The ‘Mana Matti – Mana Neeru – Mana Amaravati’ programme, preceding the foundation ceremony for capital, commenced on Tuesday at Naravaripalle, the native village of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu . Hundreds gathered at the village to witness the event, which began with a ‘homam’ by Mr. Naidu, followed by collection of ‘putta mannu’ (anthill) and water. Representatives of all […]
» Read moreChief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday presented the Avvaiyar award to Shanthi Ranganathan, Honorary Secretary, T.T. Ranganathan Clinical Research Foundation, also known as TTK Hospital. The award, carrying a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh, an eight-gram gold medal and a citation, was instituted by the Chief Minister in 2012 to recognise the services of women in different fields of activity […]
» Read moreHyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government is hoping to bring back many artifacts related to its new capital city Amaravati, which are on display in the British Museum in London. Andhra Pradesh chief secretary IYR Krishna Rao, who recently visited the museum, said about 30 to 40 artifacts that were excavated from and around Amaravati site are on the display at […]
» Read moreVIJAYWADA: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday proposed to set up 100 health care ATMs in the state on a pilot basis to supply medicines to people at reasonable rates. Naidu said this during a review of the health department on various issues of health sector here today. Based on the response to the ATMs under the […]
» Read moreChennai: Veteran Tamil actor Manorama died of cardiac arrest late in the night on Saturday in Chennai. She was 78. Fondly called Aachi, Manorama has acted in more than 1,200 films and 1,000 plays. She set a Guinness record when she completed 1,000 films. Manorama has acted with five chief ministers including Anna Durai, M G Ramachandran, M Karunanidhi, N […]
» Read moreHYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao today said the state assembly will pass a resolution for 12 per cent quota to Muslims in the state and send it to the central government. Reiterating his commitment to increase the reservation for the community in education and employment, he told the assembly that the panel studying the socio-economic and educational status […]
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