
The pilot and co-pilot of a helicopter that was allegedly damaged during former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's visit to Sri Sathya Sai district last week appeared before police on Wednesday.

It appears that the Andhra Pradesh government has taken serious note of the YSR Congress Party’s allegations regarding the lack of adequate security at the helipad in Papireddypalli, Ramagiri mandal, Sri Satya Sai district, on April 8.

Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who will be turning 75 on April 20, will not be available to the people and party leaders who want to greet him on that day.

Senior Telugu Desam Party MLA and former minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao on Tuesday took a dig at the Chandrababu Naidu government for failing to ensure a direct flight connectivity from Visakhapatnam to Vijayawada.
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The Andhra Pradesh cabinet chaired by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday took an interesting decision – allotting 21.16 acres of land in the prime area of Visakhapatnam to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for just 99 paise.

What could be the reason for the sudden announcement by retired IPS officer and former Andhra Pradesh intelligence chief A B Venkateswara Rao about his plans to enter politics at this stage, when there is absolutely no political vacuum in the state?

In yet another development in the case related to the murder of former Andhra Pradesh minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy six years ago, his daughter Dr N Sunitha Reddy on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of bail granted to Gajjala Uday Kumar Reddy, one of the key accused in the case.

Even as reports emerged that the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government, headed by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, is considering acquiring an additional 30,000 acres of land in Amaravati under the pretext of capital city expansion, the news created ripples in political circles.

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) is preparing to take action against YSR Congress Party leader and former Tirupati MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy for allegedly launching a smear campaign by claiming that 100 cows died at the Sri Venkateswara Goshala run by the TTD.

Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai has strongly criticized Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in a recent video on his YouTube channel.

A Telugu student, Deepthi Vangavolu, is in critical condition after being struck in a hit-and-run accident in Denton, Texas, according to reports received on Monday.

The YSR Congress party has strongly taken exception to the campaign unleashed by retired IPS officer and former Andhra Pradesh intelligence chief A B Venkateshwara Rao against party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Andhra Pradesh, which is conducting a probe into the liquor scam that allegedly took place during the YSRCP government's tenure, conducted raids at the residences and offices of Kasireddy Rajasekhar Reddy, also known as Raj Kasireddy, on Monday.

The defiant stand taken by YSR Congress Party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in refusing to sign the declaration of faith in Lord Venkateswara during his past visits to the Tirumala temple had sparked significant controversy.

From the very beginning, opposition parties — particularly the YSR Congress Party — and various social activists, including retired IAS officers E A S Sarma and IYR Krishna Rao, have alleged that Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is turning his dream capital, Amaravati, into a full-fledged real estate venture.