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Parents, Unable To Repay Son's Online Gambling Debts, Die By Suicide In Andhra Pradesh: Cops
A married couple died by suicide due to their inability to repay debts incurred by their 22-year-old son through online gambling, police said on Wednesday.
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Centre Gives Nod For Andhra Pradesh To Raise Rs 10,500 Crore Via Borrowings: Report
The Government of India has given a much-needed breather to the cash-starved Andhra Pradesh government, allowing it to raise Rs 10,500 crore through open market borrowing (OMB) for the first nine months of the ongoing financial year.
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"Andhra's Rapid Industrialisation Only With Special Status": Jagan Reddy
The Centre should make credit available at lower costs for infrastructure building and also for boosting (industrial) manufacturing as prohibitive costs (of debt) have become the major impediment to growth, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Saturday.
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Andhra Pradesh Passes Gaming Amendment Bill To Ban Online Games
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed by voice vote the AP Gaming (Amendment) Bill 2020 banning online gaming in the state after some youngsters committed suicide in recent days after they were pushed into debts by playing online games.
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Jagan Mohan Reddy Removes Agriculture Debt Scheme Brought By TDP
Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP government on Wednesday removed the Agriculture Debt Redemption Scheme, 2014, which was brought in by the previous N Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP government in Andhra Pradesh.
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Hyderabad Teen Burns Minor Friend To Death To Steal His Mobile Phone
A teenaged boy burnt his minor friend to death at nearby Adibatla for getting his cellphone to clear his debts, the police said.
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Andhra Man Sells Minor Daughter For Rs 1.5 Lakh, Tries To Sell Wife Too
An auto driver in Andhra Pradesh, who has debt running close to Rs 15 lakh, allegedly tried to sell his minor daughter and wife to pay off the loans. The man, 38, who has four daughters and one son -- all minors -- allegedly signed a bond months ago, promising to hand over one of his daughters, about 12 years old, once she attains puberty to a man ...
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Vikram Goud, Youth Congress Leader Shot At, May Have Planned Attack: Cops
Vikram Goud, the son of a former Andhra Pradesh minister in hospital after being shot last week in Hyderabad, staged the shootout, suspect police officers investigating the case.
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In South India, Drought Pushes Farmers And Their Families Into Debts, Demeaning Labour
Chennai: One of the worst droughts in decades across south India is forcing tens of thousands of farmers and labourers to take out loans to survive, pushing them into debt bondage and increasing the risk that they may be exploited for work, activists said. Villages across southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have be...
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'My Son Will Go To School,' Says 21-Year-Old Whose Husband Committed Suicide
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh: She married at 17 for love. Today, she is a widow, who is determined that her two-year-old son would not grow up to be a farmer like his father. He would go to school when he turns three and will complete his education. “I don’t know how I am going to manage,” said the 21-year-old who has no family, except a widowed mo...
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Monsoon Session Of Parliament 2016 - Day 11: Highlights
The tenth day of the monsoon session of parliament saw heated debate on the issue of special status for Andhra Pradesh and GST bill. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar also informed the House that the possibility of sabotage of missing AN-32 aircraft is very limited.Today, the Lok Sabha is likely to take up Debt Recovery Bill.
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37 Farmers Committed Suicide Due to Debt in Andhra Pradesh Since July 2014
As many as 37 farmers have committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh due to indebtedness since July last year, state Agriculture minister P Pulla Rao said in Hyderabad today.
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Andhra Pradesh Law-Makers Gift Themselves iPhones Worth Over a Crore
Andhra Pradesh was told earlier this month by its government that it is 17,500 crores in debt, which means there's little wriggle room to help farmers with loan waivers or to upgrade infrastructure in cities. But the broke state's law-makers aren't being left wanting - 175 members of the legislative assembly have been gifted an iPhone6 each.
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N Chandrababu Naidu Launches Debt Relief Scheme
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has today formally launched the 'Farmers Debt Redemption Scheme' in his native district of Chittoor, fulfilling a key electoral promise.
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Don't Go for Debt Waivers: RBI to States
Even as Andhra Pradesh and Telangana continue with demand of farm loan waivers, Reserve Bank of India (RB) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Monday asked the states to refrain from seeking such concessions.
