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16Jun

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Andhra Pradesh govt. intends to complete capital project at Amaravati in 2.5 years, says Minister Narayana

Nellore City MLA P. Narayana and his wife cutting a cake after taking charge as the Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, at the Secretariat at Velagapudi in Guntur district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO TDP Nellore City MLA P. Narayana took charge as the Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development (MA&UD) for the second time at the Secretariat at Velagapudi on June 16 (Sunda), with a resolve to complete the construction of the stalled capital city of Amaravati in two and a half years. Speaking to the media, Mr. Narayana said he would use the experience during his first stint as the Minister for MA&UD from 2014 to 2019 to take the project forward by duly consulting the officials concerned.The Minister said he had extensively travel...

6Jun

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Resurgence of BJP in Andhra Pradesh comes as a surprise

BJP leaders and supporters celebrating the party’s victory. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri The Assembly election results in Andhra Pradesh have taken everyone by surprise. None expected that Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) would slip from a dominating 151 seats to just 11.But, the bigger surprise was the resurgence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the State. It won three of the six Lok Sabha seats allotted to it as per the seat-sharing agreements with its partners—Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Jana Sena Party (JSP). Coming to the Assembly elections, the BJP won eight of the 10 seats it contested from.The BJP’s vote share has also gone up from 0.8% in 2019 to over 3.5% this election. In 2014, when the BJP was in alliance with the same political parties, its vot...

10Aug

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Explore Inter-District Disparities in Andhra Pradesh: A Data Point Series by The Hindu Data Team

The Data Team of The Hindu has been exploring inter-district differences in southern States through a series of Data Points. District-wise variations in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana were discussed in the previous editions. This is the last story in the series which looks at the inter-district disparities in Andhra Pradesh.While uneven progress existed in all States analysed, there was a common denominator. In all States, in general, the richer districts performed well in most socio-economic metrics while the poorer districts suffered. This understandable pattern was recorded across all the four States analysed till now. However, Andhra Pradesh did not conform to this trend.In Andhra Pradesh, richer districts did not top most of the socio-economic parameters analysed. Inte...

18Jun

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Home Minister Amit Shah aware of deteriorating law and order situation in Andhra Pradesh: BJP MP

Rajya Sabha MP (BJP) G.V.L. Narasimha Rao. File | Photo Credit: V. Raju BJP MP G.V.L. Narasimha Rao said the abduction of Visakhapatnam MP M.V.V. Satyanarayana’s wife and son, the burning alive of a 15-year-old boy in Bapatla district and the atrocities committed against Dalits were proof of the deteriorating law and order scenario in Andhra Pradesh. “All these incidents were taken to the notice of Home Minister Amit Shah, who keeps a tab on what happens in the States. Obviously, he launched a blistering attack on the A.P. Government. But, instead of admitting the failures, the State Government was trying to paint a rosy picture,” he said. Also Read | BJP leader demands CBI inquiry into alleged kidnap of Visakhapatnam MP’s kin and auditorAddressing a press conference in Vijayawada on S...

14Mar

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Andhra Pradesh Governor’s address in Assembly marred by Opposition’s comments, walkout

Governor S. Abdul Nazeer addressing the joint session of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature on the first day of the Budget session on Tuesday as Assembly Speaker Thammineni Seetharam and Council Chairman K. Moshenu Raju look on. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement TDP MLCs and MLAs staged a walkout midway through Governor S. Abdul Nazeer’s address to a joint session of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature when he was making a reference to the purported achievements in the irrigation sector including the progress claimed to be made in the construction of Polavaram project, saying that they were all lies put together by the government. Members of the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) raised ‘Jai Jagan’ slogans and thumped the desks in unison even as Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, K. Atchannaidu, Nimmala...

9Jan

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Top Andhra Pradesh news developments today

Former Union Minister Chinta Mohan to hold a press meeting. File | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Here are the important developments from Andhra Pradesh to watch out for today: Jana Sena State general secretary T. Sivasankar to hold a press conference ahead of Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan’s public meet on January 12. Former Union Minister Chinta Mohan to hold a press meeting. YSRCP Regional Coordinator Y.V. Subba Reddy, Ministers B. Mutyala Naidu, Gudiwada Amarnath and others to participate in programme being organised to mark the completion of four years of Praja Sankalpa Yatra. Talk on millets by Scientist Khader Valli on the conclusion of 3-day Visakha Organic Mela. Press conference on Krishna Water Board by water users’ associations. The associations object to the shift of water bo...