Andhra CM Naidu seeks Centre’s support for rooftop solar scheme, defence manufacturing hub

New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday met three Union ministers here and sought the Centre’s support for the state’s renewable energy initiatives, a defence manufacturing hub proposal and a major water transfer project. In his meeting with Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Prahlad Joshi, Naidu requested for the allocation…

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Police foil Andhra Congress chief Sharmila’s hunger strike over steel plant job cuts

Visakhapatnam: Andhra Congress president Y S Sharmila’s indefinite hunger strike in support of dismissed Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) contract workers was foiled on Wednesday by police, hours after commencement, a party source said. Sharmila protested, demanding the reinstatement of 2,000 contract workers. “Police came and foiled Sharmila’s hunger strike around 9 PM,” a Congress source…

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TTD to employ AI, facial recognition tech to enhance pilgrimage experience

Tirupati: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the official custodian of the famous Venkateswara temple here, is exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and facial recognition technology to enhance the pilgrimage experience, said an official on Thursday. TTD executive officer (EO) J Syamala Rao said the temple body will employ these technologies to authenticate genuine…

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Union Minister Bandi Sanjay hails security forces for ‘decisive’ anti-Maoist operation

Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday said that the elimination of 27 Maoists in Chhattisgarh—including the organisation’s general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao—and the arrest of several ultras as part of an anti-Maoist operation, is a “decisive strike” in the country’s war on Naxalism. He hailed the security forces for…

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KCR summoned in Kaleshwaram probe; KTR calls it ‘diversion tactic’ by Congress

Hyderabad:  BRS Working President K T Rama Rao on Wednesday alleged that the notice issued to party president K Chandrasekhar Rao by the judicial commission probing the Kaleshwaram irrigation project is a “diversionary tactic” by the Congress government. Speaking to reporters in Nalgonda, he claimed that Congress MLAs and contractors themselves are talking about “20…

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State BJP Hits Back: Who Are the Real ‘Saudagars’—Congress or EAM Jaishankar?

Hyderabad: In a strongly worded rebuttal to what it described as “deliberate distortion and dangerous rhetoric,” the Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday condemned the Congress party’s attempt to malign India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar. The BJP called out senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his loyalist Pawan Khera…

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