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Parents, Unable To Repay Son's Online Gambling Debts, Die By Suicide In Andhra Pradesh: Cops
A married couple died by suicide due to their inability to repay debts incurred by their 22-year-old son through online gambling, police said on Wednesday.
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Centre Gives Nod For Andhra Pradesh To Raise Rs 10,500 Crore Via Borrowings: Report
The Government of India has given a much-needed breather to the cash-starved Andhra Pradesh government, allowing it to raise Rs 10,500 crore through open market borrowing (OMB) for the first nine months of the ongoing financial year.
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"Andhra's Rapid Industrialisation Only With Special Status": Jagan Reddy
The Centre should make credit available at lower costs for infrastructure building and also for boosting (industrial) manufacturing as prohibitive costs (of debt) have become the major impediment to growth, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Saturday.
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Andhra Pradesh Passes Gaming Amendment Bill To Ban Online Games
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed by voice vote the AP Gaming (Amendment) Bill 2020 banning online gaming in the state after some youngsters committed suicide in recent days after they were pushed into debts by playing online games.
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Jagan Mohan Reddy Removes Agriculture Debt Scheme Brought By TDP
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.
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Hyderabad Teen Burns Minor Friend To Death To Steal His Mobile Phone
A teenaged boy burnt his minor friend to death at nearby Adibatla for getting his cellphone to clear his debts, the police said.
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Andhra Man Sells Minor Daughter For Rs 1.5 Lakh, Tries To Sell Wife Too
An auto driver in Andhra Pradesh, who has debt running close to Rs 15 lakh, allegedly tried to sell his minor daughter and wife to pay off the loans. The man, 38, who has four daughters and one son -- all minors -- allegedly signed a bond months ago, promising to hand over one of his daughters, about 12 years old, once she attains puberty to a man ...
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Vikram Goud, Youth Congress Leader Shot At, May Have Planned Attack: Cops
Vikram Goud, the son of a former Andhra Pradesh minister in hospital after being shot last week in Hyderabad, staged the shootout, suspect police officers investigating the case.
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In South India, Drought Pushes Farmers And Their Families Into Debts, Demeaning Labour
Chennai: One of the worst droughts in decades across south India is forcing tens of thousands of farmers and labourers to take out loans to survive, pushing them into debt bondage and increasing the risk that they may be exploited for work, activists said. Villages across southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have be...
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'My Son Will Go To School,' Says 21-Year-Old Whose Husband Committed Suicide
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh: She married at 17 for love. Today, she is a widow, who is determined that her two-year-old son would not grow up to be a farmer like his father. He would go to school when he turns three and will complete his education. “I don’t know how I am going to manage,” said the 21-year-old who has no family, except a widowed mo...
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Parents, Unable To Repay Son's Online Gambling Debts, Die By Suicide In Andhra Pradesh: Cops
A married couple died by suicide due to their inability to repay debts incurred by their 22-year-old son through online gambling, police said on Wednesday.
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Centre Gives Nod For Andhra Pradesh To Raise Rs 10,500 Crore Via Borrowings: Report
The Government of India has given a much-needed breather to the cash-starved Andhra Pradesh government, allowing it to raise Rs 10,500 crore through open market borrowing (OMB) for the first nine months of the ongoing financial year.
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"Andhra's Rapid Industrialisation Only With Special Status": Jagan Reddy
The Centre should make credit available at lower costs for infrastructure building and also for boosting (industrial) manufacturing as prohibitive costs (of debt) have become the major impediment to growth, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Saturday.
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Andhra Pradesh Passes Gaming Amendment Bill To Ban Online Games
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed by voice vote the AP Gaming (Amendment) Bill 2020 banning online gaming in the state after some youngsters committed suicide in recent days after they were pushed into debts by playing online games.
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Jagan Mohan Reddy Removes Agriculture Debt Scheme Brought By TDP
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.
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Hyderabad Teen Burns Minor Friend To Death To Steal His Mobile Phone
A teenaged boy burnt his minor friend to death at nearby Adibatla for getting his cellphone to clear his debts, the police said.
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Andhra Man Sells Minor Daughter For Rs 1.5 Lakh, Tries To Sell Wife Too
An auto driver in Andhra Pradesh, who has debt running close to Rs 15 lakh, allegedly tried to sell his minor daughter and wife to pay off the loans. The man, 38, who has four daughters and one son -- all minors -- allegedly signed a bond months ago, promising to hand over one of his daughters, about 12 years old, once she attains puberty to a man ...
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Vikram Goud, Youth Congress Leader Shot At, May Have Planned Attack: Cops
Vikram Goud, the son of a former Andhra Pradesh minister in hospital after being shot last week in Hyderabad, staged the shootout, suspect police officers investigating the case.
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In South India, Drought Pushes Farmers And Their Families Into Debts, Demeaning Labour
Chennai: One of the worst droughts in decades across south India is forcing tens of thousands of farmers and labourers to take out loans to survive, pushing them into debt bondage and increasing the risk that they may be exploited for work, activists said. Villages across southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have be...
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'My Son Will Go To School,' Says 21-Year-Old Whose Husband Committed Suicide
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh: She married at 17 for love. Today, she is a widow, who is determined that her two-year-old son would not grow up to be a farmer like his father. He would go to school when he turns three and will complete his education. “I don’t know how I am going to manage,” said the 21-year-old who has no family, except a widowed mo...
