Andhra Pradesh
Capital: Amaravati
Breaking in Andhra Pradesh
Bomb threat emails hit Mumbai and Pune civic offices, and the searches find nothing
An email naming Mumbai's mayor office, a bank, a court, Amitabh Bachchan's Jalsa bungalow, Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the airport set off searches on Thursday morning. Pune Municipal Corporation received its own threat soon after. Nothing suspicious was found.
Arrogance of power: Rohit Pawar takes on Fadnavis as the NCP merger formula takes shape
Rohit Pawar accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of "arrogance" and of running a politics of blackmail over the NCP merger question. In the party, the formula under discussion gives Sharad Pawar the president post and Sunetra Pawar the working president post.
No eye on Gokul: Fadnavis says the amendment only unties a legal knot
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended amending the cooperative societies law, saying the government needed to end a statutory deadlock over the Gokul dairy chairmanship. Congress leader Satej Patil is going ahead with a November 9 protest, calling the move a trampling of the farmers' mandate.
Cancer bills fall from Monday: 137 drugs cut, some by 96%, ₹3,502 crore saved a year
Revised prices for 137 anti-cancer drugs take effect on Monday after the NPPA capped trade margins at 30% of the maximum retail price. Seventy-six companies have cut prices on 1,225 formulations, with 600 brands down more than half and the steepest cut at 96.45%. Estimated annual savings: ₹3,502.31 crore.
Ten thousand flagged land deals later, Telangana CID picks up four over the Dharani portal
Telangana's CID has searched the homes and offices of suspects in the alleged Dharani land records scandal and arrested at least four people, including a Bhu Bharati portal operator. The case turns on three acres in Kollur village, mutated in another man's name.
BREAKINGRs 81.5 crore in two days, and Netflix already has the papers: Suriya's Scene is on a run
Scene, the Tamil crime thriller with Suriya, Nazriya Nazim and Naslen, has grossed Rs 81.5 crore worldwide in two days. Reports say Netflix has bought the digital rights for Rs 88 crore, though no streaming date has been announced.
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Pulivendula fell too: alliance takes 473 of 611 ZPTC seats in Andhra
The TDP, Jana Sena and BJP won 473 of the 611 Zilla Parishad seats declared and 5,819 of 9,640 Mandal Parishad seats. The YSR Congress was left with 57 ZPTCs. In Kadapa, the party that ruled the district for two decades held two of 39.
Rs 344 crore and two lives: cyclone Murasu leaves Andhra counting as rain continues
Cyclone Murasu has killed two people in Andhra Pradesh and caused preliminary damage of Rs 344 crore, with crops over 52,459 hectares hit, 12,230 people in relief camps and 35 trains cancelled.
Seven of 13 corporations, 75 of 86 municipalities: TDP-led alliance sweeps Andhra civic polls
The TDP-led alliance has won seven of Andhra Pradesh's 13 municipal corporations and 75 of its 86 municipalities and nagar panchayats. In Kadapa, the YSRCP's stronghold, it took just seven of 279 wards. Jagan Mohan Reddy has rejected the results and alleged manipulation.
Four satellites short and running on one clock: how NVS-03 pulled NavIC back
ISRO's GSLV-F18 placed the 2,250-kg NVS-03 navigation satellite in orbit on Friday night, restoring capacity to NavIC, which had been hobbled since a defunct atomic clock on IRNSS-1F failed in March. ISRO chairman V. Narayanan said about 80 per cent of launch-related spending goes to Indian private and public companies.
TDP-led alliance sweeps Andhra civic polls, and YSRCP's 2021 fortress starts to fall
Counting began on Tuesday for 92 urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh, and the TDP-Jana Sena-BJP alliance took the lead in 10 of 13 municipal corporations and 62 of 83 municipalities by the afternoon. The YSRCP, which won all 13 corporations in 2021, was not ahead in even one corporation. Cyclone Murasu delayed counting in two districts.
Cyclone Murasu crosses coast at 110 kmph; zero deaths, but Bapatla takes 150 mm
Cyclone Murasu came ashore near Ongole in the early hours of Tuesday, with winds of 100-110 kmph at landfall. No deaths or injuries have been reported. Bapatla district has recorded over 150 mm of rain and six districts are on flash flood alert.
Voter list deadline moves to Nov 25 in Delhi, Nov 13 in Maharashtra after a nudge from the Supreme Court
A day after the Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to consider giving more time, the EC extended the claims-and-objections window in six states and reopened it in five. Final rolls are now due November 30 in five states and December 22 in Delhi.
BJP, BJD and Congress bury differences over Kotia as Andhra polls loom on November 5
Ruling and opposition parties in Odisha agreed at an all-party meeting in Koraput to jointly resist Andhra Pradesh's rural local body elections in the disputed Kotia villages on November 5. Prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS kick in from November 1, and the district administration has filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court.
At 11.51 pm, a launch to put NavIC's spine back: ISRO flies a rocket with a risky change
ISRO will launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite on the GSLV-F18 rocket from Sriharikota at 11.51 pm on Friday. The 2,232-kg satellite goes into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, and ISRO will fly it with its pyrotechnic valves already open, a departure from protocol meant to avoid the connector failure that stranded NVS-02 in January 2025.
One day of rain, a year's average: a thousand villages under water and helicopters on the supply run
Cyclone Arnab has flooded more than 1,000 villages across Odisha's Ganjam and Gajapati districts, with about 50,000 people severely affected in Ganjam. The state has moved 59,028 people to safety and deployed 313 rescue teams. Around 300 metres of National Highway 326 has been washed away and 36 trains cancelled.
