Andhra Pradesh News

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader GVL Narasimha Rao said today that if N Chandrababu Naidu is ready to merge his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) with the BJP, he is ready to talk to the party leadership.

Searches in multiple premises in firms and trusts founded by spiritual guru ''Kalki'' Bhagwan has led to detection of undisclosed income of more than Rs 500 crore, the Income Tax department said on Friday.

Unidentified assailants allegedly hacked to death the local reporter of a Telugu daily in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday night, police said. K Satyanarayana, 45, reporter of Andhra Jyothy, died on the spot while the assailants fled after committing the crime, they said.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Reddy will launch his flagship farmer assistance scheme, the YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisaan, which has been named for his father - former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddyoday from Nellore district

A man allegedly killed his son, who was claimed to be an alcoholic, in Muppalla village of Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, after an argument, the police said on Saturday.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in Machilipatnam town in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, the police said.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Kollu Ravindra has been on a hunger strike since Thursday to protest against what he says is sand scarcity in Andhra Pradesh, seeking the government's intervention in the matter. He is expected to end his fast late on Saturday.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy today said that exams for vacancies in all departments of the state government will be conducted in January, every year.

The Andhra Pradesh government will take over all 3,500 liquor shops from October 1, as a first major step towards imposing prohibition in the state.

The AP village volunteers, through whom the services of the government will be routed, will be paid Rs 5,000 honorarium.

It is not worth being in politics if you are a sensitive human being, megastar Chiranjeevi has said, in a message to Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. His advice to both the star-turned-politicians: "stay away from politics".

Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP government on Wednesday removed the Agriculture Debt Redemption Scheme, 2014, which was brought in by the previous N Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP government in Andhra Pradesh.

6,000 Kilograms of Cannabis worth 6 crores was seized from three buildings in Visakhapatnam's Birriguda village, excise department said adding that they arrested two people in connection with the case.

Demolition crews have started taking apart one by one "illegal" houses built along the ecologically fragile Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh's Amaravati. One of the houses is where former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has been staying since 2016 after he moved from Hyderabad. Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy's government had served notice to the owners of the buildings recently.

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister P. Pushpa Srivani turned actor for a Telugu movie being made to highlight the importance of natural farming.