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In 5th white paper, Naidu trains guns at Jagan’s ‘deceptive’ excise policy. ‘Will seek CID, ED probe’
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In 5th white paper, Naidu trains guns at Jagan’s ‘deceptive’ excise policy. ‘Will seek CID, ED probe’

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu Wednesday said the excise policy implemented under his predecessor and YSR Congress Party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy’s government was “deceptive, flawed and inconsistent”, and vowed to order a CID probe into large-scale irregularities in the sector over the last five years.He further said that the policy not only damaged the health of alcohol consumers but also impacted state revenues, pegging the losses in excise revenue under YSRCP rule at Rs 18,860 crore. He made the accusations while presenting a white paper in the state assembly on the Andhra Pradesh excise policy and alcohol supply under the previous government.  Apart from a CID probe into alleged irregularities, Enforcement Directorate (ED) intervention too will be sought, ...
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Akhilesh, Thirumavalavan, Sanjay Raut — INDIA bloc leaders join Jagan’s protest against TDP in Delhi
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Akhilesh, Thirumavalavan, Sanjay Raut — INDIA bloc leaders join Jagan’s protest against TDP in Delhi

New Delhi: Several leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc backed former chief minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Wednesday as he led a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government over the allegedly deteriorating law-and-order situation in Andhra Pradesh.Prominent leaders of the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Shiv Sena (UBT), the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) openly lent their support to Reddy, with VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan calling on the former CM to consider joining the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). The TDP, which is in power in the state, is a key ally of the Bharatiya Janata Par...
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AP EAMCET 2024 final phase counselling registration begins at eapcet-sche.aptonline.in – Times of India

AP EAMCET Counselling 2024: The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has officially opened the registration window for the final phase of AP EAMCET 2024 counselling. This is the final opportunity for aspiring engineers, agriculture, and pharmacy students to secure a coveted seat in a top-tier college in the state.AP EAMCET Registration Final Phase Counselling 2024: Important DatesOnline Registration and Certificate Verification: July 23-25, 2024Certificate Verification at Helpline Centers: July 23-26, 2024Exercising Web Options: July 24-26, 2024Change of Options: July 27, 2024Seat Allotment: July 30, 2024Self-Reporting and College Reporting: July 31-August 3, 2024Candidates can register online at eapcet-sche.aptonline.in.The process involves paying the processing fe...
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LS Dy Speaker’s Post, Special Status For Bihar & AP, NEET — Key Demands At All-Party Meeting

Ahead of the Parliament's Monsoon session, the Congress party on Sunday demanded the position of Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker for the opposition. Congress leader K Suresh informed that the grand old party, along with other INDIA bloc members, demanded the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker's post for the opposition citing the convention, news agency PTI reported. Additionally, the Congress raised concerns about various paper leaks, including the prestigious NEET exam. Gaurav Gogoi, Deputy Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, emphasised at the meeting that the opposition should be permitted to raise issues in Parliament. This call came after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju sought cooperation from all parties for the smooth functioning of the two Houses,...
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With Nitish & Naidu Backing NDA, Will Modi Grant Special Package To Bihar & Andhra?

Union Budget 2024: Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Nadu did their bit to help the BJP-led NDA to form the government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha election results were declared. Narendra Modi returned as the Prime Minister of India for a record third time. "It is now time to return the favour" — is this what Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar telling PM Modi as the Centre gears up to present the first Budget of the Modi 3.0 government? All Eyes On Nirmala Sitharaman's Modi 3.0 Budget The primary focus of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would be to limit the fiscal deficit.  The country will be closely watching her as she lays out the glide path for the targeted 4.5% fiscal deficit by FY-2026.  Nirmala Sitharaman will also be keenly watched to see w...
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Did you know? Usha Vance’s granduncle was an RSS worker, went to jail during Emergency | World News – Times of India

