Tag: Andhra Pradesh

New Delhi: The CPI(M) today criticised Centre over Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express derailment, which has claimed over 35 lives, saying the Railway Ministry has “totally failed” in providing elementary safety for passengers. Averring such accidents are taking place with “distressing frequency”, party Politburo also rued it was “unfortunate” that none at the highest levels in the government, […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said a team of doctors has been rushed to Andhra Pradesh where Hirakhand Express derailed last night and he is in touch with authorities to ensure speedy delivery of relief to injured and stranded passengers. Condoling the death of passengers of the ill-fated train which derailed in […]

New Delhi: Nearly 100 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force have reached the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express derailment site in Andhra Pradesh to assist in rescue and relief operations. Official sources said NDRF personnel will help railway authorities and the local administration in the rescue and relief operations. “NDRD team has already reached the spot to […]

Hyderabad: As many as 140 minors, including girls, who were working at a brick kiln on the city outskirts, have been rescued today, police said. All the children belong to Odisha, they said. The minors, all below 18 years of age and some even aged between 7 and 8, were working in a brick manufacturing […]

New Delhi: The multi-purpose Polavaram project is the “lifeline” of Andhra Pradesh and it is not going to affect any other state, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said here today. Addressing an event, in which NABARD issued a cheque of Rs 1,981 crore to Andhra Pradesh as assistance for the project, Naidu said “misgivings or fears”, […]

Bhubaneswar: Scientists and researchers working on climate change and analysing natural disasters must step forward to guide policy makers as to how to tackle such issues and chalk out a plan for the future, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. “People are concerned about climate change and scientists and researchers need to contribute by advising […]

Hyderabad: CPI today demanded a judicial inquiry into the encounter in which 28 Maoists were gunned down by a joint team of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha police and deplored the action as “highhanded” killings. In the same breathe, CPI general secretary S Sudhakar Reddy also condemned the threat issued to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N […]

Bhubaneswar: While the killing of at least 24 Maoists, including seven of their top leaders, dealt a major psychological blow to the outlawed CPI(Maoist) in Odisha, it has boosted the morale of the security personnel as the Maoists have lost their “safe home” in Malkangiri district. The killings took place during a joint operation by […]

Malkangiri: At least 24 Maoists, including their top leaders, were gunned down in a fierce gun-battle with security forces in Malkangiri district on the border with Andhra Pradesh, giving a major blow to the ultras. A senior commando of the elite anti-Naxal force, Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh was also killed, while another commando was injured […]

Bhubaneswar: With the south west monsoon active over the state, rain soaked Odisha is likely to receive further downpour at many places during the next 24 hours due to a well marked low pressure area, IMD said. The system created over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining areas of Chattisgarh and Telangana now lies over […]

Bhubaneswar: Seeking a halt to the construction of the controversial Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh, the CPI(M) today urged Odisha Governor S C Jamir to take up the matter with the Centre and ensure a joint meeting among the affected states. The CPI(M)’s suggestion to the Governor came in the backdrop of a tripartite meeting […]

Rejecting neighbouring Andhra Pradesh's request to conduct a public hearing on the Polavaram project, the Odisha government today said it cannot go for such an exercise because the matter was sub-judice

The Odisha government today decided to set up two Odia language chairs in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat

As a very severe cyclonic storm Hudhud made landfall in Andhra Pradesh, the Odisha government today said about 1,56, 169 people have been evacuated and the state administration is prepared to face the eventuality.

Taking exception to Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker N. Manohar rejecting en masse resignations of MLAs from Telangana, TDP legislators from the region on Sunday said they are ready to put in their papers again.