Triggering a political row, the Narendra Modi government at the Centre has appointed former Supreme Court judge Abdul Nazeer, who was one of the judges who ruled in favour of the construction of Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, as the Andhra Pradesh Governor, media reports said.
Former SC judge Abdul Nazeer appointed as Andhra Pradesh Governor
Former Supreme Court judge Justice S Abdul Nazeer has been appointed the Andhra Pradesh Governor, media reports said.
Visakhapatnam to be Andhra Pradesh's capital, announces Jagan Mohan Reddy
Hyderabad/IBNS: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy Tuesday announced that Visakhapatnam will be the state's capital and that he would shift there "in the months to come".
Andhra Pradesh: Maoist Collapse
Orchestrating their first incident of violence of the current year, on January 4, 2023, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a tribal, Soyam Subbaiah, after branding him a ‘police informer’, in the Juvvigudem village of Chintur Mandal (administrative sub-division) in Alluri Sitarama Raju District. About 10 Maoists, suspected to have come from the Konta area in Chhattisgarh, went to the house of the victim in Juvvigudem, and allegedly thrashed him to death.
Vande Bharat Express now faces attack in Andhra Pradesh days before flag off by PM Modi
Visakhapatnam/IBNS: In another incident of attack on Vande Bharat Express, stones were pelted at the train in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam days before its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
Andhra Pradesh: 3 die in stampede at Chandrababu Naidu's event
Guntur: Close on the heels of a stampede at Kandukur town in Nellore district four days ago in which 8 persons killed in Chandrababu Naidu’s road-show, in a similar stampede incident, three women were killed and two injured after Naidu addressed them here on Sunday.
Narsipatnam/IBNS: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy Friday blamed Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu over the death of eight people at a roadshow organised by his party at Kandukur in Nellore district of the state on Wednesday.
8 killed in near stampede situation at Chandrababu Naidu's road show in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad/IBNS: At least eight people including one woman died in a near-stampede situation in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, during a roadshow by the state's former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.
Cyclone Mandous starts making landfall in Tamil Nadu, 16 Chennai flights cancelled amid rains
Chennai/IBNS: Heavy rainfall has been forecast in Tamil Nadu besides cyclonic winds of around 85 km an hour as Cyclone Mandous started beginning its landfall, the weather office predicted Friday.
PM Modi to visit Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Nov 11-12
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Nov 11 and 12.
Rahul Gandhi offers prayers at famous Raghavendra temple in Andhra's Kurnool
Kurnool/IBNS/UNI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Thursday offered prayers at the famous shrine of Raghavendra Swamy at Mantralayam in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool.
Rahul Gandhi resumes Bharat Jodo Yatra from Andhra village
Kurnool/UNI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi resumed his Bharat Jodo Yatra at Banavasi village in the district at around 6 am Thursday.
Ex-Andhra CM NT Rama Rao's daughter found dead at her Hyderabad home
Hyderabad/IBNS: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NT Rama Rao's daughter Uma Maheshwari was found dead at her home in Hyderabad's Jubilee hills, the police have said.
BJP implementing saffron education policy of RSS: K Ramakrishna
Tirupati/IBNS: Andhra Pradesh Communist Party of India (CPI) Secretary K Ramakrishna has accused the centre of propagating education prompted by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Garuda drones supply food-med to Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh flood-hit areas
Bengaluru/UNI: India's largest drone startup Garuda Aerospace has been deployed as surveillance and delivery drones amid the ongoing flood situations in Gujarat's Vadodara, and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.