The newly elected Andhra Pradesh government has announced increasing the monthly pension of senior citizens from Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 under the government’s NTR Bharosa Pension scheme, which was previously called YSR Pension Kanuka Scheme. The beneficiaries will receive the hike retrospectively starting in May. AP Endowment Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy announced increasing the … Read more
YSRCP candidate Y.S. Avinash Reddy wins Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency with a margin of 62,695 votes. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Two-time YSRCP MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy retained the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency, braving all the criticisms made against him by his political rivals for being an accused in former MP Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy murder … Read more
Four people died on the spot and two sustained grievous injuries when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a culvert wall near Kongaravaripalle village in Chandragiri mandal, 15 km from Tirupati, on the Tirupati-Bengaluru National Highway in the early hours of May 27 (Sunday). The deceased hailing from Narasapuram in Indukurupeta mandal of … Read more
TDP President N. Chandrababu Naidu, Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan and the then BJP Prime Ministerial Candidate Narendra Modi Shankaravam attend an election campaign rally in Tirupati on April 30, 2014. | Photo Credit: Poornachandra kumar The Andhra Pradesh political dream team of 2014 — which fell apart with disastrous consequences for all three … Read more
A video grab showing the attacker threatening the TDP team led by Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy with a crowbar, at Kattuvapalli village in Manubolu mandal of Tirupati district on Tuesday. A YSRCP local leader reportedly made a futile attempt to attack TDP polit bureau member and former Cabinet Minister Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy on Tuesday, sending shockwaves … Read more
The wildlife task force during the raid on illegal aquaculture ponds in the 5th contour of Kolleru Lake in Eluru district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Andhra Pradesh State Wildlife Management authorities have identified that illegal aquaculture activities are going on in a stretch of more than 1,700 acres falling under the … Read more
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind members releasing posters of their campaign against drug abuse, in Vijayawada on Saturday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has planned to run a State-level campaign against drug abuse and other vices. Representative of the organisation Abdul Sattar, on Saturday, said that about 98 lakh people, including minors, were addicted … Read more
Centurion University Vice- Chancellor Prasanta Kumar Mohanty showing the brochure for the new colleges, in Vizianagaram on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Centurion University of Technology and Management in Vizianagaram will start three new colleges —School of Pharmacy, School of Nursing and School of Smart Agriculture—in the 2024-25 academic year, Vice-Chancellor Prasanta Kumar Mohanty … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Congress president Y.S. Sharmila. File photo: By Arrangement. APCC president Y.S. Sharmila has demanded that the government hold a discussion on the floor of the Assembly on “the betrayal of the people of Andhra Pradesh by the BJP Government at the Centre in last 10 years”, pass a resolution on the “Rights of … Read more
Former MLA of erstwhile Vepanjeri Assembly constituency R. Gandhi on February 5 (Monday) quit the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), alleging oppression of the Dalits in Andhra Pradesh. Mr. Gandhi was a TDP MLA between 1994 and 1999 before joining the YSRCP in 2011. Addressing the media here, Mr. Gandhi said that he would be joining … Read more