Andhra Pradesh

Heavy rainfall in several parts of Kerala

Heavy rains lash AP as deep depression crosses coast

10:58 am October 13, 2020

Amaravati(AP): The deep depression in Bay of Bengal crossed the coast close to Kakinada in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, bringing with it a massive downpour in several districts. The State Disaster Management Authority said the deep depression crossed the coast between 6.30 pm and 7.30 AM. Rainfall ranging from 11.5 cm […]

Jawahar Reddy assumes office as new TTD EO

7:34 pm October 10, 2020

Tirupati: Senior IAS officer K S Jawahar Reddy on Saturday took charge as Executive Officer of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) that governs the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala here. Prior to taking up the reins of the world’s richest hill shrine that fetches an annual income of over Rs 3,300 crore, […]

RIL donates Rs 1.01 crore to Lord Balaji shrine on New Year eve

Chennai woman devotee donates 1 crore to Tirumala shrine

10:02 pm September 30, 2020

Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh): A woman devotee from Chennai on Wednesday made an offering of Rs 1 crore to Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala near here. She gave the sum with a request to utilise it for developing the temple-run TV channel ‘Sri Venkateswara Bhakthi Channel (SVBC),’ an official of the hill shrine said. After worship […]

Travellers from Dubai, UK contributed maximum COVID-19 importations into India: IIT study

1:12 pm September 27, 2020

New Delhi: Travellers from Dubai and the UK were primary sources of COVID-19 importations into India, according to an analytical study done by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi. According to the research, which has been published in the Journal of Travel Medicine, COVID-19 got induced into Indian states mainly due to international travels. The study has also found that infected cases […]

India’s COVID-19 recoveries close to 48 lakh

7:37 pm September 25, 2020

New Delhi: India’s total COVID-19 recoveries have surged to over 47.5 lakh with 10 states and union territories including Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal accounting for 73 per cent of the new recovered cases, the Union health ministry said on Friday. A total of 81,177 patients have recuperated from COVID-19 in a span of 24 […]