Cyclone Montha: 2 killed, crops damaged, transportation hit in Andhra

Cyclone Montha, which crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast past midnight on Tuesday, left two persons dead, damaged standing crops over 1.50 lakh acres and disrupted power and transportation. The......

Scindia to Rupani: Bigwigs who died in air crashes

Former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, who died in a tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday, joined the list of several top Indian politicians and prominent personalities who lost their......

Avian flu? 4 lakh chicken die in Andhra district

Nearly four lakh chicken perished in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh and vicinity over the past 45 days, prompting the animal husbandry department to send samples for testing to ascertain......

Top Maoist ideologue Sudhakar killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

Senior Maoist leader Narasimha Chalam alias Sudhakar, who had a bounty of Rs 40 lakh on his head, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, the......

Horticulture varsity in AP

Yet another feather in Andhra Pradesh's crown. The state is all set to get an exclusive horticulture university. The Andhra Pradesh government issued an order on Tuesday to set up a horticulture......

Andhra Pradesh to hike NREGS wages

Andhra Pradesh Rural Development Minister V Vasant Kumar on Tuesday said the daily wages paid to workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the state will be enhanced......

Raju, still a good Samaritan in his village

For the whole world B Ramalinga Raju may be a villain, after the startling revelation of fraud in the company he founded, but for residents of his native village in West Godavari district, he is......

How ONGC plans to develop fields in Krishna Godavari basin

The company has chalked out a detailed plan for development of its existing KG basin assets after integration with GSPC facilities. The country’s largest hydrocarbon producer, Oil and......

Sprinter Jyothika eyes medal in 2028 Olympics

IMAGE: Jyothika Sri Dandi, right, secured 97 per cent in Class X while studying at the Montessori School at her home town. Photograph: Kind Courtesy AFI/X An academically-inclined child is a......