Andhra Pradesh
- Hyderabad
Despite bans, Sankranti marred by cockfights in AP, Chinese manja in Telangana
Hyderabad: Festivals are a celebration of life, culture and traditions of a community. Sankranti celebrates harvest, food and farming. But in the last few decades, its focus has shifted to encouraging violence-…
- Andhra Pradesh
Video: Fire breaks out at Tirupati’s laddu counter in AP
Hyderabad: A fire accident was averted following a blast at Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam (TTD) in Andhra Pradesh on Monday, January 13. The incident occurred at the 47th Laddu counter, where the fire…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Smuggled gold worth Rs 14.37 cr busted by Vijayawada customs
Amaravati: In a major crackdown, the Vijayawada Customs Preventive Commissionerate seized 17.9 kg of foreign-origin smuggled gold worth Rs 14.37 crore from various locations in Andhra Pradesh. According to the officials, the…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Man falls from bike after sighting leopard in Tirupati, injured
Hyderabad: An employee of Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) was mauled by a leopard while he was driving his bike on Zoo Park Road in Tirumala on Saturday, January 11. D Muni Kumar,…
- Hyderabad
Heavy Sankranti traffic chokes Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway
Hyderabad: As Andhra Pradesh natives in Hyderabad leave for their hometowns for the Sankranti holidays, national highways leading to the neighbouring state witnessed chock-a-block traffic caused by thousands of vehicles exiting the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Apology will not bring dead alive, TTD chairman’s retort to Pawan Kalyan
Tirupati: In a comment that is likely to embarrass the coalition government in Andhra Pradesh, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Chairman B.R. Naidu said on Friday that an apology for the recent stampede…
- Andhra Pradesh
Tirupati stampede: TTD offers free Education for victims’ children
Tirupati: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust board on Friday expressed condolences over the recent stampede here and decided to offer free education for the deceased victims’ children at its institutions. It…
- Andhra Pradesh
Tirupati stampede: Chandrababu Naidu orders judicial inquiry
Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said he would order a judicial inquiry into the stampede incident that left six people dead and dozens injured, besides transferring three…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP announces Rs 25L ex-gratia for kin of Tirupati stampede victims
Tirupati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday, January 9 announced compensation of Rs 25 lakh each to the families of the six devotees who died in the stampede on Wednesday night during…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Six dead, scores injured in Tirupathi stampede
Amaravathi: Six devotees died including five women and scores were reportedly injured in the stampede caused during the distribution of tokens for the Mukkoti Ekadasi Vaikuntha Dwara Darshan in Tirupathi in advance…
- Andhra Pradesh
Govt committed to make Andhra Pradesh prosperous, modern: PM Modi
Visakhapatnam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the NDA government is committed to developing Andhra Pradesh into a prosperous and modern state. Assuring all help to Andhra Pradesh in achieving…
- Middle East
49-yr-old Andhra man missing in Saudi Arabia for over a week
A 49-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh, working as a labourer in Hail, Saudi Arabia, has been reported missing for the last one week. Rama Swamy, a resident of Ichapuram in Srikakulam district,…
- India
PM Modi inaugurates projects worth over Rs 2 lakh cr in Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, January 8, virtually laid the foundation stone and launched projects worth over Rs 2 lakh crore in Andhra Pradesh. Among others, he laid the foundation…
- Andhra Pradesh
Inter first year exams likely to be removed in AP
In a groundbreaking move, the Andhra Pradesh Education Department has announced a proposal to remove first-year inter exams starting from the 2025-26 academic year. This decision aims to reduce academic stress on…
- Andhra Pradesh
No HMPV cases reported in AP so far: Officials inform CM
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu, on Monday, January 6, held a teleconference with the top health officials in the state, on alert of the spread of the Human metapneumovirus disease…
