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The Special Courts from this date onwards shall comply the mandate of Section 35(1) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in its letter and spirit, Justice Rathnakala has ordered.

Scrap law that helps ministers, say retired High Court judges

AP government had withdrawn cases against five ministers, Assembly Speaker and eight TD MLAs and several other leaders.

28 July 2017 1:03 AM IST

PV Sindhu appointed as Group-I Officer in Andhara Pradesh government

PV Sindhu appointed as Group-I Officer in Andhara Pradesh government

The Olympic medallist stated playing badminton will be her utmost priority despite a new service job.

27 July 2017 7:43 PM IST

Archaeological protected monuments and properties are under encroachment in the state. The Archaeology department is struggling to clear encroachments.

Andhra Pradesh: 12th Century temple being encroached

The department had served more than 300 notices in Penukonda area.

27 July 2017 8:45 AM IST

YSRC official spokesperson and Kapu leader Ambati Rambabu was put under house arrest at his residence in Guntur on Wednesday. (Photo: DC)

Police turns Amaravati into a fortress

Several Kapu and YSR Congresss leaders were put under house arrest since Tuesday night.

27 July 2017 8:43 AM IST

Road opposite Vasthralatha in I Town in Vijayawada has caved in on Wednesday. (Photo: DC)

Vijayawada: Motorists worried over roads caving in

Four roads caved in the last 3 months in VMC limits.

27 July 2017 8:40 AM IST

Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu distributes pattas (title deeds) to beneficiaries during the 2nd phase of patta distribution programme at Steel Plant Pragati Maidan in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. (Photo: DC)

Land scam: N Chandrababu Naidu exudes confidence on SIT probe

SIT will not spare any one in land grabbing: Naidu.

27 July 2017 8:37 AM IST

With about 50 per cent of the sewage being discharged to sea or in open owing to lack of sewerage system, the Greater Visakhapatnam Smart City Corporation Limited (GVSCCL) has now come up with a plan to augment the capacity of the existing sewage treatment plant (STP) by retrofitting them and also supply the treated sewage to effluent of quality for industrial use and disposal of sludge.

Visakhapatnam: Capacity of sewage treatment plants to be increased

The work will be taken up through public-private partnership (PPP) under Implementation of the Smart City Mission in...

27 July 2017 8:27 AM IST

Though there are schemes funded by Niti Aayog to improve knowledge and skills of high school students, both private trusts and government-run schools have failed to make use of the schemes.

Schools fail to avail Niti Aayog scheme benefits

Both private trusts and government-run schools have failed to make use of the schemes.

27 July 2017 8:17 AM IST

The hopes of Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh, that they would receive the first inflows in the river Krishna in the current season, were dashed on Wednesday as rain in upstream catchment areas stopped and inflows into the Almatti and Tungabhadra dams was reduced drastically.

Upstream dams dry up, affect Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Much depends on fresh rains in the catchment area.

27 July 2017 8:14 AM IST

Tension gripped East Godavari on Wednesday as the police foiled the attempt of senior Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham at Kirlampudi village to embark on padayatra to Amaravati on the Kapu reservation issue.

Andhra Pradesh: Police foils padayatra of Mudragada Padmanabham

Tension gripped East Godavari on Wednesday as the police foiled the attempt of senior Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham.

27 July 2017 7:56 AM IST

Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao from Anakapalli Assembly Constituency was booked in 2009 under Cr.No.15/2009 for attempt to murder (307 IPC), voluntarily causing hurt to the public (332), causing grievous hurt and criminal trespass and for unlawful assembly.

Retired judges to fight withdrawal of cases

The Andhra Pradesh government has withdrawn 23 criminal cases against politicians belonging to the ruling party.

27 July 2017 7:53 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao

AP government drops criminal cases against 23 of its leaders

Government orders withdrawing serious cases pertaining to election offences and other serious offences are...

27 July 2017 2:12 AM IST