JD Vance’s elevation as Vice-President candidate has brought the spotlight on Usha Chilukuri Vance and her extended family. While Usha grew up in California, her ancestral roots are in Andhra Pradesh. Incidentally, her grandaunt is a bonafide icon in her own right. A household name in Andhra Pradesh, her grandaunt is a physics professor who still teaches at the age of 96. She told TOI: “Usha is the granddaughter of Rama Sastry, my husband Subramanya Sastry's eldest brother. I am happy she has inherited the sharp intellect and acumen that runs in our family. Both my husband and his elder brother (Usha's grandfather) served as university professors. Our family also holds deep societal concerns. My husband, in fact, spent two years in jail during the Emergency as he was an RSS worker.”Lon...
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Karnataka Quota Row: Nara Lokesh Invites IT Firms To Andhra Amid Kannadiga Reservation Concerns

Nara Lokesh, Andhra Pradesh IT, Electronics, and Human Resource Development Minister,  extended an open invitation to members of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) to consider setting up operations in the state on Wednesday. This invitation follows concerns raised over Karnataka’s proposal to reserve certain jobs for local residents under the Karnataka State Employment of Local Industries Factories Establishment Act Bill, 2024. On Wednesday, NASSCOM expressed disappointment with the proposed bill, which has now been put on hold by Congress-led Karnataka government, highlighting that the restrictions could lead to a shortage of skilled local talent and potentially force companies to relocate. The IT industry body noted th...
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Budget 2024: Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu Meets Amit Shah In Delhi, Seeks Increased Funding

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday seeking substantial financial support for the state in the upcoming Union Budget. The meeting, held at Shah's residence, was focused on addressing the financial difficulties Andhra Pradesh is facing. Naidu, who also leads the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), highlighted the ongoing repercussions of the "unjust bifurcation" of the state in 2014 and the "miserable governance" of the previous administration. In a post on X, Naidu said, "Today in New Delhi, I met with the Hon'ble Union Home Minister, Shri @AmitShah Ji, to apprise him of the devastating condition of finances that Andhra Pradesh had slipped into over the past five years." "I also discussed the findings...
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Naidu’s 4th white paper blasts Jagan regime for ‘loot’ of natural resources. Anti-land grab law soon

Hyderabad: Land parcels measuring 1.75 lakh acre across Andhra Pradesh, estimated to be worth Rs 35,576 crore, including some private properties, were misappropriated by various means during Jagan Mohan Reddy’s five-year rule, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has alleged.In addition, “the looting of mineral wealth and sand” coupled with “inefficient administration of the sector” caused a loss of Rs 19,137 crore to the exchequer, Naidu said Monday while releasing a white paper on ‘Misappropriation of natural resources – Lands, mines-minerals and forests.’ The document is fourth in the series of white papers the CM is bringing out to make public “the misadministration and misdeeds of the YSRCP regime.” Show Full Article Naidu earlier released white papers on ...
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Should States get special packages outside Finance Commission allocations?

In the run-up to the Union Budget, Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Ministers of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, respectively, who are in a position to decide the political fate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre, have demanded special financial packages for their respective States. These packages could potentially increase the fiscal burden on the Centre and also on other States. Should States get special packages outside Finance Commission allocations? Arun Kumar and Pinaki Chakraborty discuss the question in a conversation moderated by Prashanth Perumal J. Edited excerpts: What is the basis on which the Finance Commission determines how much money is allocated to different States? Do you think there is a case for States such as Bihar and Andhra ...
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Son kills mother for not giving money to buy liquor at Vaddugandla

Angajalam Mahesh (28) reportedly killed his mother Lakshmamma (58) by smashing her head with a pestle when she refused to give him money for buying liquor. The incident was reported at Vaddugandla village of Panyam Assembly constituency in Kurnool district on Thursday. According to the police, the accused, an alcoholic, used to quarrel with his mother and relatives, demanding money from them. On Thursday morning, Mahesh had an argument with Lakshmamma, after the latter was seen with some money. After a clash between the two, the son picked up a pestle and fatally attacked the woman, killing her on the spot.The Panyam police rushed to the spot and registered a case following a complaint from the deceased’s husband. The body was shifted to the Government Hospital at Panyam for autopsy. ...
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Andhra Pradesh: 3 Schoolmates ‘Gang-rape & Murder Class 3 Girl, Dump Body In Irrigation Canal’

