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P Minister for education Audimulapu Suresh (Image credit: Wikipedia)

Call Off Stir, Minister Audimulapu Suresh Tells Municipal Workers

Vishakhpatnam: Municipal administration minister Audimulapu Suresh has appealed to civic workers to call off their...

8 Jan 2024 1:17 AM IST

Some 50 per cent of the reservations to the 511 bus service from Hyderabad was already booked. (Representational Image/

APSRTC to operate 6,795 special bus services for Sankranti festival...

VIJAYAWADA: The APSRTC will operate 6,795 special bus services for the Sankranti festival season from January 6 to 14...

6 Jan 2024 7:45 AM IST

The two kite shop owners who were arrested with the banned Chinese manja worth Rs 10.15 lakh. (Photo By Arrangement)

Two arrested with Rs 10.15 lakh worth Chinese manja during raid

Hyderabad: Two kite shop persons were arrested by the southeast zone task force and Kalapather police for selling the...

27 Dec 2023 8:51 PM IST

Jallikattu is an emotion: Bull-taming sport organisers welcome SC verdict

Jallikattu is an emotion: Bull-taming sport organisers welcome SC...

TIRUPATI: The Supreme Court order upholding the law enacted by Tamil Nadu allowing the bull-taming sport...

19 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Earlier, 781 APSRTC buses used to ply on 81 routes to Telangana state every day and nearly 500 TSRTC buses used to run on 21 routes to AP. (PTI File)

APSRTC earns â‚¹7.9 crore pre-Sankranti

Vijayawada: APSRTC has earned an additional revenue of â‚¹7.90 crore by operating special services during the period...

18 Jan 2023 7:58 AM IST

TD Kinjarapu Atchannaidu. (DC Image)

TD seeks immediate ban on cockfights

Vijayawada: Telugu Desam state president Kinjarapu Atchannaidu came down heavily on gambling and cockfights being...

15 Jan 2023 12:50 AM IST

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and former chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu wished the state and Telugus a happy Sankranti. (File Photo: DC)

Jagan, Naidu extend Sankranti wishes to all

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has extended his Bhogi and Sankranti greetings to the state’s...

14 Jan 2023 12:25 AM IST

Online gambling means online wagering or betting and includes playing any online game of chance for money or other stakes in any manner. (Representational image: Pixabay)

No casino in Gudivada for Sankranti as police act tough

Vijayawada: Casinos and gambling would not be allowed for the Sankranti festival in Gudivada in Krishna district as the...

13 Jan 2023 11:50 PM IST

Cock fight dens set up near Edupugallu in Krishna district, as part of Sankranti celebrations, on Friday (Narayana Rao/DC)

YSRC clears line for cockfights in Konaseema district

KAKINADA: YSRC leadership has cleared the line for organising cockfights in the state, in particular B.R. Ambedkar...

13 Jan 2023 11:50 PM IST

Long queue of vehicles on Vijayawada - Hyderabad National Highway as people have started heading for their ancestral homes, towns and villages for Sankranti celebrations (Narayana Rao/DC)

Heavy flow to native places for Sankranti after two years of lull

VIJAYAWADA: After a gap of two years plagued by the Covid crisis, lakhs of people are streaming from big cities to their...

13 Jan 2023 11:45 PM IST

Section 63 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, mentions that if any person or food business operator carries out a business related to manufacture, sale, storage, distribution and import of any food item without licence, will be liable for imprisonment and a fine that could be around Rs 5 lakh. Representational image/DC

TPC machines to check quality of oils used by eateries in Telangana

Vijayawada: The food safety authority has started using Total Polar Compound (TPC) machines to avoid reuse of cooking...

13 Jan 2023 12:07 AM IST

Some 90 per cent of the road between Khammam and Suryapet is now a six-lane road. The new road, technically called as 365-BB, will not touch Suryapet and connects to the Vijayawada and Hyderabad highway near a bridge on Musi river. DC Image

Festive travel picks up pace, highways face snarls

HYDERABAD: Roads leading to adjoining cities and states are witnessing snarls due to increased footfall ahead of the...

13 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST