Can the BJP-TDP-JSP alliance recreate its 2014 election magic?

Can the BJP-TDP-JSP alliance recreate its 2014 election magic?

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

‘YSRCP leader’ makes vain bid on Somireddy with crowbar in Nellore

‘YSRCP leader’ makes vain bid on Somireddy with crowbar in Nellore

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

Wildlife task force identifies illegal aquaculture ponds in 1,700-acre stretch of Kolleru Lake in Andhra Pradesh

Wildlife task force identifies illegal aquaculture ponds in 1,700-acre stretch of Kolleru Lake in Andhra Pradesh

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 launches awareness campaign against drug abuse

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind launches awareness campaign against drug abuse

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, Vizianagaram to set up agriculture, nursing and pharmacy colleges

Centurion University, Vizianagaram to set up agriculture, nursing and pharmacy colleges

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

Sharmila asks Jagan to pass a resolution on Special Category Status in Assembly and send it to Centre, President

Sharmila asks Jagan to pass a resolution on Special Category Status in Assembly and send it to Centre, President

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 R. Gandhi quits YSRCP, alleges ‘no respect to Dalits’

Former MLA R. Gandhi quits YSRCP, alleges ‘no respect to Dalits’

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

APCC chief Sharmila’s visit to Nellore on January 27 is harbinger of hope, say cadre

APCC chief Sharmila’s visit to Nellore on January 27 is harbinger of hope, say cadre

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y.S. Sharmila is scheduled to hold a meeting with the party conveners in Nellore on Saturday. | Photo Credit: File photo The visit of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila to Nellore district slated for January 27 (Saturday) has galvanised the party cadres in the undivided Nellore district. … Read more

Devotees make a beeline for Siva temples in Andhra Pradesh on last Monday of Karthika Masam

Devotees make a beeline for Siva temples in Andhra Pradesh on last Monday of Karthika Masam

The Siva temples across Andhra Pradesh, especially the Pancharamas, saw a huge rush on December 11, the last Monday of the auspicious Karthika Masam. Devotees waited in long queuelines since dawn to have darshan of Lord Siva. Devotees made a beeline for the famous Pancharama temples of Sri Bhimeswara Swamy at Draksharama, Kumara Rama Bhimeswara Swamy … Read more

Pharmacy graduate held for ‘making’ derogatory posts on social media

Pharmacy graduate held for ‘making’ derogatory posts on social media

The Annamayya district police on November 14 (Tuesday) arrested a pharmacy graduate on the charge of making derogatory posts and circulating abusive content related to political institutions and leaders. According to police, Chinta Sudarshan, hailing from Vathalur of Pullampeta mandal in Annamayya district, has worked in several companies in Hyderabad and is living at his … Read more