An eight-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by three senior students aged 12 and 13 in Nandyala district of Andhra Pradesh. The three minors, who have been detained by the police, confessed to disposing of the girl's body in an irrigation canal. However, the police have yet to recover the body of the victim.  The victim, a Class 3 student, and the accused, two Class 6 students and a Class 7 student all attended the same school.  Though the girl went missing and the complaint was filed on Sunday, the issue came to light only on Wednesday after the cops detained the suspects. On Sunday, the girl who was playing in a park suddenly went missing.  Following this, her father filed a complaint at the local police station. He reported that...
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Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh toppers in child marriage, awareness and socio-economic measures needed: SC | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Thousands of child marriages were solemnised across India in the last three years and the most incidents took place in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Maharashtra, the Union government informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday.Additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for ministry of women and child development, presented startling statistics on incidences of child marriage in the last three years before a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.The Centre’s report, that collated the statistics sent by the state, revealed that in the last three years as many as 8,966 child marriages were performed in Tamil Nadu, followed by 8,348 in Karnataka, 8,324 in West Bengal, 4,440 in Telanga...
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Andhra power sector facing ‘legacy losses’ of Rs 1.29 lakh cr — Naidu’s white paper blames Jagan
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Andhra power sector facing ‘legacy losses’ of Rs 1.29 lakh cr — Naidu’s white paper blames Jagan

This is the third in the series of white papers that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government is releasing to inform the public about “the misadministration and misdeeds of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) regime”. Two white papers on the Polavaram irrigation and Amaravati capital projects were previously presented by Naidu. The TDP chief said that another one on the “bad situation” of the state’s finances would be produced soon. Also Read: Calling Jagan a ‘curse’, Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu releases white paper on stalled Polavaram project Key highlights “The losses from 2014 to 2019 include tariff burden on consumers amounting to Rs 32,166 crore, increase in debt of power utilities by Rs 49,496 crore, and losses of Rs 47,741 crore due to inefficient governance,” Naidu sai...
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A thaw in ties between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy felicitates Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: ANI The meeting between the Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday was the first step towards improving ties between the two States.Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu discussed several issues that have strained relations between the two States for more than a decade. The two hour-long meeting comes at a time when opinions on the bifurcation of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh continue to play a role in the politics of both States. Editorial |Renewed hope: On the meeting between the Chief Ministers of Telangana, Andhra PradeshThe Chief Ministers decided to put in place a thre...
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After friendly meeting, CMs Naidu & Revanth decide to form committees to resolve AP-Telangana issues

Hyderabad: Flower decorations, an exchange of gifts and bouquets, hugs and smiles, followed by dinner — the first meeting between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana CM Revanth Reddy, held Saturday evening in Hyderabad to resolve 10-year-old pending issues between the two states, took place in a genial atmosphere.Revanth presented his former boss Naidu with a copy of “Naa Godava” (My issue/problem), a collection of poems by celebrated Telangana writer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Kaloji Narayana Rao. First published in 1953, the book reflects Rao’s sentiments and the socio-political situations, injustices, and sufferings of the region’s people under the Nizam and later. Naidu, in turn, gifted Revanth, a former Telangana TDP working president and assembly floor l...
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While opposition demands caste census, BJP ally Naidu opts for skill census | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is starting a skill census in the state and will suggest a similar exercise to PM Narendra Modi to map the skill sets available with the population and develop human capital.Unlike INDIA bloc states that have been pushing for a caste census, Naidu said the move is meant to expand the PPP into "public, private, people's partnership" to generate better results for citizens.Skilling and creating jobs are seen as a key focus for the Modi govt with some measures expected in the Union Budget.After a series of meetings in the capital, the TDP chief, a key ally of the BJP-led coalition at the Centre, said that development of Andhra Pradesh was his top priority after the Jagan Mohan Reddy govt left the state in severe financial stress....
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Not pressuring for any post, priority is state finances, rebuilding Amaravati — Naidu after Delhi trip

