Lokeswara Rao

Another chariot vandalised in Andhra, TDP sees pattern in it

September 17, 2020

Close on heels of a chariot being gutted at Antarvedi Temple in East Godavari, another chariot at a temple in Andhra Pradesh has been found vandalised. Three of four silver lions carved on the structure of the chariot at Kanaka Durga Temple in Vijayawada are missing. According to information, each...

Hyderabad police bust hawala racket, 4 persons arrested

September 16, 2020

HYDERABAD Task Force of Hyderabad police busted a major hawala racket operating in the city and arrested four people in connection with the case. The police also recovered cash worth Rs 3.75 crore and two vehicles from them. The four accused who were arrested in the case are Eshwar dileep...

NIA arrests key accused in Navy espionage case

September 16, 2020

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) achieved an- other breakthrough and arrested a key accused in the Visakhapatnam naval espionage case. The accused, Giteli Imran, has been allegedly involved in the case and was found to be working for the Pakistani spy agency, ISI. Imran belongs to Gujarat’s Godhra and was...

Andhra ACB files FIR against former Advocate General in land scam

September 16, 2020

Andhra’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed an FIR against former Advocate General Dammalapati Srinivas in connection with a land scam in Amravati. The agency filed an FIR after the cabinet sub-committee and the SIT submitted their reports which said Srinivas had prior knowledge of the exact location of the capital...

NTR’s statue removal triggers political row

September 15, 2020

Already dealing with the problem due to the incident of burning of a Chariot at Antarvedi Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple, the Jaganmohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh is facing another tension resulting from removal of statues of TDP founder late N.T. Rama Rao and former MLA Paritala Ravindra. Tension...

Two held for Telugu TV actor’s suicide

September 15, 2020

Amid many twists and turns in Telugu TV actress Kondapally Sravani’s suicide case, the police arrested two persons. Both were booked for abetment to suicide by the Hyderabad police. The SR Nagar police booked Devaraj Reddy, the actor’s boyfriend, and another person Sai Krishna. No arrests have been made in...

RAJYA SABHA DEPUTY CHAIRMAN ROW IN ANDHRA

September 15, 2020

The political parties play their own games while it comes to their interests. This can be witnessed in Andhra Pradesh as YSRCP, the ruling party and the fourth largest party in India, extended its support to NDA candidate Harivansh for the deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha. This is despite it...

Andhra govt hikes VAT on natural gas by 10%

September 14, 2020

To bridge the gap between state’s revenue and expenditure, the Andhra Pradesh government has increased VAT (Value-Added Tax) on natural gas from 14.5 percent to 24.5 percent. The state government outlined fall in revenue collections due to Covid-19 lockdown and increased expenditure on welfare schemes as the reasons behind this...

HINDU IDOL DESECRATED IN ANDHRA; ALERT SOUNDED

September 14, 2020

An idol of Lord Ganesh was desecrated in Andhra Pradesh’s Pidimgoyyi village, adding to the tension in the area as people were already emotionally charged due to the chariot burning incident at the nearby Antarvedi Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple. Rajahmundry East Zone DSP Ravi Kumar said, “We received a report...

Andhra-Telangana deadlock over resuming bus services continues

September 14, 2020

People of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will continue to be deprived of bus services between both the states for now. The impasses over resumption of interstate bus services between Andhra and Telangana post-Covid19 lock-down continues to be unresolved. The hope of an agreement on resuming buses was dashed with the...

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