ISRO to launch NVS-03 on Friday night to begin rebuilding a NavIC short of satellites
ISRO will launch NVS-03 on the GSLV-F18 rocket from Sriharikota at 11.51 pm on Friday. NavIC currently has three satellites in orbit against a minimum requirement of four, and cannot provide standalone positioning.
Seven dead, 2.24 lakh hectares of crop gone: Cyclone Arnab leaves Andhra counting
Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast near Narsapur between 2 am and 8 am on Wednesday, with winds of 115-135 kmph. Seven people died. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced Rs 5 lakh for each bereaved family and asked the Centre to send a damage assessment team.
Seven named, murder case filed: CBI takes over a 25-year-old's custodial death
The CBI's Hyderabad branch has registered a murder and criminal conspiracy case against an inspector, four constables, a home guard and a private individual over the death of Gade Sai Krishna at Krishnalanka police station in Vijayawada.
Four launch pads by 2029, a Gaganyaan test in two months: ISRO lays out its next three years
ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan said on Sunday that India plans four functional launch pads by 2029 and a 2,000-acre Small Satellite Launch Vehicle complex at Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu. The first uncrewed Gaganyaan test is planned within two months, to be followed by two more, and Chandrayaan-5 will be a joint lunar mission with Japan carrying a 350-kg rover.
Arnab is coming: 140 kmph winds, 5.7 lakh people to move, landfall on Wednesday
Cyclone Arnab intensified over the Bay of Bengal on Monday and is forecast to cross the Andhra Pradesh-Yanam coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam as a very severe cyclonic storm by the forenoon of October 28. Andhra Pradesh has identified 5.7 lakh vulnerable people and will begin evacuating from Monday evening; Odisha has shut schools in five districts.
Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal; Andhra-Odisha coast put on alert
A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 26 and move towards the north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts around October 28, the IMD has forecast. Odisha has cancelled the leave of its officials.
Navy espionage racket busted: 18 suspects, two arrests, an AI honey trap
Andhra Pradesh's Counter Intelligence Cell has uncovered a network leaking sensitive naval information to Pakistan's ISI under 'Operation Firewall-2026'. Eighteen suspects, 13 of them naval personnel, were identified across 10 states; two have been arrested.
Local body polls on hold as Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan huddle over rebels
After the Supreme Court order halted the election process for 100 urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh, chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan met on Thursday. They discussed how to take the polls forward and the problem of rebel candidates.
ISRO to launch navigation satellite NVS-03 on October 30
ISRO will launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite on board a GSLV Mk II rocket on October 30. The launch will be from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The satellite supports the government's goal of real-time tracking of around 12,000 trains.
Election process for all 100 urban local bodies halted
The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission stopped the process for all 100 urban local bodies. Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan met CM Chandrababu Naidu without a convoy. In Kadapa, YSRCP leaders were placed under house arrest as nominations began.
Google's $15-billion AI hub in Visakhapatnam to power Indian-language tools
Google's planned $15-billion artificial intelligence hub in Visakhapatnam will help scale AI applications across India, from healthcare screening to Indian-language tools, while serving the company's own products and outside cloud customers, a senior Google executive has said. The first phase is due to open in 2028.
Poll violence 'will not stop us', says YSRCP; demands judge-led probe
YSRCP has demanded an inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into alleged police firing in Pulivendula during local body poll nominations. The party accused the ruling TDP government of blocking nominations to claim uncontested victories.
A neighbour's ballot paper reopens a 60-year border fight
Andhra Pradesh's election notification for three villages of Kotia has reopened Odisha's oldest border dispute. Odisha's minister accused Naveen Patnaik of covering past failures; the BJD chief asked why the BJP government is silent.
Poll notification in three disputed villages reopens Odisha-Andhra border row
Andhra Pradesh's announcement of panchayat elections in three villages of the disputed Kotia region has revived a decades-old border row with Odisha. The dispute is pending before the Supreme Court.
YSRCP moves Supreme Court, alleges nominees blocked in Andhra civic polls
The YSRCP has moved the Supreme Court, alleging that violence and intimidation kept its candidates from filing nominations for Andhra Pradesh's urban local body elections. A vacation bench will hear the plea on October 21, the last date for withdrawal of candidature, with polling due on October 28.
YSRCP moves Supreme Court over Andhra local body nominations, alleges violence and intimidation
The YSR Congress Party moved the Supreme Court challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court's refusal to extend the nomination deadline for urban local body elections, alleging that violence and intimidation stopped its candidates from filing papers. The ruling TDP rejected the charges.
YSRCP says 'rowdyism' will not push it out, moves Supreme Court over civic poll nominations
The YSRCP has moved the Supreme Court alleging its candidates were attacked and blocked from filing nominations for Andhra Pradesh's local body polls. State coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy said the party would not quit the contest. A vacation bench hears the plea on October 21; polls are on October 28.
Two officers, one disputed border: Odisha moves into Kotia as Andhra's poll calendar reaches the edge
After Andhra Pradesh announced panchayat elections touching the disputed Kotia villages, Odisha has decided to station police and revenue officials there. The BJD and the Congress have attacked the state government's response.
59 officers, torn papers and a Supreme Court plea: YSRCP refuses to quit Andhra's local polls
Alleging attacks, arrests and obstruction of nominations in Andhra Pradesh's local body elections, the YSRCP has moved the Supreme Court and demanded an inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into alleged police firing in Pulivendula.
Odisha's mineral dues, Kotia and Mahanadi: BJD says BJP too weak to fight
The BJD has accused the BJP of compromising Odisha's mineral revenue and of going soft on the Kotia and Mahanadi disputes. Naveen Patnaik wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi over Andhra Pradesh's panchayat poll notification in disputed Koraput villages.