Lakshmi Parthasarathy takes charge as ADC CMD

Guntur: D Lakshmi Parthasarathy took over charge as Amaravati Development Corporation (ADC) Chairperson-cum-Managing Director at ADC head office in Vijayawada on Monday. Earlier also she worked as ADC CMD from January 2016 to July 2019. As soon as she took charge, the officials of the various departments in the ADC met her, gave flower bouquets

Social family drama ‘Kanakapushya Ragam’ mesmerises audience

Vijayawada: Drusya Vedika Samskrutika Seva Samstha organised a yesteryear social family drama titled ‘Kanakapushya Ragam’ at Velidandla Hanumantharaya Grandhalayam here on Sunday. Sixty years back this play was staged for the first time in Vijayawada, which was directed by late K Venkateswara Rao. As part of Venkateswara Rao’s centenary celebrations, Drusya Vedika members presented ‘Kanakapusya

New criminal laws come into effect

New Delhi: As the new criminal laws take effect, one of the first FIRs under Section 173 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was registered in Delhi on Monday. A street vendor was charged under Section 285 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for obstructing a foot overbridge at New Delhi Railway Station and

Naidu, Revanth to meet on Saturday

Vijayawada: Chief Ministers of Telugu States, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will meet at Hyderabad on July 6 to discuss the long-pending issues between the two states arising from the AP State Reorganisation Act 2014. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday wrote a letter to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. Naidu in

Kolusu vows to strive for Nuzvid development

Eluru: Housing, Information and Public Relations Minister Kolusu Parthasarathy has said that he will fulfil every promise made during the election for the development of Nuzvid town. He personally visited the homes of the beneficiaries and distributed NTR Bharosa pensions at Gandhinagar in Nuzvid on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the Naidu’s

SCR GM meets CM

Vijayawada: Arun Kumar Jain, General Manager, South Central Railway, called on Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at AP Secretariat, Velagapudi, Amaravati on Monday. He apprised Naidu on the railway projects anddevelopmental works undertaken in Andhra Pradesh. Vijayawada Divisional Railway Manager Narendra A Patil and M Ramakrishna, Divisional Railway Manager, Guntur Division, accompanied the General Manager. Reference

India likely to receive above normal rainfall in July

New Delhi: India’s rainfall in July is likely to be ‘normal’ to ‘above normal’ in most regions of the country, Indian Meteorological Department’s (IMD’s) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said on Monday. IMD also said that the country is set to have above normal maximum temperature this month. Mohapatra was speaking at a press conference organised

Pensioners become emotional with CM

Vijayawada: The NTR Bharosa, pension distribution scheme that was launched on Monday on a mega scale by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan and other ministers and MLAs across the state, witnessed some interesting moments. While some beneficiaries turned emotional as they got money on the first day of the month