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Parents, Unable To Repay Son's Online Gambling Debts, Die By Suicide In Andhra Pradesh: Cops
A married couple died by suicide due to their inability to repay debts incurred by their 22-year-old son through online gambling, police said on Wednesday.
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Centre Gives Nod For Andhra Pradesh To Raise Rs 10,500 Crore Via Borrowings: Report
The Government of India has given a much-needed breather to the cash-starved Andhra Pradesh government, allowing it to raise Rs 10,500 crore through open market borrowing (OMB) for the first nine months of the ongoing financial year.
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"Andhra's Rapid Industrialisation Only With Special Status": Jagan Reddy
The Centre should make credit available at lower costs for infrastructure building and also for boosting (industrial) manufacturing as prohibitive costs (of debt) have become the major impediment to growth, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Saturday.
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Andhra Pradesh Passes Gaming Amendment Bill To Ban Online Games
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed by voice vote the AP Gaming (Amendment) Bill 2020 banning online gaming in the state after some youngsters committed suicide in recent days after they were pushed into debts by playing online games.
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Jagan Mohan Reddy Removes Agriculture Debt Scheme Brought By TDP
Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP government on Wednesday removed the Agriculture Debt Redemption Scheme, 2014, which was brought in by the previous N Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP government in Andhra Pradesh.
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Hyderabad Teen Burns Minor Friend To Death To Steal His Mobile Phone
A teenaged boy burnt his minor friend to death at nearby Adibatla for getting his cellphone to clear his debts, the police said.
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Andhra Man Sells Minor Daughter For Rs 1.5 Lakh, Tries To Sell Wife Too
An auto driver in Andhra Pradesh, who has debt running close to Rs 15 lakh, allegedly tried to sell his minor daughter and wife to pay off the loans. The man, 38, who has four daughters and one son -- all minors -- allegedly signed a bond months ago, promising to hand over one of his daughters, about 12 years old, once she attains puberty to a man ...
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Vikram Goud, Youth Congress Leader Shot At, May Have Planned Attack: Cops
Vikram Goud, the son of a former Andhra Pradesh minister in hospital after being shot last week in Hyderabad, staged the shootout, suspect police officers investigating the case.
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In South India, Drought Pushes Farmers And Their Families Into Debts, Demeaning Labour
Chennai: One of the worst droughts in decades across south India is forcing tens of thousands of farmers and labourers to take out loans to survive, pushing them into debt bondage and increasing the risk that they may be exploited for work, activists said. Villages across southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have be...
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'My Son Will Go To School,' Says 21-Year-Old Whose Husband Committed Suicide
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh: She married at 17 for love. Today, she is a widow, who is determined that her two-year-old son would not grow up to be a farmer like his father. He would go to school when he turns three and will complete his education. “I don’t know how I am going to manage,” said the 21-year-old who has no family, except a widowed mo...
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Monsoon Session Of Parliament 2016 - Day 11: Highlights
The tenth day of the monsoon session of parliament saw heated debate on the issue of special status for Andhra Pradesh and GST bill. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar also informed the House that the possibility of sabotage of missing AN-32 aircraft is very limited.Today, the Lok Sabha is likely to take up Debt Recovery Bill.
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37 Farmers Committed Suicide Due to Debt in Andhra Pradesh Since July 2014
As many as 37 farmers have committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh due to indebtedness since July last year, state Agriculture minister P Pulla Rao said in Hyderabad today.
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Andhra Pradesh Law-Makers Gift Themselves iPhones Worth Over a Crore
Andhra Pradesh was told earlier this month by its government that it is 17,500 crores in debt, which means there's little wriggle room to help farmers with loan waivers or to upgrade infrastructure in cities. But the broke state's law-makers aren't being left wanting - 175 members of the legislative assembly have been gifted an iPhone6 each.
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N Chandrababu Naidu Launches Debt Relief Scheme
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has today formally launched the 'Farmers Debt Redemption Scheme' in his native district of Chittoor, fulfilling a key electoral promise.
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Don't Go for Debt Waivers: RBI to States
Even as Andhra Pradesh and Telangana continue with demand of farm loan waivers, Reserve Bank of India (RB) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Monday asked the states to refrain from seeking such concessions.
