Andhra aims to vaccinate one crore people in 4-5 weeks

March 25, 2021

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to speed up the Covid-19 vaccination drive, targeting to complete vaccination for one crore population in the next 4-5 weeks. During the review meeting held on the Covid-19 vaccination plan at the camp office here on Wednesday, Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy directed officials...

JAGAN BETRAYED AP VOTERS ON SPECIAL STATUS ISSUE: TDP

March 25, 2021

Andhra Pradesh opposition TDP official spokesman Pilli Manikya Rao has asserted that Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy and his party leaders had no right to ask for votes in the Tirupati Lok Sabha bypolls, since they had totally betrayed Andhra Pradesh on the promise of special category status. Rao said...

RISING COVID CASES FORCE TELANGANA TO SHUT SCHOOLS

March 24, 2021

Concerned over the rise in Covid-19 cases in schools, the Telangana government has announced temporary closing down of schools till further orders. The state’s Education Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy made the announcement in the Assembly. She said that the government decided to shut down schools in the interest of...

TDP alleges Rs 10k crore sand mining tender graft

March 24, 2021

The TDP has alleged corruption to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore in the “arbitrary allotment” of sand mining tender to a single private company in a “very non-transparent and questionable manner”. The Andhra Pradesh government has changed its sand mining policy for the third time in 20 months and...

YSRCP SEEKS GST EXEMPTION FOR LORD BALAJI TEMPLE

March 24, 2021

The Tirumamala Tirupati Devasthanam (Lord Balaji) is the richest Hindu shirine in the world. It pays more than Rs hundred crore GST annually. This has become a burden for the temple during pandemic times, so the YSRCP has demanded exemption from GST for temples, especially Lord Balaji temple of Tirumala....

TDP slams demolition of houses in Mangalagiri

March 23, 2021

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) general secretary and son of former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu, Nara Lokesh condemned the demolition of houses belonging to the poor people at Atmakur village under the Mangalagiri Assembly constituency in the Guntur district. Lokesh blamed YCP MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy for...

YSRCP opposes Vizag steel plant privatisation, offers alternative solution

March 23, 2021

The ruling YSRCP of Andhra Pradesh has once again opposed the proposed privatisation of Vizag Steel plant, this time in the Parliament itself. Its parliamentary party leader Vijay Sai Reddy once again made it very clear the party’s stance in the Rajya Sabha and offered alternative solutions to make it...

KCR ANNOUNCES BONANZA FOR GOVT EMPLOYEES

March 23, 2021

After the TRS victory in the MLC elections from two graduates’ constituencies in the state, CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced a hike of 30% in the salaries of all government employees. The orders will be implemented from 1 April. Though the salary hike was due in 2019, the KCR government...

THREE-JUDGE BENCH TO HEAR CAPITAL PETITIONS OF ANDHRA PRADESH

March 22, 2021

Hyderabad: The High Court of Andhra Pradesh has decided to restart hearings on all the 189 petitions against the Capital sharing i.e. shifting of executive capital to Visakhapatnam and judicial capital to Kurnool. For this, a three-member bench has been formed with Chief Justice AK Goswami, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and...

ANDHRA CM JAGAN USING BANKRUPT COMPANY TO LOOT SAND: TDP

March 22, 2021

Telugu Desam Party National spokesperson Kommareddy Pattabhi alleged that Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy was starting a wholesale business with the overall sand resources of Andhra Pradesh under the garb of a bankrupt company like JP Power Ventures. Mr. Pattabhi said that the JP Power company was incurring losses of...