PTI | |Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has launched 'Amaravathi e-brick' programme inviting financial contribution from Andhrites towards building the new capital.
PTI | |The 10-day-long Dussehra festival started today at the Sri Durgamalleswara Swamivarla Devastanaam popularly known as Kanaka Durga temple in the city.
TNN | |The stage is set for the 10-day Dasara festivities, which will commence on Tuesday at Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy temple on the Indrakeeladri hill in the city.
M N Samdani | |In what could be a pointer to the fast-changing dynamics in organizing the prestigious Amaravati foundation stone-laying ceremony, the state government has decided to ease out top event management firm Wizcraft from handling any work.
TNN | |People visiting government hospitals across Andhra Pradesh will have to pay user charges from the beginning of next year. Strongly advocating collection of user charges from patients and opening the doors for private practitioners to make use of equipment in public sector hospitals, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday said that the new guidelines should be implemented from January 1.
TNN | |Even as the city gears up for Navaratri celebrations, the arrangements for Dasara atop Indrakeeladri are far from complete. While applications for medical personnel have been scrutinised, the management is busy identifying the people who will be on duty in the next week or so.
TNN | |Commissioner of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation G Veerapandian directed public health department officials to ensure that shops near the ghats have dustbins and maintain proper sanitation standards in view of Dasara.
TNN | |Former AP state cricketer M Durga Bhavani allegedly committed suicide by hanging at her residence in Gunadala here on Sunday. The police, however, did not find any suicide note.
MN Samdani | |The fate of the Polavaram project, touted as the lifeline of Andhra Pradesh, hangs in balance if its revised cost estimate is any indication. The state cabinet, in its meeting on Saturday, had raised the project cost to a whopping Rs 36,000 crore.