The Central Bureau of Investigation will soon record the statement of former Director, Intelligence Bureau and Governor of Andhra Pradesh E S L Narasimhan as witness in connection with allegations of bribery in purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from Ango-Italian firm AgustaWestland.
Karnataka beat Andhra Pradesh by five wickets to record their first win of the season.
K Sriram Reddy ended his life after he was unable to pay back the money he had borrowed for agricultural purposes.
Already embroiled in Sushma Swaraja and Vasundhara Raje controversies, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government does not want to get caught in a petty fight between two regional parties.
New Andha Pradesh Congress Committee president and state's transport minister Botsa Satyanarayana, whose appointment has created a stir in the party, has said that there was nothing wrong if Andhra Pradesh was divided into two to fulfil the demand of Telangana people for statehood.
The Andhra Pradesh government is considering taking the assistance of space agencies Indian Space Research Organisation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration to trace the 17 missing engineering students from Hyderabad who were swept away in Beas river after sudden release of water from a reservoir.
The Andhra Pradesh police arrested two persons -- Chandrabhanu and Jadhav Vinod alias Vinayak -- in connection with the burning of six members of a family in Vatoli village of Adilabad district during the recent communal riots.
The communal violence in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday took a violent turn with miscreants burning alive six members of a family in a village in the early hours of Sunday.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded special category status for the residual state.
Welcoming her into the party fold, Chiranjeevi said, "Her entry in to our party reflects the response and respect women of the state are giving to our party."
In a major embarrassment to the Congress government at the centre, a court in Andhra Pradesh on Monday directed the state police to register a case against two UPA ministers for giving false assurances to the people of Telangana on the issue of its statehood.
'He keeps reminding me he is senior. There is no debate in this. I have never shown any disrespect to you since you are a senior,' the PM said.
If the deal is successful, it would be the first such acquisition for the ADA Group.
As the one-month deadline set by the Centre for a decision on the Telangana issue nears, leaders from Telangana and non-Telangana regions sought to step up pressure by sticking to their known stands during meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders on Tuesday.
Making a headstart, YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and his mother Y S Vijayalakshmi on Wednesday separately launched their campaigns for the May 8 by-elections for Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh.
Many Congress leaders from Andhra Pradesh are up in arms against Union Minister Vayalar Ravi for being rude to them when the Telangana statehood was raised.
With the deadline for the Centre's decision on the vexatious Telangana statehood issue approaching fast, the war of words between leaders of Telangana and Andhra-Rayalaseema regions has escalated.
The party's economic wizard will be fielded from Andhra Pradesh.
A cloud burst over Hyderabad, resulting in 13 cm of rain in a matter of five hours, has claimed 10 lives as houses collapsed in different parts of the metropolis and normal life was affected. More than a dozen people were injured and admitted to Osmania General hospital and other hospitals.
The Andhra Pradesh Police on Wednesday sought seven-day custody of MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi after he was remanded in 14-day judicial custody in Adilabad district following his arrest in a "hate speech" case.
The ethics committee of Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly will make necessary recommendations to Speaker Nadendla Manohar for initiating disciplinary action against Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi over the alleged "hate speech" he delivered in Adilabad district.
The decision was taken at the state wide preparatory meeting of the fans of the star and the others who have come forward to join the star's camp. The party sources said that till Chiranjeevi himself declares the name, the party will be called Chiranjeevi Party and the offices in all districts and mandal heaquarters will display a board saying Chiranjeevi Party office.
Destruction of 16 statues of prominent leaders of coastal Andhra on Tank Bund in Hyderabad during Thursday's Telangana 'Million March' has turned in to a raging controversy with all the prominent political leaders joining hands to strongly condemn the incident.
Continuing his spree of sops for the poorer sections, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Monday launched the scheme of supplying tur dal or red gram through the ration shops at Rs 30 per kg against the market price of Rs 49 per kg.
The Hyderabad high court directed the Andhra Pradesh police to furnish the case diary
AP Moller-Maersk, one of the affected entities globally, operates the Gateway Terminals India at JNPT.
Naval divers were pressed into operation to look for 36 personnel of an elite anti-naxal Force, who were feared drowned in a reservoir at the Andhra Pradesh-Orissa border, where their launch sunk after being fired upon by Maoists.Reports said that three more personnel of a 64-member strong squad of Andhra Pradesh's elite Greyhound Force swam to the banks with injuries, official sources said, adding that they were immediately air-lifted to Bhuwaneswar for treatment.
K Srinivas, editor of the Telugu daily Andhra Jyothy, was released from the Chanchalguda jail on Friday evening, along with two other journalists from the same newspaper, 24 hours after a local court had granted them bail. Though the surety of Rs 10,000 each was submitted to the court and necessary documents were handed over to the jail authorities in the morning, the release was delayed till evening due to the non-completion of formalities by the officials.
Union Textiles Minister K Sambasiva Rao on Thursday resigned from the Union Cabinet protesting bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, fuelling speculation that he may join Bharatiya Janata Party.
The IT and ITeS Industry Association of Andhra Pradesh (ITsAP) has cautioned the youth to be vigilant over fake job offers in these sectors.
K Venkatappa Naidu, a TDP leader facing several criminal cases, his brother, two gunmen and four other associates died at Bodanuru village in the faction-ridden district when some bombs exploded soon after their vehicle collided against a lorry, the police said. It was not clear how the explosion occurred. Police are looking into whether the bombs being carried in the vehicle exploded or there was any attack from outside.
Claiming that the Andhra Pradesh government has been reduced to minority, the Jagan camp on Saturday dared Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and his cabinet colleagues to step down from their posts and seek a fresh mandate.
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Andhra Pradesh government to go ahead with the counselling process for providing four per cent reservations to backward Muslims in educational institutions.
The Andhra Pradesh Government on Wednesday approved Amaravathi town, the ancient seat of power of Satavahana rulers, as its new capital coming up in the Vijayawada-Guntur region, which is also known for its historical and spiritual significance.
Upon his arrival, Modi addressed a thanksgiving public meeting organised by the Andhra Pradesh BJP at Renigunta near Tirupati.
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