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Cables of BSNL and other communication systems were damaged as contract workers do renovation works on a bridge near the Railway New Colony in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. (Photo: DC)

Visakhapatnam: Culvert works snap BSNL cables; telecom services hit

Services to thousands of BSNL consumers, both telephone and internet services, were hit in Akkayyapalem area.

26 Oct 2016 7:12 AM IST

Red sand dunes are one among the 35 geo-heritage sites declared by GSI across the country.

Andhra Pradesh government blamed for not denotifying area

Ecologists say more area near the site should be protected.

26 Oct 2016 7:10 AM IST

Many vacant lands, particularly those on the city outskirts, have become unauthorised waterbodies and dumping yards covered with overgrown shrubs and bushes.

Vacant lands a haven for insects, alcoholics

During the rainy season, these have been transforming into breeding grounds for mosquitoes and rodents.

26 Oct 2016 7:06 AM IST

Two bodies of Naxalites recovered by Greyhounds from the encounter site

AP-Odisha combat: Gunfight continues on day two; 4 more Maoists shot...

The DGP claimed that they had taken up a massive sanitisation operation on Tuesday.

26 Oct 2016 1:41 AM IST

Health minister Kamineni Srinivasa Rao and Vizag MP K. Haribabu inspect the equipment after inaugurating the renovated Diet Kitchen at King George Hospital in Vizag on Monday. (Photo: DC)

Number of beds to go up in AP hospitals

The number of patients seeking treatment in government hospitals has increased across the state.

25 Oct 2016 7:26 AM IST

AP government vies with other states to host GES

US government's Global Entrepreneur Summit next year.

25 Oct 2016 7:21 AM IST

The water woes of city would be addressed when the Purushothapatnam lift irrigation scheme on the Godavari, which recently got administrative proposals, is complete. (Representational image)

Purushothapatnam lift irrigation scheme to mitigate water woes

Administrative proposals ready.

25 Oct 2016 7:15 AM IST

Dead AP Greyhounds commando was home just a week ago

Dead AP Greyhounds commando was home just a week ago

The operation turned tragic as the commando died in the battle with ultras in the Malkangiri forest area on Monday.

25 Oct 2016 1:15 AM IST

The latest is the alleged incident of armed Maoists tying Tharayil Shajan, 46, at Venmani in Thavinjaal grama panchayat, Mananthawady, on Tuesday

Security forces kill 21 Maoists along Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border

The security personnel have seized 20 firearms, including 4 AK 47 rifles, 10 303 rifles, 2 SLR rifles and live...

24 Oct 2016 9:09 AM IST

Simhachalam Devasthanam Board is considered as the largest land owning shrine in the state with 14,000 acres, donated by the Vizianagaram Rajas, the hereditary trustees of the Temple Board. (Representational image)

Visakhapatnam: No solution to Simhachalam land

In the first Cabinet meet at Amaravati, it was decided the issue must be resolved in 90 days.

24 Oct 2016 6:47 AM IST

The Ekasila Apartments, which was synonymous with the Colony, stands tall as a witness of the past.

Sanitation still a concern in Visakhapatnam

Amar Nagar Colony is 30-yr-old but does not have much infrastructure.

24 Oct 2016 6:42 AM IST

Call it the governments attempt to woo agitated Kapu youths or to diffuse the agitation, the government recently introduced the foreign education scheme exclusively for the Kapus. (Representational image)

Kapu youths make most of Andhra Pradesh education scheme

The stir was likened to the Pateldar agitation in Gujarat.

24 Oct 2016 3:24 AM IST