
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu has hailed the steps taken by the Modi government to tackle COVID-19 threat.

The agitation by farmers of Amaravati against the decision of YSR Congress party government led by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to form three capitals for Andhra Pradesh with administrative capital at Visakhapatnam entered 100 days on Thursday.

A few Andhra Pradesh policemen were among the injured in a stone-pelting incident that took place at Pondugula checkpost in the Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border on Thursday evening.

While empathising with the thousands of people who were stranded at the Andhra-Telangana borders, YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday firmly turned down their request to enter the state in such big numbers in view of Coronavirus scare.

The Andhra Pradesh government led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy might have reacted a little late on tackling the Coronavirus situation in the state, but after it plunged into action, it is taking commendable decisions at a great speed.

The chaotic situation prevailing at the Andhra-Telangana borders following the refusal of Andhra Pradesh government to allow thousands of people from Hyderabad to cross the border is purely due to lack of communication between the two state governments.

Looking at the crowd at number of vegetable markets across the country and people ignoring Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message of social distancing to combat coronavirus, the railways on Thursday provided its empty land for a vegetable market in Andhra Pradesh.

Honorable Chief Ministers of Telugu states have a special way of treating the Press, which is resulting in discouragement to the media community.

Amid nationwide lockdown and panic over the coronavirus outbreak, hundreds of IT professionals and students from Hyderabad were stopped from crossing the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border on Wednesday night, despite producing no objection certificates (NOC) issued by the Telangana Police.

When someone said that Kamma virus is dangerous than corona virus, there were some adverse comments.

Andhra Pradesh has reported two new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases to 10 in the state.

It is a common perception that the people in cities and towns are more educated than those in the villages and have more access to information from all parts of the country and the world on any issue.

While the YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has started taking stringent measures to control the spread of dreaded Coronavirus albeit belatedly, it is now facing a piquant situation with regard to its finances.

It looks like YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s pet programme – of distributing over 26 lakh house sites to the landless poor – is facing hurdle after hurdle.

The village volunteers’ system in AP introduced by chief minister Jaganmohan Reddy is receiving applauds all over.