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Minister Raja said Naidu (in picture) is the only villain in the state. “Chandrababu was villain to NTR, YSR, KCR, Vangaveeti Mohan Ranga, Jagan, to everyone,” he said. — DC file image

Minister alleges Naidu-Pawan conspiracy behind Amalapuram arson

Minister Raja recalled that Naidu and Pawan had demanded giving the name of BR Ambedkar to Konaseeam district

26 May 2022 1:00 AM

Kapil Sibal (ANI)

Kapil Sibal quit Congress and filed his nomination as an independent candidate

Mr Yadav and other SP leaders were present when Mr Sibal filed his nomination papers

26 May 2022 12:42 AM

Though the state government claimed that it restructured the districts for administrative convenience, it did not name Konaseema district after Dr BR Ambedkar similar on the lines of a new districts named as Sri Satyasai, Annamayya and Alluri Sitarama Raju, Pawan (in picture) said. — PTI

Fresh trouble erupts at Ravulapalem on Konaseema name change

Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan alleged that the YSR Congress government stirred up the violence in Konaseema

25 May 2022 11:57 PM

The TD state president (in picture) named a YSRC activist Annam Sai as being responsible for the violence at Amalapuram. — DC Image

Atchannaidu holds Jagan responsible for Konaseema terror

Atchannaidu alleged that rioters belonging to the YSRC had burnt down houses of their minister and MLA even as police watched silently

25 May 2022 11:52 PM

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy with EaseMytrip Co Founder Prashanth Pitti at Davos on Wednesday. — BY ARRANGEMENT

Andhra Pradesh to make Visakhapatnam a unicorn startup hub: CM Jagan

To encourage more start-ups set-up their offices in AP, the CM held discussions with their top brass at the World Economic Forum

25 May 2022 11:42 PM

Kapil Sibal (ANI)

Kapil Sibal resigns from Congress, files Rajya Sabha nomination with SP's support

Sibal filed his nomination papers from Uttar Pradesh in the presence of the SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and other party leaders in Lucknow

25 May 2022 1:23 PM

The leader pointed to incidents in Adilabad district, where private schools with political support are also encroaching upon government land. — Representational image/DC

Parties keep watch on shady deals of leaders

Political parties tighten vigil in run-up to next year's state elections

25 May 2022 8:26 AM

In its place, the government is offering the newly proposed Guaranteed Pension Scheme (GPS), which is along the lines of OPS. — DC file image

Pension talks deadlocked between government, employees

The government side as a whole took the stand that it is impossible to implement the Old Pension Scheme (OPS)

25 May 2022 8:21 AM

Hitting back, the minister (in picture) hinted at the Congress leader and claimed that TRS leaders and he had never collected money from aspirants to give party tickets. — Facebook

Renuka Chowdary, Puvvada accuse each other of corruption

The Congress leader claimed that Ajay Kumar was looting minerals through illegal mining at the hillocks in Raghunadhapalem mandal

25 May 2022 7:29 AM

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel (Twitter)

Chhattisgarh: Baghel hints at probing AgustaWestland chopper deal

The chief minister’s statement comes in the wake of the chopper crashing in the airport here on May 12

25 May 2022 7:04 AM

The election will be held from 9am to 4pm on June 10. (Representational Image/ DC)

AP notifies election for four Rajya Sabha seats

The nominations will be received between 11am and 3pm except on government holidays at AP Legislature Building, Velagapudi

25 May 2022 12:49 AM

Congress president Sonia Gandhi (PTI)

Congress president Sonia Gandhi forms 3 groups to chart road ahead for party

Sonia formed Political Affairs Group, Task Force-2024 and Central Planning Group

24 May 2022 1:11 PM

NGT had earlier ordered a probe into works taken up on the tourism project atop Rushikonda. The tribunal instructed the government to suspend works on the project until further orders, as a probe is on. — PTI

Andrha Pradesh government challenges NGT order in SC

The government informed the apex court that all works at Rushikonda site are being carried out without harming the environment in any way

24 May 2022 10:08 AM

They say that during the Diwali festival, the Centre slashed the prices of both petrol and diesel by Rs 12.25 per litre and again did so on May 22. — ANI

Petroleum dealers demand restoration of ‘dynamic pricing’ system for fuels

AP dealers say they incurred loss of Rs 120 crore

24 May 2022 9:58 AM

TD leaders of Prakasam are making elaborate arrangements for the annual Mahanadu at Manduvaripalem near Ongole on May 27 and 28. — DC file image

