Andhra Pradesh

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the YSR Congress on Tuesday supported the idea of simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and state assemblies, albeit with certain riders. Deposing before the Law Commission -- that has invited all national and…

ONI Bureau:  In a bid to woo the people of Kotia and prevent them from being lured by official from Andhra Pradesh, a four-member team of Koraput district administration on Thursday visited the Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block in…

Five Lok Sabha MPs of the YSR Congress on Wednesday met Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to convey that they stand by their resignations and urged her to accept the same immediately. The MPs had submitted their resignations on April 6 -- the last…

With Odisha mulling setting up a legislative council, a committee will soon leave for Andhra Pradesh and Bihar to make a detailed study about the formation and functioning of their upper houses of legislature, an official statement said on…

Bodies of 12 persons including two children were retrieved from Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as a search was on for others who went missing after a launch capsized the previous evening. Rescue workers pulled out the…

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared in-principle a proposal for setting up a central university in Andhra Pradesh and approved a provisioning of Rs 450 crore for its first phase, an official said. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime…

Bodies of two children were retrieved from Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as a search was on for others who went missing after a launch capsized the previous evening. Personnel from the Indian Navy traced the launch which…

It's a dispute that has been simmering for 65 years. The Kotia group of villages on the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border is claimed by both states, and neither is willing to relent. The area comprises 21 villages. The dispute seems to be…

Reliance Infrastructure Limited EPC has received the Letter of Award (LOA) from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for its maiden railway project worth Rs 774 crore for the construction of third rail line between Jimidipeta and Gotlam on East…

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who hails from Odisha, on Monday said that the state will give a befitting reply to Andhra Pradesh over the border dispute through developmental works. Pradhan, who visited the disputed Kotia group of…