Virtually launching Congress' election campaign for the next general election in the state Sonia Gandhi urged the people of Andhra Pradesh to stand by with the Congress and gave their blessings to it so it could complete the transformation of the state and the country in to a prosperous economic power.
As India celebrates its 80th Independence Day, hotels and restaurants across Delhi and other states are rolling out a diverse array of special offerings. These include themed culinary festivals showcasing regional Indian cuisines, fusion menus, live music performances, and attractive discounts. From royal Wazwan feasts to contemporary global blends and staycation packages, establishments are providing unique experiences for patrons to commemorate the occasion over the long weekend.
Congratulating Barack Obama on winning the United States presidential elections, Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu has promised to bring about a similar change in Andhra Pradesh in the next year's state elections.
The police have information about four sleeper terrorist modules infiltrating Hyderabad in the last four months.
The grandiose plans of the opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh to form a 'grand alliance' to ensure the defeat of ruling Congress party were lying in tatters as the recently established relations between the main opposition Telugu Desam Party and powerful regional party Telangana Rashtra Samiti reaching a breaking point on the issue of seat sharing.
A top leader of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist was arrested by the police in Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. Hailing from Karimnagar district in the backward Telangana region, Amar headed the Janashakti group as its central committee secretary.
Even as the state government is planning to raise an elite commando force "State Security Guards" on the lines of National Security Guard, steps were being taken to turn the Hyderabad and neighboring Cyberbabad commissionerate in to a fortress.
Addressing the media Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Kiran Kumar took on the Congress High Command in New Delhi for dividing the state while adding that he did not care about his seat.
The South Central Railway as well as the East Coast Railway cancelled several trains while some were terminated midway, officials said, adding a few express trains were also diverted.
In the wake of reports of heavy pesticide residues in colas, the Andhra Pradesh government has asked the Institute of Preventive Medicine to analyse their contents with the assistance of Central Food Technology and Research Institute in Karnataka.
As many as 15 persons lost their lives in Kurnool district.
Oracle will provide software grants worth more than $114 million to 60 Jawahar Knowledge Centres (JKC) in Andhra Pradesh.
The union human resource development ministry has sanctioned an Indian Institute of Technology to Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy said in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Uday Kaul (144) and skipper Pankaj Dharmani (94) forged a 181-runs fourth wicket stand to help hosts Punjab take crucial 38-run lead against Andhra Pradesh at stumps on the third day of their Ranji Trophy match.
About 40 people went missing on Sunday after a lorry carrying about 50 people was washed away in flash floods in a rivulet in Guntur district as it was drying negotiate the flood waters over a bridge. The tragedy occurred when the toll in the continuing heavy rains and flood over the last two days has mounted to 59 -- 14 of them in the state capital Hyderabad and 13 in Krishna district.
A nine-year-old boy was critically injured in a street dog attack in an Odisha village, sparking panic among residents who allege the dog menace has been increasing.
If you have never tasted Hyderbadi Mirchi Ka Salan you have missed something in life.
The victims belonged to a marriage party.
Legendary South Indian actress Sowcar Janaki, a Padma Shri awardee with a career spanning nearly seven decades and over 400 films, has passed away at 94, leaving an indelible mark on Indian cinema.
Andhra Pradesh Police suspect the involvement of a third vehicle in the bus fire accident that killed 19 passengers. Investigation is underway to determine if another vehicle hit the motorcycle before the bus ran over it.
Fifteen people, mostly college students, were on Wednesday killed and 30 others injured when a state-run bus in which they were travelling fell down a dug up area adjoining a hilly road in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district.
Normal life was hit in most parts of Andhra Pradesh as the day-long strike called by the key Opposition Telugu Desam -- in protest against the arrest of its president N Chandrababu Naidu and other party leaders by the Maharashtra police -- evoked a mixed response.
A complaint has been lodged in Godavarikhani in Karimnagar district.
The "Sky Factory" will be one of the world's largest for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), a manufacturing and assembly process to make electric aircraft that can take off, hover, and land vertically. It will put India on the "map of next-generation aviation" and marks one of the most ambitious eVTOL initiatives in the world, said a state government statement.
Sadhguru's Isha Gramotsavam, a rural sports festival, is expanding its 18th edition into North India, covering 10 states and one Union Territory. This year's event will engage over 80,000 players from 40,000 villages in men's volleyball and women's throwball, offering a prize pool exceeding Rs 1 crore, with the aim of social transformation through sport.
The Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has completed one year, leading to the deletion of nearly six crore voters across 19 states and Union territories. This exercise, which began in Bihar, has faced opposition criticism but was upheld by the Supreme Court. The purification drive has significant implications, including linking voter data to social security benefits in some states.
Hyderabad has contributed only Rs 20,022 crore out of Andhra Pradesh's total revenue of Rs 1,27,866 crore. This information was part of a note circulated by the Union finance ministry to the Group of Ministers looking into issues leading up to the bifurcation of the state.
Andhra Pradesh Year 1 General Results and Year 1 Vocation Result are available now on Rediff.com.
It is not just film stars who are spicing up the poll scene in Andhra Pradesh, but also corporate honchos who are jumping on to the political bandwagon to try their fortunes in Lok Sabha and assembly polls.
Cyclone Hudhud is set to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm in the next 12 hours before it makes landfall on October 12.
Capping a day-long acrimonious debate in the Assembly that went on till the wee hours of Saturday, the motion was defeated by 84 votes in a head count by division.
In a clear message that the people of Telangana want a separate state, both the Congress and Telugu Desam Party were rejected by the electorate in the region, reports Mohammed Siddique
Ministers, legislators and Members of Legislative Council are understood to have raised a virtual rebellion against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, protesting his unilateral style of functioning.
