There seems to be no end to the controversy over the conduct of Zilla Parishad and Mandal Parishad elections in Andhra Pradesh, which had been making news in the state since March 2020 when former controversial state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar deferred them on the pretext of Coronavirus spread.
The coffers are not healthy in any state of the country, or any country, because of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the central government’s move to privatise the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant as part of its plan for disinvestment in central public sector undertakings to raise Rs 2.50 lakh crore this year.
The arrest of rebel YSR Congress MP from Narasapuram Kanumuri Raghurama Krishnam Raju by the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (CID) police on Friday last in a sedition case has kicked up a lot of heat and dust in the state and even hit the national headlines.
Even as rebel YSR Congress party MP from Narasapuram Kanumuri Raghurama Krishnam Raju is taking rest in the air-conditioned room of the Military Hospital, Secunderabad and undergoing treatment by the doctors, his family members have been running from pillar to post in New Delhi seeking the Centre's help to secure his release on bail.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday asserted that his government would make all out efforts to save the lives of the people during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
Chandrababu Naidu has a reason now to put his political efforts seriously.
The Andhra Pradesh high court on Thursday found fault with the state government for not filing any case against the Sri Venkata Ramana Ruia Hospital in Tirupati, despite the death of 11 Covid-19 patients due to disruption in oxygen supply on May 10.
After a gap of two months, the Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday presented the state annual budget for 2020-21, reflecting the priorities of chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in extending welfare to all sections of people.
The budget session of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly began here on Thursday. In his address, delivered in virtual mode from the Raj Bhavan, to members of both Houses, governor Biswabhushan Harichandan expressed his sympathies for the victims of Covid.
KIA India Pvt Ltd has contributed Rs 5 crore to Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) towards Covid-19 containment measures, an official release from the state government said.
The arrest of two social media activists of CBN Army, a pro-Telugu Desam Party outfit, by the Guntur police, for allegedly posting abusive comments against YSR Congress party MP and general secretary V Vijay Sai Reddy, has evoked strong protests from the opposition party.
With the Covid pandemic putting pressure on manpower resources, Andhra Pradesh has turned its attention to improvement of medical and health training capabilities. Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said that 16 teaching hospitals will be set up in the state.
Andhra Pradesh has done far better than the nation as a whole in achieving the growth rate in gross state domestic product, the Jagan Mohan Reddy government claimed on Wednesday.
The Andhra Pradesh state high court on Wednesday charged the Jagan Mohan Reddy government with contempt of court for not following the court orders in connection with the arrest of rebel YSR Congress MP from Narasapuram parliamentary constituency K Raghurama Krishnam Raju.
