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A small sachet costs a minimum of Rs 50,000 and goes up to Rs 1 lakh depending on the demand of the consumers, who are mostly students and employees of corporate companies. Representational Image. (DC Image)

Smugglers take to more lucrative liquid ganja

In the latest case, the SEB sleuths seized 18 kgs of liquid ganja worth Rs 50 lakh at Chintapalli in Visakhapatnam

7 Nov 2021 2:17 AM IST

Pollution levels have been comparatively less this year as compared to October 27 in 2019. (PTI file photo)

Dip in pollution levels this Diwali in Andhra Pradesh

There have been fewer fire accidents and hospital admissions of patients with eye injuries from fire-crackers

5 Nov 2021 11:32 PM IST

The state government is studying the feasibility of establishing a water sports facility. (Representational Photo:DC)

AP govt eyes locations in Vizag for water sports

Three locations Pedacheruvu, Tajani and Ravanapalli identified in Vizag agency

1 Nov 2021 12:00 AM IST

The network has been so entrenched that agents from other states are convincing local farmers against cultivating cotton and make them realise the financial bonanza if they take to ganja cultivation. (Representional Image)

High costs of IML brands open doors for ID liquor, ganja makers

The free availability of intoxicants in residential areas has created panic among the general public

30 Oct 2021 8:05 AM IST

Borra Caves in the district emerged as the favourite tourist spot for visitors to the division. Nearly 35 lakhs of the total earnings in the division for this month were reported from Borra Caves only. (DC file photo)

Tourism set to bounce back in AP

Visakhapatnam division's share of earnings is around 60 per cent in earnings from services to the tourists

24 Oct 2021 12:00 AM IST

The laboratory will be equipped with modern state of art analytical instruments and equipment to test food and water samples, Chairman of DRDO, Dr. G Sathish Reddy said. (DC Image)

Vizag plans lab in water, food research and testing

Andhra University (AU) expressed interest to operate the lab by providing required prime infrastructure like building...

21 Oct 2021 2:31 AM IST

The two Telugu-speaking states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have more elderly people, who are aged 60 years and above, compared with their national population. (PTI file photo)

Elderly thrive in AP, TS; outstrip national average

AP has 12.4 per cent of elderly people in the total population as per the 2021 census, while TS has 11 per cent

18 Oct 2021 11:26 PM IST

In the Vizag region, nearly 7,000 staff engaged in the services. Nearly 60 postal department staff including postmen died of the Covid-19 and 1,000-odd suffered from the Covid-19 infections. (PTI file photo)

India Post delivered 3.7 lakh medicine parcels in Vizag

Delivery of medicines and materials like PPE kits to Covid-19 patients, doctors and hospitals topped in the lists of...

18 Oct 2021 12:00 AM IST

With the Dasara festival approaching, traders and vendors have started procuring sheep from neighbouring states to meet the demand for the animal. (PTI file photo)

Sheep procured from other states to meet demand for Dasara in AP

The animals sacrificed as prayer offerings to Goddess Durga are brought from Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Madhya...

11 Oct 2021 12:00 AM IST

Going by the latest track of the weather system, the to-be-developed Shaheen was located 190 km away from Gujarat coast and 200 km near to Karachi coast in Pakistan as on Thursday evening. (AFP)

Born on Indian coast, remnants of Gulab to hit Pak coast as another...

After making landfall at Srikakulam district on September 26, Gulab weakened into the next lower levels like deep...

1 Oct 2021 12:42 AM IST

UGC secretary Prof. Rajnish Jain and CTU vice-chancellor TV Kattimani studying the land for Central Tribal University in Vizianagaram of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. (Photo: DC)

UGC identifies 611 acres of land for Central Tribal University in...

State govt has to clear the land for the Centre for constructing buildings of Tribal University

30 Sept 2021 8:36 AM IST

Villagers wade through a flood affected area following heavy rains induced by Cyclone Gulab in Visakhapatnam, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Remnants of Gulab likely to cause another storm in a few days

'If conditions favour, there will be chances of a storm in the Arabian Sea, but it is too early to predict,' IMD,...

28 Sept 2021 6:25 AM IST