Top storyYSR Congress Party Kanigiri constituency incharge Dr Daddala Narayana Yadav was felicitated at the district party office in Ongole on completing his term as ZPTC of Hanumanthunipadu mandal in Kanigiri constituency. Rajya Sabha member and former TTD chairman Y.V. Subba Reddy, regional co-ordinator Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy, Prakasam district party president and Darsi MLA Dr Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy and Ongole parliament incharge Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy presented him a shawl, garland and shield. Leaders praised his efforts to resolve public problems.
Police have arrested Musunuri Srinivas and Soujanya, a couple from Paiduruapdu near Vijayawada, for allegedly collecting over Rs 13 crore from hundreds of job seekers by promising jobs in the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and Finland. Running consultancies named Flying Borders, they advertised on YouTube and Instagram and held fake online interviews, charging Rs 8 lakh to Rs 13 lakh each. Police cite Rs 11 crore from 700 victims in Vijayawada and Rs 2.2 crore from 130 in Visakhapatnam.
Senior IPS officer Digambar P. Pradhan from Maharashtra arrived in Srikakulam on Thursday as district police observer for the general elections. SP G.R. Radhika met him at the police office guest house, presented a bouquet and discussed police-related election matters. He will act as police observer for Srikakulam, Amadalavalasa, Narasannapeta, Pathapatnam, Tekkali, Palasa and Ichchapuram constituencies. Along with Sandeep Kumar (IAS), Satyendra Patel and Tat Parvez Iqbal, he called on Collector and District Election Officer Manjir Jilani Samoon.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu announced on X that the Veligonda project, a three-decade aspiration of people in western undivided Prakasam district, will be inaugurated on August 31. At the Markapuram event, 10.7 TMC of Krishna water will be released into Nallamala Sagar. He recalled laying the foundation stone on March 5, 1996 as united Andhra Pradesh CM. Phase-1 will irrigate 1.19 lakh acres and Phase-2 another 3.28 lakh acres, he said, promising a permanent solution to fluoride problems in western Prakasam.
The Association of Integrity Christian Council (AICC) has appointed Reverend Kakarla Rajendra Prasad (Pandanna) of Tanuku as its West Godavari district president and Kreestudasu as district secretary. They received appointment letters from international president Gerahanoku at the AICC national-level core committee meeting held in Vijayawada on Wednesday. Representatives from all districts in the state attended and shared views on issues facing Christians. Pandanna said AICC would support Christians facing difficulties in the district and form committees in every mandal.
Mango farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district are using top working, a grafting method that produces new varieties on old trees. Branches are cut at four feet, and shoots collected from a mother plant are grafted on. Fruit is harvested from the second year. In a 30-year-old orchard with 50 trees an acre, 20 grafts per tree means 1,000 grafts at Rs 5 each, or Rs 5,000. Horticulture AD Dr Koteswara Rao said ten varieties can be grown on one tree.
Thieves broke the locks of a house in Prakash Nagar, Narasaraopet town of Palnadu district, and took away 100 sovereigns of gold, one kilogram of silver and Rs 45,000 in cash. Victims Gadiparti Subbarao and Bharathi Devi had gone to their daughter's house at Ganapavaram in Nadendla mandal on the 4th of this month. On returning Sunday afternoon, they found the locks broken and the almirah open. One Town police were informed. CI Firoz inspected the house and a clues team collected samples. A case has been registered and investigation is on, the CI said.
Speaking at the Pan IIT Summit-2026 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh IT and Education Minister Nara Lokesh said Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's experience, the strong software, is now backed by a young hardware team. He said 50% of the party's MLAs and 17 of 25 ministers are first-timers. The government follows a '3S' mantra of speed, service and stability, he said, adding that 23 industrial clusters are being set up and 4.8 GW of renewable capacity was added in a year.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu attended a public meeting at Pamidimukkala in Krishna district as part of May Day and 'Pedala Sevalo' programmes. He said leaders who stay among people and work to resolve their problems would get priority, and MLAs who do not perform would not get a chance to contest again in the next elections. He alleged opposition parties were indulging in destructive politics and said Andhra Pradesh was in a redevelopment phase under the NDA. Earlier, he visited an anganwadi centre and fed children milk and fruit.
Cyber fraudsters promising profits in online trading made a Mangalagiri resident transfer lakhs of rupees in instalments to accounts they specified. When he was told to deposit more money to withdraw the shown profits, he realised the fraud and complained immediately. Police froze the accounts and recovered 25% of the amount. The receiving account belonged to a laundry worker in Karnataka whose details a person from Odisha obtained for a payment. Police advised complaints to 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in.
