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At least 7 new airports to come up in Andhra

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday asked the Infrastructure and Investments (I and I) Department to plan and build at least seven new airports in the…
AP: TDP decries arrests of protesting employees

Hyderabad: TDP State President K Atchannaidu on Thursday condemned the YSRCP Government for resorting to arrests of the employees when they were peacefully holding protest demonstrations against the unjust ‘Pay Reverse Commission’,…

Pay revision: Andhra teachers take to streets

Amaravati: Intensifying the protest over “unsatisfactory” pay revision, government teachers in Andhra Pradesh hit the streets across the state on Thursday. The protestors took out rallies and staged sit-ins demanding the government…
Andhra court directs BJP leader to pay Rs 1 cr compensation

Vijayawada: A city court has directed former Andhra Pradesh BJP chief Kanna Lakshminarayana, his wife and son to pay Rs 1 crore compensation to his daughter-in-law in a domestic violence case. The Vijayawada…
Amid row over casino, Andhra police orders probe

Vijayawada: Police in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district have ordered a probe into a casino that was set up at Gudivada on Sankranti. Krishna district superintendent of police Siddharth Kaushal directed Nuzvidu deputy…
Andhra man ends life after testing positive for Covid-19

Amaravati: A youth committed suicide after testing positive for Covid-19 in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, police said. The man jumped to death from the fourth floor of a building on Tuesday night. The…
RT-PCR rate slashed to Rs 350 in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad: The Government of Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has taken a decision to slash the price of the Covid-19 RT-PCR test in the state. The price…

Andhra govt employees threaten strike over pay revision

Amaravati: Government employees in Andhra Pradesh have threatened to go on strike to press for their demand of roll back of the Government Order (GO) relating to implementation of the Pay Revision…
Covid compensation: SC seeks presence of chief secretaries of Andhra, Bihar

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed discontent over delay in payment of compensation to families of those who succumbed to Covid-19, and ordered personal appearance of chief secretaries of Andhra…
Missing woman software employee found dead in Vijayawada

Vijayawada: A woman techie, who was missing from her residence in Guntur since Sunday, has been found dead in Vijayawada under suspicious circumstances, police said. The body of an unidentified woman was…
Andhra Pradesh logs 6,996 new COVID-19 cases

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh 6,996 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, said the state health department on Tuesday. With this, the total COVID-19 cases in the state have gone up…
Tributes paid to NTR on his death anniversary

Hyderabad: Rich tributes were paid to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NT Rama Rao on his 26th death anniversary on Tuesday. Rama Rao’s son and popular actor N Balakrishna and other family…
Chandrababu Naidu tests positive for COVID-19

Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has tested positive for Covid-19. The leader of opposition in Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday tweeted…
YSRCP rebel MP seeks time to appear before CID in sedition case

Amaravati: Rebel MP of ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) K. Raghu Rama Krishna Raju has sought four weeks’ time to appear before the Andhra Pradesh CID in a case of sedition booked against…
Nara Lokesh urges CM Jagan to close schools amid COVID-19 surge

Amravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) National General Secretary Nara Lokesh on Monday urged chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy to declare vacations for schools amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. In a letter…