Amritsar: In the biggest seizure of narcotics coming from Pakistan in recent years, the Customs Department has seized over 500 kg heroin valued at near Rs 2,600 crore near here, officials said on Sunday. The seizure of 532 kg of the drug was an all-time high, Commissioner, Customs, Dipak Kumar Gupta told reporters. The heroin, concealed […]
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Chandrababu Naidu gets house demolition notice
Amaravati: Authorities in Andhra Pradesh are likely to demolish the house of former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu here within a week as they served a notice on Friday for illegal construction even as the opposition TDP dubbed it as “vendetta”. A day after completing the demolition of ‘Praja Vedika’, a government building adjacent to […]
Building demolition triggers political uproar in Andhra
Amaravati: The demolition of an annexe of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s residence here has triggered an uproar with main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) questioning the rationale behind YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government’s action. While Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the drive against illegal structures will begin with […]
Andhra Pradesh: Minor girl gang-raped by six youths for a week, accused nabbed
Amaravati: In a shocking incident, a minor girl was gang-raped by six youth, including three minors, for a week in Andhra Pradesh’s Ongole town, police said on Sunday. The incident came to light after the 16-year-old victim managed to escape from the clutches of the accused. Prakasam’s Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal told a news conference […]
TDP crisis: Chandrababu Naidu in touch with party leaders
Amaravati: Currently holidaying abroad, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu is in touch with senior party leaders in the wake of four Rajya Sabha members defecting to the BJP on Thursday. Naidu, who is in Europe along with his family members, held a teleconference with party leaders available at his residence in Amaravati. […]
Four TDP MPs likely to join BJP
Amaravati: Four Rajya Sabha members of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), TDP sources said on Thursday. The meeting of the MPs with BJP President Amit Shah in New Delhi on Thursday triggered speculations that they may soon switch loyalties. Y.S. Chowdary, C.M. Ramesh, T.G. Venkatesh and G. […]
Andhra CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to have five deputy CMs
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday said he will have five deputy chief ministers. He announced this while addressing newly-elected legislators of the YSR Congress Party on Friday, a day before cabinet expansion. Jagan Reddy, who took oath as the Chief Minister on May 30, will have deputy chief ministers from […]
PM to offer prayers at Tirupati on June 9
Amaravati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Andhra Pradesh on June 9 and offer prayers at Lord Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala. President of BJP’s state unit Kanna Laxminarayana on Saturday said Modi would reach Renigunta Airport at Tirupati at 4 p.m. and reach Tirumala by road. He said the BJP’s state unit would accord a […]
Jagan Mohan Reddy invites TDP chief for swearing-in
Amaravati: YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday invited TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu for his swearing-in ceremony. Reddy called Naidu on the phone to invite him to the ceremony slated to be held on Thursday, TDP sources said. Reddy was also learned to have sought […]
God has punished Chandrababu Naidu, says Jagan
Amaravati: YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is set to take oath as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister next week, on Saturday said God has punished TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu for his misdeeds. Addressing the newly-elected legislators of his party, Jagan Reddy said Andhra Pradesh election results showed that those who resort […]