In a fresh drama, Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly speaker Nadendla Manohar has rejected the resignations of all the 101 MLAs from the Telangana region.
Andhra collected two points by virtue of their 104-run first innings lead in the Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match.
After Telangana, it is the turn of the Andhra and Rayal Seema regions of Andhra Pradesh to rise up in defiance against the latest developments for the formation of a new state. In reaction to the resignations by Members of Legislative Assembly and Members of Parliament of Telangana, students of the other two regions have also started mounting pressure on elected representatives to tender their resignations to press for an united Andhra Pradesh.
The popular Telugu film star Chiranjeevi, who is all set to announce his political party next month, has exuded confidence that his proposed party will sweep the next elections and come to power with overwhelming majority.
A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, set up a five-member Committee to probe Thursday's gas leak incident in the chemical factory, in which 11 people were killed and 1,000 exposed, and submit a report before May 18.
The ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh finally got a dash of glamour with popular Telugu actor Rajasekhar and his wife and film director Jeevitha formally joining the party.
The TDP members in the Upper House refused to leave the chamber even after the House was adjourned for the day.
Andhra Pradesh Endowment Minister J Krishna Rao has resigned from the state cabinet in protest against the delay in the formation of Telagnana state.
Andhra Pradesh, which has the second largest number of HIV/AIDS-affected people in the country, has the lowest usage of condoms. To bridge the gap, the State Aids Control Society, a state-run organisation, launched a massive campaign on Tuesday to make condoms available everywhere.
The Maoists killed Rajendra Sahu suspecting him to be a police informer. Sahu hailed from Orissa and played for Andhra Pradesh in 2006-07, police said in Jeypore on Friday. The 28-year-old Ranji player was married just 10 days back. He had gone to a nearby pond with his friend on Thursday night, when about four miscreants shot him dead.
Six persons were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the collapse of an under-construction flyover leading to the death of two persons seven months ago.
Maoists blasted a railway station in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh late Tuesday night, the police said on Wednesday. A group of seven Maoists, including three women, went to the Gumada Railway station of Eastern Railways and exploded it after planting gelatin sticks.
Meanwhile, the AP CM said that the TDP is ready to bring no-trust motion against Centre as last resort.
Eleven Telangana Rashtra Samithi members were suspended from the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for obstructing its proceedings on Friday morning. It is the second time in two days that the TRS members have been suspended.
The Andhra Pradesh Government has approved a bill to establish the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies. Read on to learn more.
Communist Party of India-Maoist Central Committee member and in-charge of Haryana, Lanka Venkata Papi Reddy alias Ranganna alias Latchanna, surrendered before Andhra Pradesh Home Minister K Jana Reddy in Hyderabad on Saturday. Speaking to newsmen, Papi Reddy, 47, said that he decided to surrender and join the 'mainstream of public life' due to his failing health.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday recorded the statement of former Intelligence Bureau Director and Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan as witness in connection with allegations of bribery in purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from Ango-Italian firm AgustaWestland.
"People are committing sins and to get rid of them they are going to temples and offering money," the chief minister remarked, during his inaugural address at the two-day conference of district collectors in Vijayawada on Wednesday.
The leaders from Andhra Pradesh and Rayalseema are making a last ditch attempt to thwart the formation of Telagana, which is expected to be announced on January 27. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Stepping up their efforts to form a separate Telangana, ruling Congress leaders from the region on Sunday said they were prepared to quit their posts for the cause and also threatened to go on a Gandhian fast if police cases against students were not withdrawn forthwith.
The issue of compensation for the calamity-hit farmers of Andhra Pradesh has become a contentious subject with the leader of opposition N Chandrababu Naidu and the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy continuing their war of words.
Venkat got himself admitted to the Apollo Hospital soon after the shooting incident in which his business partner B Prashant Reddy died under mysterious circumstances
A study by a Swedish University has accused India's Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturers of causing alarming levels of environmental pollution and threatening the region's flora and fauna.
The deep depression in Bay of Bengal that crossed the coast close to Kakinada in East Godavari district on Tuesday morning left a trail of devastation as it brought with it a massive downpour in several districts of Andhra Pradesh.
So far, the police have not been able to make any headway in the case.
Showing good understanding in both attack and defence, Mumbai rode roughshod against Andhra Pradesh to post a convincing 7-0 victory in a boys' Pool 'B' league match in the 35th Junior (under-20) National Hockey Championship for boys and girls, at the Major Dhyanchand ground, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Nehrunagar, on Thursday evening.
Former India captain Dhoni paid a surprise visit to Army Public School in Srinagar and emphasised the importance of education and sports during his interaction with the students.
She is criticising what is perceived to be KCR's strongest point -- welfare -- by charging the government with corruption.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court judge Justice C V Nagarjuna Reddy put in his papers in the wake of the prevailing situation in the court following the agitation by Telangana lawyers but there was suspense whether he has withdrawn his resignation.
Seeking to take the wind out of defiant Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's sails, Congress on Monday announced Rs 1 lakh each to the families of those who committed suicide in the wake of the death of then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and his father Y S Rajasekhar Reddy.
Tension flared up across Andhra Pradesh on Saturday as pro Telangana students of Osmania University in Hyderabad assaulted a group of teachers from Andhra and Rayala Seema regions, who had come to evaluate B.Ed papers.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde asked Attorney General K K Venugopal if the government can assure the court that it will not take any executive action on implementation of the law till the court hears the matter.
Justice V V S Rao refused to stay the show-cause notice issued to Jayalalithaa by the mandal revenue officer of Qutubullahpur on January 24, 2007, and dismissed the writ petition on the ground that moving the court was premature.
A video showing some students kicking and beating up their juniors at an engineering institute in Andhra Pradesh has sent shock-waves even as the college authorities on Thursday said the footage was not related to 'ragging'.
They said the Maoist party in India failed to involve the masses and the leadership was not ready to adapt to changing times.
TRS MP Vijayasanthi on Sunday submitted her reply to the notice sent to her by the Election Commission over the alleged inflammatory remarks made by her.
14 red sanders smugglers were detained even as combing operations were on in Seshachalam hill ranges of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday to nab woodcutters on the run.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday said it plans to invest more than $100 million in Austin and hire 1,000 new employees across Texas. TCS has expanded its business operations in Austin, Texas with the construction of a new facility, doubling its presence to more than 400 professionals in the city and adding to its over 5,500 employees across the state, TCS said in a statement. The new facility will officially open in late December 2020 and have space for 367 employees, it added.
Authorities of Hyderabad's Chanchalguda Central Jail have expressed their inability to provide necessary protection to two members of Hindu militant organisation.
In a suspected case of honour killing, a couple was stoned to death by relatives of an upper caste girl who had eloped with a married man from another caste in Andhra Pradesh's Nizamabad district, police said on Thursday.
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