Nandikotkur MLA Githa Jayasurya took part in a ward visit programme at C.S.I. Palem in Nandikotkur municipality. He met residents of the ward and enquired about their problems. He examined issues relating to drinking water, roads, drainage, sanitation and basic infrastructure. He directed that the problems raised by people be brought to the notice of concerned officials and steps taken to resolve them. He said the government is working to provide necessary infrastructure and that efforts for the town's development will continue. Municipal Commissioner Venkatarami Reddy, ward and town leaders and officials attended.
Two labourers were killed in a road accident on a national highway near Yernagudem in Devarapalli mandal of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, in the early hours of the morning. An unidentified vehicle hit the tractor in which the labourers were travelling from behind, killing Srinu (39) and Kadali Rajendra (32), both from Devarapalli village, on the spot. Police reached the site, registered a case and began an investigation. Full details are awaited.
MLC Nagababu, actor Varun Tej, Lavanya Tripathi and Niharika Konidela visited the Tirumala temple on Friday along with family members. They had darshan of the deity during VIP break darshan time, after which Vedic scholars offered blessings at Ranganayakula Mandapam. Temple officials honoured them with Swami vari vastram and presented theertha prasadam. Nagababu performed the tonsuring offering of Varun Tej's son Vaayuv Tej. Related videos are going viral on social media.
Water available to passengers at stations in the Vijayawada railway division is completely safe to drink, according to a quality-testing report by South Central Railway officials. Of 633 samples collected across 99 stations, none showed traces of harmful bacteria. In 9,571 chlorination tests at 83 stations, 9,565 met prescribed standards, a pass rate of 99.93%. Minor deviations at six locations were corrected immediately. Vijayawada Junction underwent 127 bacteria and 1,249 chlorine tests.
Yashoda, 38, was beaten to death with a stick by her husband Ramana at Marella in KV Palli mandal of Annamayya district. The couple, married 22 years ago, have two children. Yashoda had gone to Kuwait for work three years ago and returned to her village a month ago, and was trying to go back. Police suspect Ramana, who opposed the move and doubted her conduct, hit her on the head while she slept. He surrendered at the police station and was arrested.
The PanIIT Andhra Pradesh Summit 2026, organised by PanIIT Alumni India, will be held on Saturday at Dr BR Ambedkar Kalavedika in Vijayawada. Themed 'Andhra's Resilient DeepTech Decade: Swarnandhra to Viksit Bharat 2047', it will have Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Minister Lokesh as chief guests. Panel and round-table discussions will cover AI, deeptech and quantum computing. The CM will unveil four 'Q-Shiva' quantum testing lab computers built by Qubit.
Sarva darshan of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala is taking about 12 hours. According to information available till 4 pm on Thursday, all 31 compartments in Vaikuntham Queue Complex-2 and nine sheds at Narayanagiri were full with devotees, with the queue line extending via Krishnateja guest house up to Silathoranam circle. Time-slot devotees were waiting in six compartments of Vaikuntham Queue Complex-1. On Wednesday, 72,362 devotees had darshan and 29,166 offered their hair. Tuesday's hundi income was Rs 4.05 crore.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Friday laid the foundation stone at Madanapalle in Annamayya district for a Global Horticulture Hub to be developed at Rs 1 lakh crore and an Indian School of Agriculture being set up with Reliance support. Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan, Anant Ambani and Minister Nara Lokesh attended. Naidu said Rs 40,000 crore would come with central support and Rs 60,000 crore from private investment, covering 5,860 villages in 201 clusters and six lakh additional acres.
A district-level quiz contest was held on Friday at Sri Buddha School in Kalingapatnam, Srikakulam district, organised by Vedam International AI Academy. Students from schools across the district took part. Eleven teams qualified for the finals after screening rounds. Pathapatnam Oxford School teams won first prize in mathematics (Boori Saimohit), second in physics (Pragada Karthik), third in chemistry (Yerra Abhishek) and a consolation prize in mathematics (Badana Karthik). Director Dr G. Rajeswara Rao and principal M. Venkataramana congratulated them.
District Collector Dr S. Venkateswar, along with APSPDCL CMD Lotheti Sivasankar, launched a job mela in Tirupati organised by APSPDCL with support from the state Skill Development department. The Collector said unemployed youth should not limit themselves to government jobs and must use opportunities in the private sector. He said Sri City's electronic manufacturing cluster and Naidupeta industrial park had brought the district recognition, with over 500 companies backed by investors from about 55 countries operating there.
