Call it a publicity stunt or genuine concern for the people, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had not returned home since the night of August 31, when heavy rains and floods hit Vijayawada and its surrounding areas.
Dramatic time-lapse footage of floodwaters engulfing a street in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, was shared on Tuesday, highlighting the severity of the crisis facing authorities after heavy rain in coastal districts claimed nearly 50 lives—most in the city—and impacted over 10 lakh people.
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Tuesday refuted allegations that the two individuals arrested for allegedly conspiring to damage the Prakasam Barrage on the Krishna River in Vijayawada had any connections with the party.
The attack on YSR Congress party leaders including former MLA Namburi Shankar Rao at Pedakurapadu in Palnadu district by the Telugu Desam Party workers on Tuesday once again showed the ugly factional politics in Palnadu region.
Vijayawada, Sep 10 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's Education Minister Nara Lokesh on Tuesday alleged that former Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had
With flood water almost receding from inundated areas of Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada, normalcy is likely to return to the city by Tuesday evening.
Imagine a neutral person who is a common relative to two individuals, but these individuals are affiliated with different political parties.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu's style has always been to carefully and quietly distribute nominated posts, granting them only to those deemed deserving.
One common claim made by Chandrababu Naidu's detractors is that during his rule, there is always drought and scarce rainfall.
The Vijayawada police on Monday arrested two followers of senior YSR Congress party leaders in connection with the collision of five boats with the gates of Prakasam Barrage on Krishna river in the wee hours of September 2.
The Andhra Pradesh government headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday revoked the suspension of his former personal assistant Pendyala Srinivasa Rao with immediate effect and reinstated him in service.
Did YSR Congress Party president and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy hold a secret meeting with Congress leaders at his Bengaluru residence on Saturday night?
As expected, the Andhra Pradesh police have confirmed the conspiracy theory behind the collision of three heavy boats with the gates of Prakasam Barrage last week, which caused damage to the counterweights of the gates and partially to the barrage pillar.
Heavy rains and floods that battered parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh last week affected over 10 lakh people, destroyed agriculture crops of over 5 lakh acres, and damaged 4,222 km long roads besides claiming 45 human lives.
Heavy rain under the impact of the low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal wreaked havoc in north coastal Andhra Pradesh and Godavari districts, inundating low-lying areas and disrupting road transport.
