Andhra Violence

Arson and clashes erupted in the Amalapuram town in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday when the police cracked down on people protesting the proposed renaming of the newly-created Konaseema district as BR Ambedkar Konaseema district.

A mob of angry protesters in Andhra Pradesh's Amalapuram town set state Transport Minister P Viswarup's house on fire on Tuesday over proposed renaming of the newly-created Konaseema district as BR Ambedkar Konaseema district.

A few incidents of violence, mostly in Guntur district, marred the fourth and final phase of elections to the gram panchayats in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, which saw 81.78 per cent polling.

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, his son Nara Lokesh and several leaders of his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) have been put under house arrest to prevent them from participating in a massive protest against the government run by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Large gatherings are banned by the police in Palnadu region, seen to be worst aff...

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, engaged in a bitter fight with the BJP since the violence at Amit Shah's rally, gave a report card for the BJP in the ongoing elections. The party will end up with less than a hundred seats, she predicted - immediately after accusing it of being a "goonda (rogue) party, spreading money trying to buy votes".

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has termed as 'disturbing' the Election Commission's action cutting short the election campaign in West Bengal by a day and has said that the poll panel's integrity is at stake.

Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party has said that party has alleged that the ruling Telugu Desam Party is planning to create disturbances.

Andhra Pradesh witnessed violence in at least four constituencies during today's polling, in which at least one person died. Supporters of Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party and rival YSR Congress Jaganmohan Reddy came to blows as elections for the 175 assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state got underway today.

Reports of Electronic Voting Machine malfunction, missing names from voters' list and sporadic violence in which two died in Andhra Pradesh, marked the first phase of voting in the mammoth, seven-phase exercise that began today to choose who rules the world's largest democracy for the next five years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose BJP became ...

An Andhra Pradesh lawmaker and a ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader were shot dead by Maoists in Visakhapatnam district. The daylight killings today triggered violence in the area and furious locals set police stations on fire in Dumbri Guda and Araku. A lot of files were burnt and furniture was damaged in the vandalism, police said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP-led government will face a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The no confidence motion was moved by the Opposition and accepted in the Lok Sabha at the start of the monsoon session of the Parliament. The motion was moved against the government on several issues - special status to Andhra Pradesh, mob...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today expressed grave concern over the violence in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over Cauvery water sharing. "It is sad that people of these states grew restive over water. The violent incidents in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are an example of the ill-effects of water crisis," Mr Naidu said.

After accidental death of a 21-year-old worker this morning, his fellow labourers started an agitation, pelted stones at police and set an ambulance on fire, at the construction site of the transitional headquarters of Andhra Pradesh government in Amaravati.

On the occasion of International Women's Day, Hyderabad City Police today announced formation of 'Bharosa', a support center for providing protection to women and children subjected to violence.

Police have registered 63 cases in connection with the violence that had erupted in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh last Sunday during a meeting by Kapu community members, who sought reservation under Backward Class category, a top officer said.

Arson and clashes erupted in the Amalapuram town in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday when the police cracked down on people protesting the proposed renaming of the newly-created Konaseema district as BR Ambedkar Konaseema district.

A mob of angry protesters in Andhra Pradesh's Amalapuram town set state Transport Minister P Viswarup's house on fire on Tuesday over proposed renaming of the newly-created Konaseema district as BR Ambedkar Konaseema district.

A few incidents of violence, mostly in Guntur district, marred the fourth and final phase of elections to the gram panchayats in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, which saw 81.78 per cent polling.

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, his son Nara Lokesh and several leaders of his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) have been put under house arrest to prevent them from participating in a massive protest against the government run by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Large gatherings are banned by the police in Palnadu region, seen to be worst aff...

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, engaged in a bitter fight with the BJP since the violence at Amit Shah's rally, gave a report card for the BJP in the ongoing elections. The party will end up with less than a hundred seats, she predicted - immediately after accusing it of being a "goonda (rogue) party, spreading money trying to buy votes".

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has termed as 'disturbing' the Election Commission's action cutting short the election campaign in West Bengal by a day and has said that the poll panel's integrity is at stake.

Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party has said that party has alleged that the ruling Telugu Desam Party is planning to create disturbances.

Andhra Pradesh witnessed violence in at least four constituencies during today's polling, in which at least one person died. Supporters of Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party and rival YSR Congress Jaganmohan Reddy came to blows as elections for the 175 assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state got underway today.

Reports of Electronic Voting Machine malfunction, missing names from voters' list and sporadic violence in which two died in Andhra Pradesh, marked the first phase of voting in the mammoth, seven-phase exercise that began today to choose who rules the world's largest democracy for the next five years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose BJP became ...

An Andhra Pradesh lawmaker and a ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader were shot dead by Maoists in Visakhapatnam district. The daylight killings today triggered violence in the area and furious locals set police stations on fire in Dumbri Guda and Araku. A lot of files were burnt and furniture was damaged in the vandalism, police said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP-led government will face a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The no confidence motion was moved by the Opposition and accepted in the Lok Sabha at the start of the monsoon session of the Parliament. The motion was moved against the government on several issues - special status to Andhra Pradesh, mob...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today expressed grave concern over the violence in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over Cauvery water sharing. "It is sad that people of these states grew restive over water. The violent incidents in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are an example of the ill-effects of water crisis," Mr Naidu said.

After accidental death of a 21-year-old worker this morning, his fellow labourers started an agitation, pelted stones at police and set an ambulance on fire, at the construction site of the transitional headquarters of Andhra Pradesh government in Amaravati.

On the occasion of International Women's Day, Hyderabad City Police today announced formation of 'Bharosa', a support center for providing protection to women and children subjected to violence.

Police have registered 63 cases in connection with the violence that had erupted in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh last Sunday during a meeting by Kapu community members, who sought reservation under Backward Class category, a top officer said.