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Hyderabad: Mild tremors were felt in several villages in four districts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana post the intervening night of Saturday - Sunday. People ran out of their houses in fear. The tremors were recorded for 5 to 12 seconds between 2:37 and 2:50 am. People said they felt their beds shaking when they were fast asleep. According to officials at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), the earthquake was of the magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale and was recorded with Velutur village in Suryapet district as epic centre. No damage was reported. Some people said tremors were also felt in Hyderabad old city under the impact of the quake. … [Read more...] about Tremors felt in several villages in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): A Maoist was killed and another seriously injured in an unusual attack with stones by villagers in Andhra Pradesh - Orissa border. According to information available, the incident took place in Janturai village in Jodambo panchayat in Chitrakonda block late on Saturday night. Three Maoists entered the village to pick up a youth, suspecting that he was acting as police informer. The villagers revolted against them and asked them to leave the village. The Maoists were insisting that the youth should be sent with them. The villagers grew angry and pelted stones at them. While one escaped, one died on the spot and the other suffered injuries. The deceased was identified as Hadmi, a member of the Gumma Area Committee. The injured is Jipo, a member of the Nandipur Area Committee. … [Read more...] about Maoist stoned to death by villagers in Andhra Pradesh-Orissa border

"It is undemocratic to prevent the public representatives from going to a meeting of the Amaravati Parirakshana Samiti Joint Action Committee. The YSRCP government is creating panic among the people of 29 villages. Thousands of police personnel are deployed and are made police 'raj'. They made the capital, which ran smoothly for the past five years, controversial," Naidu said in a statement. … [Read more...] about TDP Leaders Under House Arrest Ahead of Andhra Cabinet Meet to Finalise Proposal for Three Capitals

Amaravati: A minister hoisted the National Flag upside down in Visakhapatnam city of Andhra Pradesh on Republic Day on Sunday. Avanthi Srinivas, the minister for tourism, also offered salute and joined chorus in singing the national anthem, without noticing the mistake. Later, one of the participants alerted about the blunder. The organisers pulled down the flag and corrected the mistake. Several senior leaders of the ruling YSR Congress Party, including Dronamraju Srinivas, were present at the flag hoisting event at the party office in the port city. Even the opposition Telugu Desam Party criticised him for the blunder. TDP MLC Satyanarayana Raju tweeted the video, commenting that the YSRCP has the history of erasing the tricolour to paint the party colour on government office building (panchayat). Recently, Avanthi became controversial for trying for wearing chappals while in the Swamy Ayyappa deeksha. He maintained that he needed to wear chappals for health reasons. … [Read more...] about Andhra minister Avanthi Srinivas hoists tricolour upside down, faces netizens’ ire

AMARAVATI: The Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress Party storming to power in Andhra Pradesh with a landslide win, its sweeping moves, some of them controversial and the uncertainty over the future of state capital Amaravati dominated the events during 2019. The crushing defeat of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) headed by N. Chandrababu Naidu in the simultaneous elections to the state Assembly and the Lok Sabha changed the political scene in the state as it completed a five year journey after bifurcation. Riding on a huge anti-incumbency wave, the YSRCP bagged 151 seats in the 175-member Assembly and won 22 out of the 25 Lok Sabha seats, decimating the opposition. The TDP could win just 23 Assembly and three Lok Sabha seats while actor Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena failed to make any impact, winning just one Assembly seat. Pawan Kalyan himself faced humiliation in both the Assembly constituencies he contested from. By defeating Naidu, a leader with 40 years in politics, Jagan Mohan Reddy … [Read more...] about Andhra Pradesh in 2019: Power to Jagan Mohan Reddy, Amaravati conundrum mark this year