Andhra Pradesh Strike

In a deft move, the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday managed to strike a balance as it announced a liberal allocation for Bihar in the Union Budget without yielding ground on the state's demand for a 'special status/package'.

The Telugu Desam Party has decided to observe a mass hunger strike across Andhra Pradesh on Sunday in protest against the "illegal" arrest of party supremo and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

The officials at Andhra Pradesh's famous Tirumala temple today wielded brooms instead of pens, a week after nearly a thousand sanitation workers went on a flash strike without notice over alleged pay discrepancy.

Several lakh students of classes 9 to 12 studying in government schools in Andhra Pradesh were on Monday left disappointed as the state could not keep its promise of delivering them laptop computers.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter scale occurred 85 km Northeast of Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati, said National Center for Seismology on Sunday.

Marathon talks between agitating employees and Andhra Pradesh government ended on a fruitful note late Saturday night, following which the former withdrew their call for an indefinite strike.

Hundreds of Andhra Pradesh government employees sat idle in offices while others walked backwards outside the state secretariat in Amaravati on Friday to protest salary revisions that they are not happy with and does not meet their expectations.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 was reported near Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning, according to India's National Center for Seismology.

YS Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Thursday was taken into police custody as she breached the time allotted for her sit-in hunger strike at Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad demanding the Telangana government to rel

Nearly 400 people have contracted a mystery illness at Eluru in Andhra Pradesh -- 150 of the 380 patients are admitted in hospitals. One person, a 45-year-old, died on December 5. It is not clear yet what is causing the disease. People suffer fits and nausea and fall unconscious.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 was reported near Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday evening, according to India's National Center for Seismology.

India on Sunday successfully test-fired the 3,500 km strike range nuclear-capable K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, further strengthening capabilities to hit enemy targets from submarines.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Kollu Ravindra has been on a hunger strike since Thursday to protest against what he says is sand scarcity in Andhra Pradesh, seeking the government's intervention in the matter. He is expected to end his fast late on Saturday.

Less than a month before the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 paramilitary soldiers were killed in the worst ever strike of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir in decades, a senior officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had warned of gaps in its anti-terror training.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu began a day-long hunger strike in New Delhi this morning to demand special status for the state and urge the centre to fulfil promises made when Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. The protest comes just a day after PM Modi held a rally in Andhra Pradesh, roasting Mr Naidu for allege...

In a deft move, the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday managed to strike a balance as it announced a liberal allocation for Bihar in the Union Budget without yielding ground on the state's demand for a 'special status/package'.

The Telugu Desam Party has decided to observe a mass hunger strike across Andhra Pradesh on Sunday in protest against the "illegal" arrest of party supremo and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

The officials at Andhra Pradesh's famous Tirumala temple today wielded brooms instead of pens, a week after nearly a thousand sanitation workers went on a flash strike without notice over alleged pay discrepancy.

Several lakh students of classes 9 to 12 studying in government schools in Andhra Pradesh were on Monday left disappointed as the state could not keep its promise of delivering them laptop computers.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter scale occurred 85 km Northeast of Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati, said National Center for Seismology on Sunday.

Marathon talks between agitating employees and Andhra Pradesh government ended on a fruitful note late Saturday night, following which the former withdrew their call for an indefinite strike.

Hundreds of Andhra Pradesh government employees sat idle in offices while others walked backwards outside the state secretariat in Amaravati on Friday to protest salary revisions that they are not happy with and does not meet their expectations.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 was reported near Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning, according to India's National Center for Seismology.

YS Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Thursday was taken into police custody as she breached the time allotted for her sit-in hunger strike at Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad demanding the Telangana government to rel

Nearly 400 people have contracted a mystery illness at Eluru in Andhra Pradesh -- 150 of the 380 patients are admitted in hospitals. One person, a 45-year-old, died on December 5. It is not clear yet what is causing the disease. People suffer fits and nausea and fall unconscious.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 was reported near Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday evening, according to India's National Center for Seismology.

India on Sunday successfully test-fired the 3,500 km strike range nuclear-capable K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, further strengthening capabilities to hit enemy targets from submarines.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Kollu Ravindra has been on a hunger strike since Thursday to protest against what he says is sand scarcity in Andhra Pradesh, seeking the government's intervention in the matter. He is expected to end his fast late on Saturday.

Less than a month before the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 paramilitary soldiers were killed in the worst ever strike of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir in decades, a senior officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had warned of gaps in its anti-terror training.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu began a day-long hunger strike in New Delhi this morning to demand special status for the state and urge the centre to fulfil promises made when Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. The protest comes just a day after PM Modi held a rally in Andhra Pradesh, roasting Mr Naidu for allege...