Visakhapatnam: In a shocking incident, a man brutally hammered his 40-year-old son to death over a property dispute in the coastal city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The macabre act just outside their house at Pendurthi was caught on a CCTV footage, police said. Accused Veer Raju is seen picking up a hammer, moving closer […]
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Andhra Governor approves bills for trifurcation of state capital
Amaravati: Clearing the decks for trifurcation of Andhra Pradesh capital, Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan on Friday gave his assent to the AP Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Bill, 2020, and the AP Capital Region Development Authority (Repeal) Bill, 2020, passed by the State Legislature. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government on July 17 had […]
Mammoth 10,093 Covid cases, 65 deaths in Andhra Pradesh in 1 day
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh reported a massive 10,093 new Covid cases on Wednesday, its highest ever single-day tally. State health officials said that an unprecedented 70,584 tests were conducted in the 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday. The day also saw the highest number of deaths in a single day. The previous single-day high of 8,147 […]
AP’s COVID-19 tally crosses one lakh mark
Amaravati: The number of coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh crossed the one lakh mark on Monday after 6,051 people were found infected in the last 24 hours, the state health department said. The tally has now reached 1,02,349, it said. The new cases were detected from a sample size of 43,127 tests which also include […]
Andhra destroys liquor worth Rs 72 lakh with a roadroller
Vijayawada: Police in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district on Friday destroyed liquor worth Rs 72 lakh which was smuggled into the state from neighbouring Telangana. More than 14,000 liquor bottles were crushed using a roadroller in Machilipatnam town. According to police, the bottles, containing 3,207 litres of liquor, were seized during the limits of 10 police […]
Andhra Pradesh: Covid victim’s body dumped into pit by JCB excavator
Amaravati: Another video has emerged from Andhra Pradesh on Monday highlighting utter disrespect being shown while disposing of dead bodies of Covid-19 victims in the state. In the second such incident in 10 days, authorities used a JCB excavator to lift the body of a Covid victim from an ambulance and dump it into a […]
Andhra Pradesh: Tourism department offical held for assaulting differently-abled woman who asked him to wear mask
Amaravati: After a public uproar, the Andhra Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested a government official, since suspended from service, on charge of brutally assaulting a differently-abled woman colleague in office after she advised him to wear a face mask. The incident occurred in the Tourism Department’s office in Nellore on June 27 but came to […]
Andhra Covid victim’s body carried to cremation ground on JCB
Amaravati: In a shocking incident, the body of a Covid-19 victim was carried on a JCB earth mover to the cremation ground by municipal staff in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district on Friday. The incident took place in Udayapuram area of Palasa municipality after the 72-year-old died of Covid-19. The PPE-clad municipal workers placed the dead […]
Beggar in Andhra found with Rs 2 lakh cash
Amaravati: A beggar in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district was found with over Rs two lakh cash, shocking the volunteers of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) when they were giving him a makeover. Chinna Narasimhulu, who has been begging near a mosque in Dhone town, was found in possession of Rs 2,04,459 when the members of the Dronachalam […]
Andhra Pradesh reports highest single-day hike of 98 cases, tally touches 3,042
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh’s registered its highest ever single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday with 98 positive cases detected from tests conducted in the past 24 hours. The previous highest single tally of 82 cases was reported on April 27. On Sunday, the state nodal officer reported that not even a single positive case, detected […]