TD gearing up for Mahanadu with 15 resolutions

A statement issued by the Telugu Desam here said 15 resolutions will be passed at the Mahanadu relating to both the Telugu states

24 May 2022 9:54 AM

Patidar leader and the current president of the Shri Khodaldham Trust Naresh Patel. (Photo: Shri Khodaldham Trust)

Gujarat Congress struggling with 'exit, entry' of Patidar leaders

Considering Naresh Patel has direct control over 45 seats in Gujarat, he is high on Congress's acquisition list

24 May 2022 1:50 AM

Sources also said that state Congress chief Revanth Reddy is against former Congress leaders re-joining the party. — DC Image

Congress in search for candidates in Adilabad

They said that in Khanapur, they are looking to field an Adivasi candidate

23 May 2022 11:57 PM

Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma. (DC file photo)

Assam CM wants name of Madrasa removed

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ordered the conversion of 740 government-run madrasas into general educational institutions

23 May 2022 11:39 PM

Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. (file photo: Twitter)

KCR back to Hyderabad; to leave for Karnataka on May 26

Chandrashekar Rao on May 26, will call on former Prime Minister Deve Gowda and former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy

23 May 2022 11:23 PM

BJP State Office Bearers, Dist. Presidents & Incharges meeting with Tarun Chugh,BJP National General Secretary & BJP State Incharge, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, MP & BJP State President, G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Culture, Tourism, Development of North Eastern Region and others attend at BJP State Office, Nampally. (Photo: DC/Durga rao)

BJP to go all-out to woo disgruntled TRS leaders

Tarun Chugh said there were several TRS leaders at the state, district, and mandal levels who were evincing an interest in joining the BJP

23 May 2022 11:12 PM

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Low blow for alcohol lovers as liquor prices go higher in Telangana

The new price list is available on the website www.tsbcl.telangana.gov.in/ts/ — Representational image/DC

Nation's envy: TS legislators are highest paid in the country

Telangana MLAs shot to the top of the ladder in 2016 when the state government hiked their pay and allowances by an overwhelming 163 per cent in one go. (Representational Image/File)

Experts for study on bee population

Even if bees are affected at sub-lethal levels, their fall in health eventually contributes to the collapse of their colonies. (Representational Image/ Pexels)

Report: India might turn zoonotic disease hotspot

Map shows emerging ‘hotspots’ of zoonotic diseases spread from wildlife, from the ’State of the World's Forests 2022’ report. (By Arrangement)

Saileswaram Jatara turns a messy affair this year

This year’s entry fee collection turned into a mess with sudden orders from Hyderabad that the entry fee be scrapped, two days into the festival. (DC Image)

What do we know about 'stealth omicron' so far?

In rare cases, early research indicates BA.2 can infect people even if they’ve already had an omicron infection. COVID-19 vaccines appear just as effective against both kinds of omicron, offering strong protection against severe illness and death. (DC file photo)

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BJP ended 'culture of corruption' in Northeast: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the foundation stone laying ceremony of a 51 feet bronze statue of Lord Parshuram, at Tezu in Lohit district, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (PTI Photo)

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A boy bathes in the Ranbir water canal to cool himself on a hot summer day in Jammu. Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Imperial College of London. She said that before human activities increased global temperatures, heat waves like this year’s would have struck India once in about half a century. (AP Image)

In Pictures | India reels under intense heatwave

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sat on a dharna for one-and-a-half hours at Delhi on Monday, and set a 24-hour deadline to the Centre to announce its decision on the Telangana government's demand that it procure all the paddy produced in the state in the rabi season. (Telangana CM KCR and BKU leader Rakesh Singh Tikait during the protest at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi- DC Image)

In Pictures | TRS protest in Delhi

Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (PTI)

In Pictures | Celebrations at Ghazipur border after farm laws repeal announcement

Low visibility due to smog after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

In Pictures | Itchy throats, watery eyes: Delhi's AQI severe after Diwali

Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out a successful trial of drones that will be used for aerial surveillance on August 15, which marks the 75th Independence Day. (Photo by - HU Naqash)

Digital surveillance: Drones used ahead of Independence Day celebrations in J&K

A healthcare worker Nazir Ahmed carries vaccines and looks out from a hillock for Kashmiri shepherds to vaccinate them in Tosamaidan, southwest of Srinagar. The challenge for health workers travelling to to long distances for vaccinating mostly shepherds and nomadic herders in the remote meadows of the Himalayan region has not been the treacherous terrain but to persuade women to get COVID-19 vaccines. (AP Photo)

In Pictures | Health workers vaccinate Kashmir nomads

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