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Andhra Pradesh reports 9,996 fresh Covid-19 cases, tally now over 264,000

Covid-19 tally shot up to 264,142 in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday as 9,996 fresh cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the latest bulletin said

Andhra's Covid-19 mortality rate low with aggressive testing: Jagan Reddy

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday said that the state could keep the Covid-19 mortality rate low with aggressive testing and contact tracing

AP govt hikes land value in urban areas; eyes Rs 800 cr addl annual revenue

Cash-starved Andhra Pradesh government enhanced the value of land in urban areas by 10 to 30% to net an additional revenue of Rs 800 crore per annum but kept the registration rate unchanged at 6%

Vijayawada fire: Andhra CM announces Rs 50-lakh ex-gratia to kin of 10 dead

The Chief Minister assured to provide necessary help and support to the families affected by the incident

Early report blames short circuit for Vijayawada accident; CM orders probe

Seven people lost their lives and 30 were rescued in the incident, Vijayawada Police informed

Amid Covid-19 surge, Andhra Pradesh to focus on reducing mortality rate

Observing that peaking of Covidcases was a natural consequence, Andhra Pradesh Special Chief Secretary (Health) K S Jawahar Reddy on Saturday said their focus was now on reducing the mortality rate

Indian School of Business to help Andhra Pradesh with post-Covid recovery

AP Economic Development Board CEO, J.V.N. Subramanyam and ISB Dean Prof Rajendra Srivastava exchanged the MoU

Visakhapatnam gas leak case: Andhra HC grants bail to LG Polymers CEO

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday granted bail to LG Polymer's CEO Sunke Jeyong, director DS Kim, Operations Additional Director PP Mohan Rao and eight other accused in Vizag's LG polymer gas leakage incident.Earlier last month, police had said that the judicial remand of 12 accused, including the CEO and two directors of the company, had been extended till August 5.The gas leak incident, which claimed 12 lives, took place on May 7 this year following which cases were filed against the LG Polymers management.After 2 months, the High Power Committee headed by Neerabh Kumar Prasad, special CS (EFS & T) has submitted its report to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in July.

Andhra High Court orders status quo on two new laws for three capitals

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday ordered a status quo on two new laws that enable the establishment of three new capitals for the state.

Chandrababu challenges CM Jagan to withdraw 3 capitals or dissolve Assembly

TDP Chief Naidu gave an ultimatum to Jaganmohan Reddy to withdraw three capitals decision within 48 hours or abolish the Assembly to seek a fresh public mandate on his decision for trifurcation

Vizag crane collapse: HSL announces Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia, job for kin

Eleven persons lost their lives in the crane collapse incident at HSL, Visakhapatnam on August 1.

Andhra Pradesh coronavirus update: Meteoric rise in cases in around 15 days

Andhra Pradesh has witnessed a meteoric rise in the numbers related to Covid-19 in less than a fortnight as the state has now climbed to the third spot behind Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu

Covid-19 cases breach 150,000 mark in Andhra Pradesh with 9,276 new cases

Coronavirus cases crossed the 150,000 mark in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday as another 9,276 were added but a record high of 12,750 patients had recovered and discharged from hospitals in 24 hours

11 dead as crane crashes at Hindustan Shipyard in Vizag, CM orders action

Four of the victims were employees of HSL while the rest belonged to a contracting agency, District Collector Vinay Chand told reporters

Andhra capital Bill gets Governor's nod; TDP calls it a 'historic blunder'

Former CM N Chandrababu Naidu said that his successor Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was taking a sadistic pleasure in demolishing and destroying Amaravati

Andhra Pradesh reports 10,000 plus cases for 3rd day; tally reaches 140,000

Andhra Pradesh on Friday added 10,376 fresh cases of coronavirus, crossing the five digit mark for the third straight day as the overall tally mounted to 1,40,933

Krishna River Board directs Andhra govt to stop Rayalaseema project works

The Krishna River Management Board has directed the Andhra Pradesh government not to proceed ahead with the tender process for the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme

Andhra Pradesh reports highest single day spike with 7,998 new corona cases

Andhra Pradesh reported highest single day spike with 7,998 fresh coronavirus cases taking the total tally to 72,711 on Thursday, health officials said

India reports 37,724 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours; tally nears 1.2 million

The death toll due to the disease rises to 28,732 with 648 people succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours

Andhra plans to reopen schools from Sep 5, final decision closer to date

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to restart schools from September 5, but the final decision will be taken based on the situation when the date approaches