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Another YSRCP RS member quits House membership

New Delhi: YSRCP Rajya Sabha member Ryaga Krishnaiah quit his House membership on Tuesday, becoming the third leader of the party to do so following its debacle in assembly and Lok Sabha…
AP to improve citizen services through Real Time Governance

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday directed officials to prepare a 100-day Time Governance project aimed at providing better services to citizens. The Chief Minister visited the Real…

Tirupati laddu row: War of words between Prakash Raj, Pawan Kalyan

The controversy surrounding the Tirupati laddu has led to a verbal spat between actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan and renowned actor Prakash Raj with the latter accusing the Andhra deputy chief minister of escalating…
‘Organised crime’: Shankaracharya on Tirupati laddu row

As the Tirupati laddu controversy ignites further, Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati has termed it as an organised crime and demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.…
Tirupati laddu row: FSSAI issues show cause notice to ghee supplier

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a show cause notice to Tamil Nadu-based A R Dairy Foods Private Limited for allegedly supplying adulterated ghee to the Tirumala…
AP: VHP members pass resolution against animal fat in TTD laddus

Hyderabad: Members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh condemned the alleged use of animal fat in Tirumala Tirupati Temple (TTD) laddus and demanded for more autonomy for Hindu…
Two medicos drown in a swollen stream in Andhra, bodies recovered

Visakhapatnam: Bodies of two medical students who drowned in a swollen stream in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district were recovered on Monday while the search was on for a third student,…

Andhra Pradesh: 4-hr ritualistic sanitisation at Tirumala temple

Tirupati: A four-hour Shanti Homam Panchagavya Prokshana (ritualistic sanitisation) to undo the alleged desecrations that occurred during the YSRCP regime at Tirumala temple is underway now, temple sources said on Monday. A…
VHP meet at Tirupati set to discuss laddu row

Tirupati: The ongoing row over the alleged presence of animal fat in Tirupati laddu and the demand to free Hindu temples from government control are among the key issues to be discussed…
Andhra Pradesh: TDP MLA pays surprise visit to prasadam factory

Amaravati: Amid the ongoing Tirupati prasadam laddu row, Telugu Desam Patry (TDP) MLA of Prathipadu Varupula Satyaprabha made an unannounced inspection at Sri Satyanarayana Swamy temple’s prasadam manufacturing unit in Annavaram, on…
Jagan writes to PM, refutes Andhra CM’s claims of adultration in Tirupati laddus

Amaravati: With the use of animal fat in Tirupati laddus snowballing into a big controversy, YSRCP president and former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday, September 22, urged Prime Minister Narendra…
Andhra: BJYM protest at Jagan’s house, throw saffron paint

Tensions prevailed at the residence of former chief minister and Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) supremo Jagan Mohan Reddy after members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) staged a protest…
Seven killed in two road accidents in Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati: Seven people have been killed and four injured in two separate road accidents in Andhra Pradesh’s Rayalaseema region, police said. Four youths were killed in a collision between a truck and…
Pawan Kalyan begins 11-day ‘Praschit Deeksha’ over Tirupati laddu row

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Sunday began his 11-day ‘Praschit Deeksha’ (penance) at a temple in Guntur district for alleged adulteration of animal fat in Tirupati laddu. Pawan…
Hyderabad: Complaint filed against ex AP CM Jagan over Tirupati laddu row

Hyderabad: A city-based advocate, K Karuna Sagar, has filed a complaint at the Saidabad police station against former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Chairman, Board…