Hyderabad: Former undivided Andra Pradesh Chief Secretary, M S Rajajee, is no more. He was 84. He leaves behind wife and son. An IAS officer of  1962 batch, Rajaji was appointed as chief secretary by NT Rama Rao n January 1999. He retired as CS under Nara Chandrababu Naidu in 1997.
New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and his deputy Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu on Tuesday paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, sources said. This is Reddy’s first meeting with Modi since becoming chief minister. During the meeting, the chief minister is believed to have discussed pending projects and demanded…
Visakhapatnam/Vijayawada: Amid growing concerns over ever-increasing cases of Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1, a 51-year-old woman from Visakhapatnam allegedly died of infection on Tuesday. According to preliminary information, the woman, who was admitted to King George Hospital on December 24, following acute respiratory distress syndrome, was tested positive for Covid-19 in the RT-PCR test, and doctors provided…
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday slammed the Karnataka Government for not issuing orders lifting the hijab ban in the state even after the Congress party came to power seven months ago. Speaking to reporters here, while condemning the killing of four Indian Army personnel by Pakistani terrorists in Kashmir, the Hyderabad MP demanded…
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, during his first meeting with all the 33 district collectors and superintendents of police at the Secretariat on Sunday, pitched a constructive and empathetic approach to governance. He said, “Please don’t reject an application from the people of Telangana for the sake of rejection. Be empathetic and focus on finding…
Tirumala: More than a lakh devotees thronged the holy hill shrine of Tirumala on Saturday to have the ‘Uttara Dwara Darshan’ of Lord Venkateswara on the occasion of auspicious Vaikunta Ekadasi. Devotees had queued up for darshan since Friday night. By the end of the day around 72,000 devotees had Uttara Dwara Darshan of Lord Venkateswara…
Hyderabad: Telangana on Saturday logged 12 new COVID-19 cases with Hyderabad reporting the highest number of infections at nine, a health department bulletin said. The remaining three cases were reported from Rangareddy, Sangareddy, and Warangal districts. No fresh fatalities were reported in the state, it said. The total number of cases under treatment or isolation…
Vijayawada: A team of Election Commission officers on Saturday reviewed the preparedness for next year’s general elections and directed officials to ensure that the electoral rolls are free of any errors and maintain transparency while conducting polls. The ECI team led by Senior Deputy Election Commissioners Dharmendra Sharma and Nitish Kumar Vyas issued these directives…
Amaravathi: The Quality Council of India on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh government to provide technical support to empower agriculture and allied sectors at various levels and thereby enhance quality and farmers’ income. The two entities forged the agreement at the Gunvatta Sankalp event held at Vijayawada in the presence of Agriculture…
Hyderabad: President Droupadi Murmu arrived here on Monday as part of the annual southern sojourn. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, his deputy Bhatti Vikramarka, Ministers Seethakka and D Sridhar Babu, and senior officials received the President at the Begumpet airport. The President will stay at the Rashtrapathi Nilayam located in Bollarum…
