AP amends Act to appoint PV Sindhu as Group-1 officer

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature on Tuesday passed a Bill to appoint Olympics silver medal winning shuttler PV Sindhu as a Group-1 officer in the government, by amending the state public services Act. Certain provisions in the Andhra Pradesh (Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalisation of Staff Pattern and Pay Structure) Act, 1994, prevented the appointment of the badminton […]

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YSR Congress to support BJP’s presidential nominee

YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday said his party would offer support to any candidate that the BJP fields in the coming presidential election. Mr. Reddy told this to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with him that lasted for over half an hour at the latter’s official residence here. “We will support any […]

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Two dead, four injured in pharma unit fire near Visakhapatnam

Two workers died and four others received burn injuries following a fire accident at one of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) units at Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City (JNPC) at Parawada, about 50 km from here on Tuesday. The incident took place at Azico Biophore when cleaning operation was under progress with a solvent to prepare a new product, Joint Inspector […]

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Andhra MP’s son vandalises Karnataka Bagepalli tollgate

The son of an MP from Andhra Pradesh and his associates allegedly vandalised the tollgate at Bagepalli in Chikkaballapur district and attacked the staff for asking the toll fee on Monday. Ambarish, son of Hindupur MP Nimmal Kristappa, and his associates have been accused of creating havoc at the toll plaza while they were proceeding to Bengaluru from Andhra Pradesh […]

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Kansas recognises March 16 as Indian-American Appreciation Day

The U.S. state of Kansas has recognised March 16 as ‘Indian-American Appreciation Day’ to honour an Indian techie who was killed last month in a racially-motivated hate crime. Srinivas Kuchibhotla (32) was killed when 51-year-old U.S. Navy veteran Adam Purinton opened fire at him and his friend Alok Madasani at a bar in Olathe on February 22 before yelling “get […]

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