6 more killed in Andhra cracker unit explosion, toll mounts to 17

Rescue work is going on after a major fire at a crackers manufacturing unit in Vakatippa in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Photograph: PTI The toll in the explosion at a fire cracker......

Andhra govt orders probe into pipeline blast

The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday ordered an inquiry into the Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline blast at Nagaram village in East Godavari district, in which 14 persons were killed.......

Flood alert in Andhra Pradesh, govt steps up relief measures

The Andhra Pradesh Government has set up about 100 relief camps across the state and air-dropped food packets to people affected by heavy rains and floods even as the situation in East and West......

AP cracker blast toll rises to 17; unit owners booked

The death toll in the explosion and subsequent blaze at a firecracker-making unit in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district has risen to 17 even as police on Tuesday registered a case of culpable......