Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday claimed that there were 100% chances for hacking Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). He also remarked that hackers should not be allowed to take control of democracy. Naidu said that it was the duty of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take steps ensuring that VVPAT receipts were issued 100 percent or else the ECI should revert to the ballot paper […]
Singer Kesiraju Srinivas from Andhra Pradesh was arrested inHyderabad here on Tuesday on charges of sexual harassment. Srinivas, who holds the Guinness World Record for singing in most languages (76) at one concert, has denied the allegation and said he had never misbehaved with her. A case against the singer, also known as ‘Ghazal Srinivas’ was registered on December 29 following a complaint by a woman, a radio jockey. The […]
Amidst the loud yet soothing chants of ‘Govinda Govinda…Venkata Ramana Govinda’, you will be amazed to see the unconditional love of devotees of the Lord of Tirumala – Balaji. The gracious Lord, whose abode atop seven hills in Tirupati region in the state of Andhra Pradesh, is visited by Lakhs of devotees every single day! His aura, charm and divinity attract people from all walks of life and across the […]
Borra (meaning hole in Odia) caves are located in the Anantagiri Hill ranges of the Eastern Ghats. The hill range is between 800 metres and 1,300 metres above mean sea level and about 90 km from Visakhapatnam. William King, a British geologist, is said to have discovered the caves in 1807.These caves are naturally formed and believed to be 150 million years old. Efforts are on to get World Heritage […]
There are few more refreshing Andhra moments than boarding a bus in the heat-soaked plains and disembarking in the sharp pinch of a Lambasingi night or morning. This misty hill station, located at an altitude of 1025 meters above sea level in the Chintapalli region of Arakku Valley, has experienced winter snowfall in the past. That’s right. Temperature does not go below 0° C every year, but when it does, […]
At least 250 district hospitals are expected to operationalise dialysis services in hospitals by the end of this year. Andhra Pradesh will become the first state to roll out the National Dialysis programme at an all-time low cost. Announced in the budget this year, about 25 states have proposed support for the programme with AP being the first state that will introduce it at a subsidized rate of Rs 960 […]
HYDERABAD: There may not be many takers for the famous Ongole bull in its native Andhra Pradesh, but Brazilians have second bred it by the lakhs and are in turn exporting it to other countries at very high prices. Realizing that the original Ongole bull has become the proverbial goose that lays the golden egg, the Brazilians have now sought permission from the Chennai-based National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) to take […]
New Delhi: Despite the repeated denials by the successive governments, Devadasi system continues to thrive in rural areas of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. According to a report submitted by one man commission headed by Justice Raghunath Rao, the two states together have about 80,000 Devadasi women. The figures are much higher than the number of the AP social welfare commission, which put the figure at 24, 273. The […]
New Delhi: The deadly H1N1 influenza virus has returned and appears to have taken epidemic proportion in several parts of the country like Telangana and Andhra Pradesh where two fresh cases were reported on Friday, according to the health department officials. As per reports, two women, one each from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, were found infected with swine flu disease. “A woman from Kadapa in AP and another woman from […]
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