Amaravati: TDP’s Narsipatnam MLA C Ayyannapatrudu was elected unanimously as the Speaker of the 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Saturday. Addressing the Assembly, Pro-tem Speaker and TDP’s Rajahmundry Rural MLA G Butchaiah Chowdary said that Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan, TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh and BJP’s Staya Kumar Yadava made three proposals on behalf of…
Hyderabad: Police opened fire in the air after a four-member gang tried to attack them here, police said on Saturday. The incident happened under Chilkalguda police station on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday when the gang tried to snatch a mobile phone from one of the personnel involved in the decoy operation. According…
Amaravati: The maiden session of the 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly began on Friday with 172 newly-elected legislators taking the oath of office. According to an official source, 172 MLAs were administered oath by Pro-tem Speaker and TDP legislator G Butchaiah Chowdary. The session commenced at 9:45 am in the Assembly Hall located at Velagapudi,…
Hyderabad: Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy will launch the 10th round of commercial coal mines auction in Hyderabad on June 21. The Sravanapalli block in Telangana will be among the blocks going under the hammer. Friday’s event will be the first major activity of the Coal Ministry in Telangana after Kishan…
Vijayawada: TDP MLA G Butchaiah Chowdary on Thursday took oath as the pro-tem speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. AP Governor S Abdul Nazeer administered the oath to Chowdary in a brief ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan. “Nazeer administered oath to MLA Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary as Pro-tem speaker at a programme held in…
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday visited Amaravati to take stock of the projects in the stalled greenfield capital he had championed. Amaravati capital city project came to a standstill for five-long years from 2019 to 2024 under the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP government. However, the change in government breathed…
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday said he would work to safeguard national interests, protect “dharma”, unite society and try to bring funds for the development of Telangana and his Lok Sabha constituency of Karimnagar in the state. Sanjay Kumar, who reached Karimnagar in Telangana for the first time…
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said children should not grow up “glorifying criminal acts” in reference to Babri Masjid demolition being tweaked in NCERT textbooks. In a post on ‘X’, the Hyderabad MP said India’s children should know that the Supreme Court called the demolition of Babri Masjid an “egregious criminal act”. “The…
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration Minister P Narayana on Sunday said here that the Amaravati capital city development works will be completed in two-and-a-half years’ time. Narayana said the state capital of Amaravati will be developed as one of the top five capital cities in the world and that the plans devised in the past…
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh IT and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh said a new investor-friendly Information Technology policy will be implemented in the state soon. Lokesh held a review meeting with senior IT and Electronics officials on Saturday and inquired about the kind of incentives extended to companies for inviting them to set up shop…
