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Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan (right) shares a lighter moment with Supreme Court advocate Meenakshi Lekhi on the last day of National Womens Parliament in Vijayawada on Sunday. (Photo: DC)

Nobody acts on women Bill: Lok Sabha Speaker

â€œWomen are half the population; they manage their families and can play a key role in social engineering,â€ she...

13 Feb 2017 2:19 AM IST

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. (Photo: PTI)

Women's reservation should be given without bickering: LS Speaker...

She was speaking at the valedictory session on the concluding day of the National Women's Parliament in Amaravati.

12 Feb 2017 7:24 PM IST

Circle Inspector Sahera Begum in the back seat (left) takes YSR congress MLA R.K. Roja to Vijayawada airport near Gannavaram on Saturday.

AP: Drama unfolds as YSRC MLA Roja jumps out of moving car

Protests erupted across the state condemning the arrest of Ms Roja with YSRC supporters coming onto the streets.

12 Feb 2017 2:57 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Shiva Prasad. (Photo: YouTube)

AP Assembly Speaker likens women to cars, says they're safe if parked...

Ironically, the leader made the remark at the National Women's Parliament in Amaravati, where he was speaking about...

11 Feb 2017 2:15 PM IST

Roja recorded a video alleging foulplay by the police.

Is CM Naidu scared of me?' YSRC MLA Roja detained at Vijayawada...

Roja said she was invited to attend the National Women's Parliament and was arrested instead.

11 Feb 2017 1:41 PM IST

Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu speaking at National Womens Parliament. (Photo: Twitter)

Would pass women quota bill when we have majority in RS: Venkaiah

The long-pending legislation will provide 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state legislatures.

10 Feb 2017 1:07 PM IST

The vision of NWP is to enable and encourage social, political and economic empowerment of women in all strata of the society. (Photo: Twitter)

National Women's Parliament, with theme of Empowering Women', begins...

One of the objectives of NWP is to generate new ideas, concepts, theories and ideologies for women empowerment.

10 Feb 2017 11:39 AM IST

Studies show that re-use of plastic bottleswhich get dinged up through normal wear and tear while being washedincreases the chance that chemicals will leak out of the tiny cracks.

Recycled bottles endanger Vijayawada

Street vendors and fruit juice sellers are selling their ware by packing them in recycled PET bottles.

10 Feb 2017 7:07 AM IST

The alleged gangrape victim is learnt to have stood by her statement in the press meeting held in Thiruvanathapuram on November 3 along with dubbing artiste Bhagyalakshmi. (Representational image)

Andhra Pradesh: Ex-MLA son held for NRI woman abuse

The woman allegedly got to know the â€œrealâ€ nature of Vijaykrishna and married another person and moved to the US.

10 Feb 2017 7:01 AM IST

The AP BC Samkshema Sangham conducted a rally and gherao protest at the collectorate opposing proposed BC reservations to Kapu community at Guntur on Tuesday. (Representational image)

Andhra Pradesh: Public hearing on Kapus in BC quota disrupted

Kapu community leaders objected to remarks of Adapa Kasiviswandham, which led to serious arguments between Kapus and BC...

10 Feb 2017 6:53 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu

Vijayawada: Experts question bonds for capital

The state government has to approach the RBI, SEBI and Ministry of Finance before going for such a huge task.

10 Feb 2017 6:50 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu

YSRC out to seize the moment as internal conflicts rock TD

Disputes between the Telugu Desam leaders are on the rise, with even the CM's intervention failing to thaw the freeze.

10 Feb 2017 6:45 AM IST