The Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government’s attempt to stall the conduct of elections to local bodies by the Andhra Pradesh state election commission by moving the Supreme Court on Friday did not succeed, even as SEC Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar is gearing up for a final showdown.
In wake of some students and parents complaining about excess fees being collected by private intermediate colleges in Andhra Pradesh, state regulatory body, the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE), on Thursday warned their managements to refrain and reduce fees by 30 per cent as ordered earlier.
Even after the division bench of the Andhra Pradesh state high court on Thursday cleared the decks for conduct of elections to gram panchayats in February, uncertainty continues to prevail over the elections even now.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday flagged off a fleet of 2,500 'Mobile Dispensing Units' (MDUs) as part of the public distribution system, which will supply ration and quality rice at the doorstep of the beneficiaries across the state.
There is nothing wrong in being a Hindu in dress and look. But a sudden changeover brings many doubts.
As the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 continues with varying degrees of enthusiasm in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of various States are likely to get the jab in the second phase of vaccination for those over 50 years of age.
It is an open secret that Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been playing whatever tricks he can to get back into the good books of Bharatiya Janata Party led by Narendra Modi.
The intense battle between the YSR Congress government in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar over the conduct of local body elections in the state witnessed a dramatic turn on Thursday.
At a time when most of the Sankranti visitors have left the festival hotspots, there was a mixed response from the many tourists who visited the cockfight centres in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district recently, with some saying they were happy while a few others felt disappointed.
Senior YSRCP leader and Rajya Sabha MP V. Vijayasai Reddy on Wednesday questioned why TDP supremo Nara Chandrababu Naidu allegedly blocked a Bharat Ratna award to late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR).
The Srikakulam police on Wednesday night arrested senior Telugu Desam Party leader and former minister Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao in connection with the alleged attack on the car of YSR Congress party general secretary V Vijay Sai Reddy at Ramatirtham in Vizianagaram district on January 2.
After the visual pleasure of watching 1080 ambulances moving from Vijayawada on the roads during the Covid 19 pandemic, the people of AP would have another visual feast on Thursday.
The mysterious illness cases in Andhra Pradesh's Pulla village in West Godavari district rose up to 29 by 9 a.m. on Wednesday, however, the active ones were only six, said health officials.
The alleged missing of Pink diamond from the jewellery of Lord Venkateshwara of Tirumala is now a closed chapter. The Andhra Pradesh high court has refused to order any fresh inquiry into the issue.
The Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh is exploring further legal options following the state high court’s judgement on Tuesday that there was no insider trading in Amaravati land dealings and dismissing the cases filed by Crime Investigation Department against those who bought the lands.
