapuram.According to police, the car rammed into the lorry from behind, killing four persons on the spot. The deceased were identified as P. Ramanjaneyulu (51), Sheikh Meera V…
Amaravati, July 16 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh is currently implementing 260 projects worth over Rs 1.23 lakh crore in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode, officials said. At a review meeting on the status of PPP projects and related government investments on Thursday, officials informed Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that projects worth Rs 1,23,229 crore are at various stages of implementation across sectors such as industry, infrastructure, urban development, tourism, medical colleges, roads,…
Visakhapatnam, July 16 (IANS) Two fishermen were injured while five others had a narrow escape when a boat in which they had set off for fishing met with an accident near Visakhapatnam Fishing Harbour in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, police said.The boat overturned due to rough sea conditions. The fishermen were trapped under the boat. They managed to push the boat aside and reach the nearby boulders and were later rescued by the marine police.Two fishermen Thatha Rao and Akash were injured in the…
Visakhapatnam, July 12 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will visit Visakhapatnam on July 14 to console the families of the six fishermen who went missing in the recent boat accident off the Visakhapatnam coast. YSRCP Visakhapatnam District President K.K. Raju announced on Sunday that Jagan Mohan Reddy will arrive at Visakhapatnam Airport at 10:30 a.m. and will directly visit the houses of the missing fishermen at Jabbarpet in Visakhapat…