Lokeswara Rao

Doctor arrested for ‘questioning’ lack of Covid-19 beds in Andhra Pradesh

September 12, 2020

In a Covid-19 review meeting at narsaraopet of Andhra Pradesh, a doctor was dragged from the meeting after the collector ordered the police to arrest him. The doctor Somla naik had raised questions about the lack of Covid-19 beds due to which patients are coming back to the health centres...

Andhra CM orders CBI inquiry into Antarvedi chariot fire incident

September 12, 2020

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy has decided to order a CBI inquiry into the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple’s chariot blaze in East Godavari district. The Andhra Pradesh government has released a GO in this regard also. The six-decades old chariot of Antarvedi temple, which was being used...

‘Chalo Assembly’: Several BJP leaders arrested in Telangana

September 12, 2020

Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Telangana state were placed on house arrest on Friday morning by the Telangana Police in various locations in the state. The state BJP unit gave a call for a protest called ‘Chalo Assembly’ on September 11 demanding that September 17 be declared as...

Chandrababu Naidu slams Jagan government over ‘rising atrocities’ against Dalits

September 12, 2020

Telugu Desam Party President and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu called for unity among the Dalit organisations, opposition parties and silently suffering victims to fight back against the rising atrocities under “the oppressive” regime of CM Jagan Mohan Reddy in Andhra Pradesh. Naidu, in his inaugural speech at the...

Andhra Pradesh villagers carry pregnant woman on cot for 9 km to hospital

September 11, 2020

Demudamma, a tribal pregnant woman was carried in a cot for 9 km to a hospital from a small village in S Kota Mandal of Vijayanagaram district on Wednesday. The ambulance could not reach her village because of the lack of proper road connectivity. Family members and villagers tied her...

Several criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs of Andhra and Telangana

September 11, 2020

A number of politicians across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are facing criminal trials in cases such as crime against women, attempt to murder, kidnap and election-related violations. Several MPs and MLAs are undertrials in as many as 118 cases, according to the data provided by a report filed before the...

Jagan’s 3-capital plan for Andhra gets Centre’s backing in High Court

September 11, 2020

There is no stipulation in the law that requires Andhra Pradesh to have only one capital, the Centre told the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday in an affidavit that backs the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government’s three capital plan. In an affidavit filed by the Union Home Ministry, the...

Chariot fire incident sparks political row in Andhra Pradesh

September 10, 2020

The historic chariot fire incident at famous Antarvedi’s Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple has created a problem for the Jagan government in Andhra Pradesh. Opposition parties such as TDP and BJP have mounted an attack on the Jagan Mohan Reddy government over the fire incident in which the 62-year-old wooden...

KCR introduces landmark Revenue Bill in Telangana Assembly

September 10, 2020

Hyderabad: In a move to do away with the rampant corruption prevalent in the Revenue Department in the state of Telangana, the government of Telangana on Wednesday abolished the system of Village Revenue Officers. In the ongoing Monsoon Session in the State Assembly, CM K Chandrasekhar Rao introduced the new...

ANDHRA PRADESH, TELANGANA HOLD EXAMS AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

September 10, 2020

The entrance exams for various courses in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have started despite a high number of Covid-19 cases. The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - Hyderabad (JNTU-H) has been conducting the TS-EAMCET 2020 for ‘engineering’ candidates from Thursday. Over two lakh candidates, including 1.42 lakh from the engineering stream,...

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