Category: Andhra Pradesh

The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹117.74 crore in a money laundering probe against YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and others. The attached properties belong to the companies of I. Syam Prasad Reddy, including the assets of Indu Projects, Embassy Property Developments and Vasantha Projects in the Indu-Andhra Pradesh Housing Board, according to the Directorate. The case […]

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu gave his approval to the design of the Legislative Assembly building from two options at a meeting with the officials of the A.P.-Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) and representatives of the Foster+Partners (F+P), in which film director S.S. Rajamouli had made some suggestions on giving a cultural dimension. A tower having the Assembly hall on […]

A tourist boat on the Krishna river capsized around 5 p.m on Sunday in Vijayawada, killing ten people. The boat was heading to Pavithra Sangamam near Ibrahimpatnam from Bhavani Island. Five persons who were stranded under the overturned boat had died by the time the rescue teams reached them. Twenty others are said to be missing. The boat, belonging to […]

The State government is holding deliberations with the Centre for immediate release of funds owed to Andhra Pradesh, according to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. “A sum of ₹3,850 crore has to be released by the Centre towards the Polavaram irrigation project. Our aim is to complete it by 2018, which is possible with due support from the Centre,” Mr. […]

Indian space programme as it suffered a serious setback after its workhorse rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) failed to deliver India’s eighth navigation satellite in its intended orbit. The 1,425 kg Indian Regional Navigation Satellite-1H (IRNSS-1H), which was launched at 7 p.m. on board the PSLV, was declared unsuccessful after its heat shield failed to separate. Indian Space Research […]