New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which sought to examine whether there was ‘breakdown of constitutional machinery’ in the state. Chie Justice of India SA Bobde expressed disquiet with HC order while staying it on Friday. “As the apex court, we find it very disturbing. Have … Read more
As of now, 602 people have been affected with symptoms that include seizures and giddiness. (AP file photo) Eluru is a city in one of the richest districts of Andhra Pradesh with one of the highest per capita income levels in the state. It also gets water from Krishna and Godavari, the two major rivers … Read more
The Andhra authorities are still not clear if this mystery illness is water-borne or has some element of food poisoning. (AP Photo) As the nation battles with the coronavirus, Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru is waging a war against an unknown enemy. What began as a handful people complaining about nausea in some areas of this town … Read more
District health officials have also started a door to door survey of the affected areas and are checking for water contamination. Image: ANI In West Godavari district’s Eluru in Andhra Pradesh, as many as 227 people including young children have fallen sick due to an unknown disease. Officials are suspecting a possible case of water … Read more
BENGALURU: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have reported a recovery rate of above 95% in Covid-19 infected persons, pointing to a gradual decline of the pandemic, and probably improved immunity levels in the population. Kerala, however, has been an exception where the recovery rate is a tad below at 89%. Manipal Hospitals chairman … Read more
Puducherry: Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy on Sunday alleged that Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi was blocking 10 per cent horizontal reservation for government school students in medical courses. The allegation comes a day after Bedi announced that she had referred to Union Home Ministry the proposal of territorial government to provide the quota. Narayanasamy … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices on a petition filed by the Andhra Pradesh government, challenging a high court stay on a probe into several projects initiated under the previous TDP regime, including the acquisition of land for the new state capital of Amaravati. The Jagan Mohan Reddy government had ordered a … Read more
The pandemic-induced growth contraction and additional spending to support the needy amounting to a little over 2 per cent of the economy are likely to push the combined fiscal deficit to 13 per cent of GDP this fiscal – nearly double of the past year, according to a report. Similarly, these numbers will see the … Read more
(Representational image) India would launch its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine international customer spacecraft onboard its Polar rocket PSLV-C49 from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on November 7, ISRO said on Wednesday. This is the first launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since the COVID-19 induced lockdown came into … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Oct 17, 2020) NEW DELHI: Facing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy‘s complaint to CJI against him, most senior SC judge N V Ramana on Saturday said a Judge needs to take decisions fearlessly and stand up bravely to all pressures and odds. The Andhra police had … Read more