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Banana gardens at Undavalli near Vijayawada. (Photo DECCAN CHRONICLE)

Banana board in Andhra Pradesh stressed

Banana is the third important fruit crop after mango and citrus in the state.

19 Jan 2017 7:09 AM IST

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams

Controversy over picking of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam executive...

Senior IAS officers are opposing the proposal, but top politicians are pressuring the government to make the...

19 Jan 2017 7:05 AM IST

CBSE and ICSE schools in the state are collecting capitation fee in the range of Rs 10,000 to Rs 2 lakh under the guise of building fee, infrastructure fee or some other fees. (Representational image)

Andhra Pradesh: 1,200 schools shut over merger of sports, youth...

HRD ministry has also raised the question as to why sports education is neglected in the upper primary, higher secondary...

19 Jan 2017 7:04 AM IST

District child protection officers, who double up as child marriage prevention officers, have been ordered to initiate strict penal proceedings against parents pushing girls below 18 years into marriage. (Representational image)

Marrying a purohit fetches Rs 1 lakh in Andhra Pradesh

Purohits and Veda pandits are finding it difficult to find a girl willing to marry them.

19 Jan 2017 6:59 AM IST

The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) in Telangana has decided to hold practical exams for senior Intermediate students only in colleges equipped with CCTV (closed circuit television) facilities.

Andhra Pradesh: Medical aspirant students demand common platform

Supreme Court directed institutions to go for a joint exercise.

19 Jan 2017 6:53 AM IST

The chief ministers statement comes in the wake of opposition claims that over 100 farmers have died in the state due to shock or committed suicide due to distress over crop failure. (Photo: Representational Image)

Paddy prices likely to increase soon in Andhra Pradesh

Scanty rainfall, poor water reserves drastically hit farmers.

19 Jan 2017 6:47 AM IST

The chief ministers statement comes in the wake of opposition claims that over 100 farmers have died in the state due to shock or committed suicide due to distress over crop failure. (Photo: Representational Image)

Andhra Pradesh farmers unite to break coconut mafia'

Farmer-Producer Organisation set up with 1,000 farmers.

19 Jan 2017 6:44 AM IST

Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu. (Photo: AP)

Venkaiah promises more funds for health care

The ongoing dialysis programme with 25 machines cater to over 26,000 haemodialysis sessions per year.

19 Jan 2017 6:41 AM IST

People arrange crackers to celebrate the raid on police official D. Durga Prasads house on Wednesday. (Photo: DC)

Hyderabad: Public celebrates as ACB raids police officer's house

The celebrants said that Durga Prasad harassed the public while working in Guntur rural and Pattabhipuram police...

19 Jan 2017 2:35 AM IST

Ready to contest in 2019 general elections: Lokesh

He said the talk of his joining the state Cabinet was a mere speculation.

19 Jan 2017 2:17 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh MLAs prefer to meet babus for real solutions

The netas claim that if they had information on the right people, they could share details on local issues.

18 Jan 2017 4:12 AM IST

While the Telangana State Pollution Control Board officials say that controlling noise pollution is not in their hands as it is mainly due to honking by motorists and that the responsibility falls on the traffic police, a senior traffic police official said the first step is to identify high noise pollution zones. (Representational image)

Noise in Vizag above ear-shattering limits

Officials fail to implement no honking' rule in silence zones.

18 Jan 2017 4:09 AM IST