Though Andhra Pradesh claims to be among the states to become Open Defecation Free, people feel that there is not much improvement in the situation on the ground.
Forget about the style of functioning and their priorities, there is one striking difference between the previous Telugu Desam Party government headed by N Chandrababu Naidu and the present YSR Congress party government led by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in Andhra Pradesh.
The sudden transfer of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) secretary A K Maurya from his post has surprised many in the bureaucratic circles on Wednesday.
AP Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, in his fight against the mighty powers, had decided to involve the unemployed youth from the SC, ST, BC and Minorities, in sand transportation.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s historic decision to merge all the employees of the AP State Road Transport Corporation with the state government has landed the neighbouring Telangana government headed by K Chandrasekhar Rao in deep trouble.
When YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy came to power in Andhra Pradesh by achieving a thumping majority in the assembly elections, it was believed that the BJP would extend a friendly hand to him and Jagan, too, would not take any step that would antagonise the Centre.
Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy had lined up a couple of activities for October. With a set of programmes on hand, the chief minister is set to keep the administration busy all through the month.
Providing one lakh government jobs to unemployed youth was the promise made by Telangana CM KCR in 2014, after he assumed charge as first CM of Telangana State.
Former Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasad Rao's son Sivarama Krishna on Tuesday surrendered before a court in various cases booked against them.
The AP government had roped in its new liquor policy from today. All the private liquor shops have been closed at 8 pm on Monday and the government-operated liquor shops were opened after 11 am this morning.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government on Monday gave appointment letters to over 1.26 lakh employees, claimed to be the first of its kind in the country in terms of numbers in a single recruitment drive, under a new governance initiative of Village and Ward Secretariats.
The YSR Congress government headed by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has been going in for reverse tendering in every irrigation project to unearth corruption indulged in by the previous Telugu Desam Party government.
The Rythu Bandhu scheme launched in Telangana in May 2018 was a big success and had fetched tremendous political mileage to Telangana Rashtra Samithi in December 2018 assembly elections.
Telugu Desam Party in Telangana, which has almost been defunct with the defection of several senior party leaders and cadre into various parties, mainly the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Bharatiya Janata Party, witnessed yet another defection on Monday.
The 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2 will usher in a new system of public administration in Andhra Pradesh with the launch of village and ward secretariats.
