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Ladakh standoff: Indian Armed Forces are fully capable to give befitting reply to China

Coronavirus

Covid-19 Update: Positive cases in Telangana cross 86,000

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Fact Check: News about demise of former president Pranab Mukherjee is FALSE

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WhatsApp message offering money under alleged Palliative Funds by UN and WHO is FALSE
FACT CHECK

WhatsApp message offering money under alleged Palliative Funds by UN and WHO is FALSE

Hyderabad: Several users on WhatsApp are receiving messages congratulating them as a lucky beneficiary of alleged Palliative Compensation Funds announced...
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AP Covid-19 dashboard shows murky figures in bed vacancies
Andhra Pradesh

AP Covid-19 dashboard shows murky figures in bed vacancies

Vijayawada: The total count of the Covid-19 positive cases in Andhra Pradesh reported till August 12 is 2,54,146, the number of cases discharged 1,61,425...
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Trump’s claim that COVID-19 vaccine in USA could be ready before Nov. 3 is MISLEADING
FACT CHECK

Trump’s claim that COVID-19 vaccine in USA could be ready before Nov. 3 is MISLEADING

Hyderabad: In a radio interview of US President Donald Trump by Geraldo Rivera on Aug. 6 telecast on Fox News, Trump suggested a vaccine for the Coronavirus...
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Biryani helps Nuzvid police win AP’s Best Crime Detection award
Andhra Pradesh

Biryani helps Nuzvid police win AP’s Best Crime Detection award

Vijayawada, August 13: Nuzvid police in Krishna district has won Award for Best Crime Detection (ABCD) for cracking rape case of a minor girl within 36...
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Fact Check: Claims that 40 victims of Kerala plane crash tested +ve for COVID-19 is FALSE
FACT CHECK

Fact Check: Claims that 40 victims of Kerala plane crash tested +ve for COVID-19 is FALSE

Hyderabad: An Air India Express flight overshot the tabletop runway while landing at Kerala's Kozhikode International Airport on 7 August killing 18 people...
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Latest News

Shuttler Sikki Reddy, physio test +ve for COVID-19

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Hyd police bust Chinese online gaming, betting racket; arrest 4

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Private Hospitals in Telangana agree to reserve 50% COVID beds for govt

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TDP leader Atchannaidu tests positive for COVID-19

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T-govt rescues all girls from Miyapur shelter home after abuse, death of 14YO

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Telangana to experience heavy rains, thunderstorms for next four days

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Murder accused escapes from Chittoor hospital while undergoing Covid treatment

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Covid-19: AP survey finds mismatch between reality and govt declaration in numbers, treatment

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TS begins recruitment for medical staff, here is the list

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Daggubati Abhiram’s car crashes into another vehicle at Raidurgam

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Newsmeter Bulletin 17th July, 20

Newsmeter Bulletin 17th July, 20

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FACT CHECK

WhatsApp message offering money under alleged Palliative Funds by UN and WHO is FALSE

WhatsApp message offering money under alleged Palliative Funds by UN and WHO is FALSE

Trump’s claim that COVID-19 vaccine in USA could be ready before Nov. 3 is MISLEADING

Trump’s claim that COVID-19 vaccine in USA could be ready before Nov. 3 is MISLEADING

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Fact Check: News about demise of former president Pranab Mukherjee is FALSE

Fact Check: News about demise of former president Pranab Mukherjee is FALSE

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Fact Check: Claims that 40 victims of Kerala plane crash tested +ve for COVID-19 is FALSE

Fact Check: Claims that 40 victims of Kerala plane crash tested +ve for COVID-19 is FALSE

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Fact check: Digitally manipulated video claims missile led to Beirut explosion

Fact check: Digitally manipulated video claims missile led to Beirut explosion

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Fact Check: Video of two women beaten up by mob is NOT related to communal discrimination

Fact Check: Video of two women beaten up by mob is NOT related to communal discrimination

Girl receiving COVID-19 vaccine shot in viral video is NOT Putin’s daughter

Girl receiving COVID-19 vaccine shot in viral video is NOT Putin’s daughter

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Fact Check: President Donald Trump’s claim that Spanish flu ended second world war is FALSE

Fact Check: President Donald Trump’s claim that Spanish flu ended second world war is FALSE

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Fact Check: No, Bihar cop probing Sushant Singh’s death will not join CBI probe

Fact Check: No, Bihar cop probing Sushant Singh’s death will not join CBI probe

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Image of Boat Ambulance tweeted by Mumbai Corporation official is NOT from Maharashtra

Image of Boat Ambulance tweeted by Mumbai Corporation official is NOT from Maharashtra

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Fact Check: Viral claims that Bluegill is most dangerous fish in North America are FALSE

Fact Check: Viral claims that Bluegill is most dangerous fish in North America are FALSE

Fact Check: Yes, Choluteca bridge withstood Hurricane Mitch in 1998

Fact Check: Yes, Choluteca bridge withstood Hurricane Mitch in 1998

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Fact Check: Video of a billboard falling on a motorcyclist is NOT from Hyderabad

Fact Check: Video of a billboard falling on a motorcyclist is NOT from Hyderabad

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Fact Check: Viral COVID-19 tests graph showing US reaching herd immunity is FALSE.

Fact Check: Viral COVID-19 tests graph showing US reaching herd immunity is FALSE.

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Fact Check: Israeli PM’s claim that Israeli drone attack caused Beirut explosion is FALSE

Fact Check: Israeli PM’s claim that Israeli drone attack caused Beirut explosion is FALSE

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SATELLITE JOURNALISM

Satellite images show improved water inflow at Srisailam reservoir and Medigadda barrage

Satellite images show improved water inflow at Srisailam reservoir and Medigadda barrage

Satellite images reveal air pollution levels drop in Hyderabad

Satellite images reveal air pollution levels drop in Hyderabad

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Telangana HC raps HMDA over shrinking of Khajaguda Lake

Telangana HC raps HMDA over shrinking of Khajaguda Lake

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Satellite data reveal open-air gym slab was laid inside FTL boundary of Ramantapur Chinna Cheruvu

Satellite data reveal open-air gym slab was laid inside FTL boundary of Ramantapur Chinna Cheruvu

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Satellite images reveal Gopanpally residential complexes encroached Komati Kunta Lake

Satellite images reveal Gopanpally residential complexes encroached Komati Kunta Lake

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DATA STORIES / Longforms

Telangana has few merits, but needs to ramp up Covid testing: NITI Aayog policy expert

Telangana has few merits, but needs to ramp up Covid testing: NITI Aayog policy expert

Andhra Pradesh reports surge in cyberstalking of women

Andhra Pradesh reports surge in cyberstalking of women

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Telangana’s unemployment rate dips to 9.1 per cent: CMIE

Telangana’s unemployment rate dips to 9.1 per cent: CMIE

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COVID-19 impact: Pandemic hits livelihoods of 61% of India’s elderly people

COVID-19 impact: Pandemic hits livelihoods of 61% of India’s elderly people

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Telangana’s tiger population growing: Report

Telangana’s tiger population growing: Report

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CRIME

Hyd police bust Chinese online gaming, betting racket; arrest 4

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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police, on 13 August, busted an online…

T-govt rescues all girls from Miyapur shelter home after abuse, death of 14YO

T-govt rescues all girls from Miyapur shelter home after abuse, death of 14YO

Hyderabad: The women development and child welfare department…

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Murder accused escapes from Chittoor hospital while undergoing Covid treatment

Murder accused escapes from Chittoor hospital while undergoing Covid treatment

Chittoor: A murder accused, