Andhra Pradesh News

Akula Satyanarayana, BJP legislator from Rajahmundry-Urban, said he has sent his resignation to the state BJP unit president Kanna Lakshminarayana.

Days after a daylight highway heist of nearly Rs one crore worth jewellery in Tamil Nadu, a woman and her son have been arrested in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and a major portion of the loot recovered from them, the police said today.

In the middle of "gathbandhan" politics as parties prepare for the national election, Andhra Pradesh leader Jaganmohan Reddy's meeting with Telangana's ruling TRS today drew attention. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao or KCR's son KT Rama Rao (aka KTR) met Jaganmohan Reddy at his Lotus Pond home in Hyderabad, to invite his YSR Congress party to join a non-BJP, non-Congress Federal Front.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has questioned YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy and his sister YS Sharmila over their faith in the state police, saying how they would even think of contesting elections if they didn't trust the police in the state. Mr Naidu went on to ask them to behave like responsible citizens of Andhra Pradesh.

YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy's sister YS Sharmila has complained to the police that people with vested interests were carrying out false propaganda on social media, linking her name to that of Prabhas, actor who played the central role in blockbuster Bahubali. Ms Sharmila said it was the result of a conspiracy by to defame her ahead of elections to get political mileage by the ruling Telugu Desam Party.

YSR Congress Party President YS Jaganmohan Reddy's sister YS Sharmila on Monday met the Hyderabad Police Commissioner, urging him to act against those maligning her on the social media.

With thousands of families living in Hyderabad heading to their native places in both the Telugu states for Makar Sankranti, the Telangana government on Saturday decided to waive toll tax for commuters on national highways.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has charged the centre with "bringing down the sanctity and autonomy of every institution."

The route to the Chief Minister's chair in Andhra Pradesh appears to lie through the dust and sand of village roads, by way of a foot march. Former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy did it in 2004, Chandrababu Naidu, a decade later, in 2014.

The mother died, the sons are in hospital's care after allegedly drinking pesticide. Sources suggest the family was dealing with financial troubles.

The padyatra began at Idupulapaya in Kadala district, the final resting place of Jaganmohan Reddy's father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, on November 6, 2017 and will conclude on Wednesday at Ichchapuram in Srikakulam district.

The Polavaram multipurpose irrigation project entered the Guinness Book of World Records today by pouring 32,000 cubic metres of concrete in 24 hours during the work of dam construction

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is targeting him out of "frustration", Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said at Andhra Pradesh capital Amaravati on Monday, hitting back at PM Modi who accused him of pushing the state into "sunset" just to see his "son rise".

A Telugu Desam Party (TDP) member struck an unusual note in the Lok Sabha on Monday when he played a Tamil song in the House.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials arrived in Visakhapatnam on Saturday to take charge of investigation into the knife attack on YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in October last year.