Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer unfurled the national flag here to commemorate the Republic Day celebrations. The southern state is celebrating the Republic Day for the first time in the greenfield capital city of Amaravati at Nelapadu village. Following the flag hoisting, the Governor inspected the march past of various contingents.
Hyderabad: Rescue operations continued on Sunday to save five people, including two children, who are feared trapped in the basement of a four-storey furniture shop in Nampally here after a major fire broke out, officials said. Multiple agencies, including police, fire, NDRF personnel and Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA), launched rescue operations…
Hyderabad: In a significant development, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, after learning of a government order (G.O.) proposing the shifting of certain government offices to T-Hub as part of a broader rationalisation exercise, has directed that the move be rescinded immediately. The Chief Minister reiterated that every inch of the T-Hub facility must be fully…
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar on Friday issued a notice to BRS leader and former IPS officer R S Praveen Kumar over his claim that seven criminal cases had been registered against him. Referring to SIT’s questioning of BRS Working President K T Rama Rao in the alleged phone-tapping case, Praveen Kumar claimed…
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed a committee comprising a group of ministers to study the possibility of restricting or banning access to certain social media platforms for children below 16 years, state Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha said on Friday. She also said the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by IT Minister Nara Lokesh…
Amaravati: YSRCP supremo Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday announced that he would launch another padayatra (political walkathon) in about one-and-a-half years, alleging that all institutions in Andhra had been “severely weakened” under the NDA coalition government. Addressing YSRCP local body representatives and party workers from the Eluru Assembly constituency at the party central office in…
Hyderabad: Veteran journalist and academic Dasu Krishnamoorthy passed away on Monday morning in New Jersey after a brief illness. He was 99, just six months short of his centenary. A member of the first batch of the journalism course at Osmania University (1954–55), Krishnamoorthy went on to build a distinguished career spanning newsrooms and classrooms…
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Monday expressed surprise and sharp disapproval over Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s decision to travel to the United States to attend what it termed a “crash leadership course,” questioning both the timing and the financial prudence of the move. According to reports, the Chief Minister has enrolled in a programme…
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said the Telangana government will conduct ‘Medaram Jatara’, the world’s biggest biennial tribal festival, on the lines of the Kumbh Mela. As part of ‘Medaram Jatara’ or ‘Sammakka Saralamma Maha Jatara’, tribals worship tribal folk goddesses Sammakka and her daughter Saralamma. The festival will be held from…
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Saturday launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for branding the BJP a “divisive party,” calling the remark a display of selective memory and political theatrics rather than informed leadership. Reacting to the Chief Minister’s comments at the CPI’s centenary rally in Khammam, BJP state chief spokesperson N.V….
