Andhra Pradesh News

An Andhra Pradesh lawmaker and a ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader were shot dead by Maoists today in Visakhapatnam district, police said. Kidari Sarveswara Rao, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) lawmaker from Araku Valley and former lawmaker Shivari Soma were attacked when they were returning from an event in Livitiput, 15 km from Araku Valley.

Three people were killed and three were injured in a firecracker blast due to a short circuit Andhra Pradesh's Rajamahendravaram. Another person and an eight-year-old child is in a critical condition.

A police inspector in Andhra Pradesh caused a flutter threatening to cut tongues of elected representatives if they spoke in a manner hurting the morale of the force, targeting a ruling TDP MP, who hit back daring him and lodging a complaint.

Bluntly criticizing the central government, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said, the Narendra Modi government is adopting a "divide and rule policy" to spoil his state's relationship with Telangana.

Hitting out at the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asserted that his party was committed to granting special category status to Andhra Pradesh if elected to power in 2019.

All the 175 assembly coordinators of uvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) across Andhra Pradesh started booth visits in their respective constituencies.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu once again flayed the central government over denial of SCS to the state and 'failure' to implement provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 and accused the Prime Minister of seeking to create a wedge between the two Telugu states.

A court in Maharashtra on Thursday issued warrant against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu in an eight-year-old case relating to his protest over Babli Project.

Ganesh Chaturthi: Idols of Lord Ganesha have been installed in many places across the state for people to offer prayers before they are immersed.

Ganesh Chaturthi: The giant laddoo is made up with 220 kg of sugar, 145 kg of cow ghee, 175 kg of bengal gram and dry fruits.

A woman drowned in an irrigation canal while trying to save her mother-in-law who slipped and fell into it in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.

Aneeq Sayeed and Ismail Chaudhary, two Indian Mujahideen terrorists convicted in the 2007 Hyderabad blasts case, were sentenced to death by a court on Monday. A third convict Tariq Anjum was sentenced to life imprisonment by the special National Investigation Agency court.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has announced a reduction of Rs 2 per litre on fuel prices, effective tomorrow. The loss of revenue from taxes will cost the exchequer up to Rs 1,120 crore, it is estimated.

A pregnant woman in Andhra Pradesh who was being carried for several kilometres by her family members and villagers after she went into labour gave birth to her baby midway.

A 25-year-old Indian man was among three people killed when a gunman opened fire in a bank building in the US city of Cincinnati before police shot him dead on Thursday.