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Cyclone ‘Montha’ to bring heavy rains to 3,778 villages: AP CM Naidu

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the impact of Cyclone ‘Montha’ will be intense from Tuesday morning with 3,778 villages likely to receive heavy rains. The cyclone Montha intensified…
Cyclone ‘Montha’ nearing AP coast with 100 kmph winds, red alert in 19 districts

Amaravati: Cyclonic storm ‘Montha’ over the west-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 17 km per hour in the past six hours and lay centred over the same region…

Cyclone Montha impact: Trains cancelled, diverted

Hyderabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) has cancelled and diverted several long-distance trains as a precautionary measure ahead of Cyclone Montha’s impact across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha. Train cancelled Secunderabad–Bhubaneswar Express…
Vishakapatnam braces for Cyclone Montha, emergency teams on standby

Amravati: Ahead of Cyclone Montha, Visakhapatnam authorities in Andhra Pradesh are on high alert and have set up rehabilitation centres, quick response teams with heavy machinery, and activated 24×7 control rooms across…
Cyclone Montha makes landfall; coastal Andhra braces for impact

Amaravati: The landfall of Cyclone Montha, which is expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, has begun, Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) Managing Director Prakhar Jain said on Monday.…
Kurnool bus fire: All 19 victims identified, bodies handed to families

Kurnool: All 19 bodies of the victims who died in the private travel bus fire accident in Kurnool district have been handed over to their respective families after completion of DNA profiling…
Cyclone Montha likely to intensify into severe cyclonic storm by Oct 28 morning

Amaravati: The India Meteorological Department on Monday said cyclonic storm Montha is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic by October 28 morning. The weather system over the southwest and adjoining southeast…

Kurnool bus fire: Bodies of 18 victims handed over to kin

Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh): Charred remains of 18 people killed in the bus fire tragedy near here have been handed over to their families after DNA tests, officials said on Sunday. After conducting…
Kurnool bus fire accident: Both bike-borne persons were drunk, say police

Kurnool: Andhra Pradesh police on Sunday confirmed that the two bike-borne persons connected to the Bengaluru-bound bus fire accident, which claimed the lives of 19 passengers, were drunk. In the wee hours…
Cyclone Montha: Andhra govt prepares action plan for relief

Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has prepared an action plan for relief and essential supplies in pre-cyclone preparedness for Cyclone Montha. State Civil Supplies Minister N Manohar said the action plan covers…
Hyderabad-Bengaluru bus fire: Biker died before the bus accident

Amaravati: New details have emerged about the death of Shiva Shankar (22), the biker who was earlier believed to have died after his bike collided with the ill-fated bus travelling from Hyderabad…
Surrendered Maoist on hunger strike critical, CLC demands justice

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (CLC) has expressed deep concern over the critical health condition of under-trial political prisoner Dunna Keshava Rao alias Azad, who has been on an indefinite…
Andhra Pradesh faces cyclonic storm threat, CM alerts officials

Amaravati: The India Meteorological Department on Saturday said the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved westwards and is likely to intensify into a deep depression and further into a cyclonic…
234 smartphones contributed to Kurnool bus fire tragedy: Forensic team

With the Bengaluru IT body urging a probe into the tragic Kurnool bus fire accident in Andhra Pradesh, recent developments in the case suggest that a shipment of 234 smartphones was inside…
Kurnool bus fire: Video captures biker’s reckless driving minutes before accident

Hyderabad: A day after the tragic Kurnool bus fire accident in Andhra Pradesh, which claimed 20 young lives, details have emerged about the biker whose two-wheeler hit the bus. A video has…