The police personnel with the accused and the seized liquor bottles, at Palamaner on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chittoor Superintendent of Police P. Joshua said that the Palamaner police on February 27 (Tuesday) night arrested K. Prakash Naidu (57), sarpanch of Gollapalle panchayat of Bangarupalem mandal, in the ‘Cattle Faram’ area on the … Read more
A road laid in the reserve forest area in Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The decades-long ordeal of the residents of Vanadurgapuram to take 18-km detour that includes a stretch in the neighbouring Tamil Nadu to reach their nearest mandal headquarters of Palasamudram, just 3 km away from their habitation, appears … Read more
Chittoor Collector M. Hari Narayanan receiving the Best Election Officer Award from Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan at 13th National Voters Day celebrations in Vijayawada on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Chittoor Collector M. Hari Narayanan has been adjudged the Best District Election Officer in Andhra Pradesh as the district stood first in the State … Read more
The second tranche of funds amounting to ₹1 crore has been sanctioned to 18 panchayats in Chittoor that unanimously elected their Sarpanches, said District Panchayat Officer Lakshmi. Speaking to the media here, the official said previously the Andhra Pradesh government had given ₹135 crore to the Sarpanches who were unanimously selected in the 2021 elections. … Read more
Forest officials offering pujas to trained elephants (kumkis) at Naniyala Elephant Camp near Kuppam in Chittoor district on Monday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT While the mention of Kanuma festival usually conjures up in one the images of domestic cattle getting worshipped, this time the forest officials in Chittoor district extended the honour to elephants … Read more
Chittoor District Collector M. Hari Narayanan speaking to The Hindu on Monday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Chittoor district holds potential for massive industrial growth on a par with Sri City, thanks to its good road connectivity to major national highways and six-lane express-ways connecting the region to Chennai and Bengaluru, said Collector M. Hari … Read more
Andhra Pradesh on Wedesday reported 9,597 new Covid positive cases, taking the total to 2,54,146 cases. This comes after the state recording over 10,000 new Covid cases a day for five consecutive days last week and three consecutive days in the previous week. AP suffered 93 deaths during the last 24 hours, which takes the … Read more