Andhra Pradesh News

New Delhi, Aug 27 (UNI) Ruling out the possibility of any party or grouping in Andhra Pradesh winning majority seats in Assembly election, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu today, however, claimed that the people of the state were very disenchanted with the ruling Congress and were in favour of a united Opposition. ''It

Hyderabad, Aug 27: Demanding that the government conduct meetings with farmers on the availability of fertilizers in the presence of all opposition parties, TDP Floor leader N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday, Aug 27 alleged in the Legislative Assembly that the state government had failed to supply fertilizers to the farmers during this kharif season. Expressing unhappiness over the reply given by

Bangalore, Aug 27: HDFC Bank has made an attempt in bringing employment opportunities closer to rural India by setting up of first ever commercial scale rural BPO at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. The Bank has robed in youths from weaker sections in nearby villages. With more than 500 employees at present, the bank has plans of ramping it over 1,500 by

Vizianagaram, Aug 27: A member of the CPI(Maoist) Nagavali Dalam committee M Papa Rao alias has Vijay has surrendered before the sub-divisional police station at Parvathipuram in this district. According to District Deputy Superintendent of Police B Sudarshana Rao, the 22-year-old extremist was vexed with the Maoist ideology and surrendered himself before the police. Hailing from Balesu Panchayat village in Gummalakhsmipuram

Tirupati, Aug 26: Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi launched a new political party on Tuesday, Aug 26. Chiru named his party as Prajarajyam. He told his party is of the people, for the people, by the people. He told to the huge crowd of about ten lakh people who gathered at Tirupati that he had enterd politics to serve them, the people. My

Hyderabad, Aug 26: Members of the Opposition TDP today staged a walkout in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council in protest against the state government's refusal to constitute a House Committee to inquire into alleged irregularities in the implementation of the loan waiver scheme, announced by the Centre. Replying to a question by Dadi Veerbhadra Rao (TDP) and others, Agriculture Minister N

Hyderabad, Aug 26: Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana today said raids were being conducted frequently to check the illegal operations of contract carriages by private bus operators in the state. Replying to a question by TDP members A Revanth Reddy and Y V B Rajendra Prasad during Question Hour in the Council, he said altogether 15,542 cases were booked against

Hyderabad, Aug 26: Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi is all set to unveil his political party's name, its policies and programmes at a public meeting in the temple town of Tirupati on Tuesday, Aug 26. The 'mega show' is expected to be attended by about 10 lakh people pouring in from all over the state at the sprawling Avilala Cheruvu, the venue on

Khammam(Andhra Pradesh), Aug 24: Four people were killed on the spot and two injured, when a lorry in which they were travelling turned turtle near Gattugudem in Dammapeta mandal in thIS district of Andhra Pradesh today. Police said the driver of the sand-laden lorry, which was proceeding to Kodava cement factory from Rajahmundry, lost control over the vehicle while trying to

Kakinada, Aug 24: In a bid to overhaul the administration of the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA), East Godavari District Collector Gopalakrishna Dwivedi has ordered removal of 11 work inspectors with effect from August 31 and also decided to dispense with the ''work inspectors' system'' in the scheme. He also ordered transfer of two Deputy Executive Engineers and six Assistant Engineers on

Hyderabad, Aug 24: A former naxal was allegedly murdered by unidentified persons while he was sleeping in his house at Absiguda on the city outskirts today. Police said Ganesh was died on the spot after the culprits smashed his head with a grind-stone. Police suspect the involvement of his wife Pushpavati and her brother. However, no one was arrested in this

Vijayawada, Aug 23: Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (GENCO) Managing Director Ajay Jain said acute shortage of coal for power generation was visible in the State. Talking to newspersons here last night, he said coal stocks were in shortage and the need of the hour was to build stocks. However, there was no loss of generation on this account, he