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Outgoing Ministers M Sankara Narayana, Gummanuru Jayaram, Perni Venkatramaiah (Nani), Seediri Appalaraju, Balineni Srinivasa Reddy, Muttamsetti Srinivas, Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani) coming out of the Cabinet meeting after resigning their posts at Secretariat on Thursday. (C. Narayanara Rao/DC)

All 24 mantris of AP Cabinet resign, some to reatin berths

According to informed sources, the swearing-in of the 26 new ministers will be held at 11.31 am on April 11

08 Apr 2022 7:39 AM

Airport staff wait to screen air passengers at the Ganavaram Airport near Vijayawada. (Photo: PTI/File)

Vande Bharat phase 2: First flight from Dubai to land today at Vijayawada airport

Airport Director said as many as 490 international flights had landed at Vijayawada Airport in phase one of the Vande Bharat mission

02 Jun 2021 2:02 PM

Maintaining emotional equanimity and staying strong is as important as medication and treatment. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Emotional immunity also key to recovery

Staying mentally strong helps overall immunity system fight off virus

14 May 2021 12:00 AM

Many people are starting to take unnecessary typhoid tests and mistaking Covid for typhoid, they are not getting themselves treated until it is too late. — Representational image/PTI

Gap of six weeks ideal for vax after recovery

At least 4 weeks wait recommended for even infected to get jab

07 May 2021 1:16 AM

Though the AP govt has announced financial incentives to plasma donors, there is no clarity as to who will release that amount to the donor. (Representaional Image: AFP)

Now the COVID poor are selling their plasma to survive

Meanwhile, patients are seeking the intervention of government to stop misuse of plasma donation by some middlemen for monetary gain

16 Sep 2020 1:53 PM

Nine people killed in Srisailam hydroelectric plant after overnight fire accident

Nagarkurnool district Collector said three fire engines were engaged in extinguishing the huge smoke emanating from the plant's premises.

21 Aug 2020 1:46 PM

Firemen rescue a person from the gutted Swarna Palace hotel in Vijayawada where a fire killed at least nine COVID-19 patients on Sunday, August 9, 2020. The hotel was being used as a makeshift COVID-19 facility.

9 patients killed in fire at makeshift COVID19 facility in Vijayawada

The hotel was under lease to a private hospital which was running it as a COVID treatment facility

09 Aug 2020 11:00 AM

7 patients killed in fire at COVID care facility in AP. (ANI Photo)

Andhra Pradesh: 7 killed in fire at COVID-19 care centre in Vijayawada

Shifted about 20 patients to various hospitals and there were 30 patients undergoing treatment, police commissioner B Srinivasulu said

09 Aug 2020 10:06 AM

Homeless people and migrant workers sleep on the pavement at the fishing harbour in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, april 30, 2020. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

Andhra invites docs to apply for corona warrior jobs here

After four death-free days, two new fatalities are a downer in Andhra Pradesh

01 May 2020 3:29 PM

File photo of Andhra Pradesh governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandan making an aerial survey of flood-hit areas in the state. (DC Photo)

Coronavirus enters Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan: four of governor's staff test positive

Governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandan, 85, subjected to tests although he tested negative previously

27 Apr 2020 8:31 AM

Andhra Pradesh to distribute 5.3 crore free masks in the state

The CM has directed officials to distribute three masks to each person

13 Apr 2020 10:31 AM

People trying to reach destinations in Andhra Pradesh being stopped at the inter-state Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border at Vijayapuri South on March 25, 2020. These people were returning from Hyderabad and other places in Telangana following the nationnwide coronavirus lockdown. (DC Photo: Tejo Roy)

Exodus of Andhra people creates logjam at border points

Hyderabad cops allow AP natives to go home but they are stopped at the border

26 Mar 2020 11:10 AM

The AP police are in an attempt to ‘contact trace’ the three persons who travelled in the same cab. (PIB Image)

Hunt for three passengers with Paris returnee in Andhra Pradesh

The three shared the cab while it was returning to Hyderabad after dropping the Paris returnee home

23 Mar 2020 11:46 AM

Medics interact with a patient at a help desk set up in view of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo- PTI)

Trolled Covid victim urges help

Virus victim was trolled over social media that he had hidden from authorities information about him contracting coronavirus

23 Mar 2020 11:33 AM

Former Air India CMD Ashwin Lohani appointed chairman of APTDC

He is the second bureaucrat to be appointed by the Andhra Pradesh government with cabinet rank

17 Mar 2020 1:50 PM

Centre refuses to stop Jagan’s move to have three capitals

Where to locate the capital is a question for the state to decide, says Union minister in Lok Sabha

04 Feb 2020 4:13 PM

In its report, the BCG has also said that the construction of Amaravati as a 'megacity' would require Rs 1 lakh crore to build its core infrastructure, a substantial portion of which will be needed to be funded by debt. (Photo: ANI)

Andhra: Boston Consulting Group suggests decentralized development of all regions

The BCG in its report has recommended dividing the government departments into 6 regions.

04 Jan 2020 1:01 PM

Telugu Desam Party has alleged that Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy led YSRCP government is looting public money by "reaping benefits of social welfare schemes meant for poor to its ministers and party workers". (Photo: ANI)

Ministers reaping benefits of public welfare scheme, it is 'loot' by YSRCP govt: TDP

TDP leader K Pattabhi Ram claimed that education minister Audimulapu Suresh has been made beneficiary of 'Rythu Bharosa' scheme for farmers.

12 Oct 2019 10:17 AM

Rao has also called the matter a political vendetta by the ruling YSRCP government. (Photo: )

'Illegal land' of Chandrababu's aide seized by Andhra govt

Kutumba Rao, however, asserted that he and his family rightfully owns the land and government's allegations were false.

14 Sep 2019 1:41 PM

After her daughter was denied treatment, a woman wrote to Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan seeking his permission to give euthanasia to her mentally challenged girl. (Photo: ANI)

Andhra woman writes to Guv, seeks mercy killing for mentally challenged daughter

Jahnavi, daughter of Swarnalata, was born in 2000 and has been suffering from psychological disorder since the age of 4 years.

31 Aug 2019 10:36 AM

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