New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, whose Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is a key ally of the ruling NDA, has said he has three top priorities — to fix the state’s finances, reconstruct Amaravati as capital and get the Centre’s assistance to complete the multi-purpose irrigation project, Polavaram.He said this after a two-day visit to Delhi during which he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his top cabinet colleagues including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking enhanced central funding for Andhra Pradesh. Addressing reporters in the capital after a string of meetings with central ministers, Naidu made it clear that he was very much with the BJP on its coalition agenda and had no plans to create any trouble for the ruling combination. Show Ful...
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A rocky road ahead in Andhra Pradesh for Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu inspecting the Amaravati capital region. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu N. Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) rode on an anti-incumbency wave to power, winning 135 of the 175 Assembly seats. The Pawan Kalyan-led Jana Sena Party (JSP) won 21 seats, while the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) secured 8 seats. Together, the three parties constituting the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) reduced the Jagan Mohan Reddy-YSR Congress Party just 11 seats. Mr. Reddy’s party, which had won 151 seats in the 2019 Assembly elections, did not even win enough seats to qualify for the status of Opposition party in the Assembly.Mr. Naidu, who had been written off some years ago, has proved his naysayers wrong, but chief ministership this time is not going to ...
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Water crisis grips villages in Kanchikacherla, Nandigama mandals

The Munneru river near Kanchikacherla in NTR district looking completely dried up. People in Keesara, Vemulapalli, Nandigama and other villages around Kanchikacherla mandal in NTR district have been grappling with a severe drinking water crisis for the past five months, which as per villagers and activists, is mainly due to indiscriminate drawing of groundwater by an ethanol factory. This is the first time in 10 years that water in the Munneru, a tributary of Krishna river, near Keesara, dried up. This forced the ethanol factory, Sentini BioProducts Private Limited, located at Gandepalli village in Kanchikacherla mandal to depend on groundwater, said Srinivas Reddy, a farmer. His field had taken a hit due to the indiscriminate drawing of water by the factory through one of its borewell...
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AP EAMCET Counselling Dates 2024 for MPC Released: Check Important Dates, Documents Required and Other Details – Times of India

AP EAMCET 2024 Counselling Schedule: The Department of Technical Education, Andhra Pradesh, has announced the schedule for AP EAMCET counselling 2024 for BE and BTech admissions for the academic year 2024-25. The registration for MPC (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry) stream will begin on July 1, 2024, at eapcet-sche.aptonline.in/EAPCET/. Candidates who passed the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Architecture, and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (AP EAPCET) 2024 can participate in the counselling process for admission to engineering programs at state colleges and universities.According to the official notification, "The qualified and eligible candidates of APEAPCET-2024, desirous of seeking admission into B.E/B.Tech courses are informed that the web counselling process comprising the payment of...
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Calling Jagan a ‘curse’, Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu releases white paper on stalled Polavaram project

“Polavaram is one example to show that Andhra Pradesh has suffered more due to Jagan’s five-year rule from 2019 to 2024 than because of the 2014 bifurcation,” Naidu said, releasing the white paper Friday at Amaravati. According to the document, which was aimed at making the project status public, about 72 percent of the civil works were completed by May 2019, the end of Naidu’s previous five-year term as chief minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh.“From May 2019 to May 2024, the progress is only 3.84 percent. Practically, no work was carried out during this period on both Right Main and Left Main Canals. The works pertaining to the distributary network under main canals are not yet commenced and even DPR is not finalised. Under Land Acquisition (LA) and Rehabilitation & Resettlement...
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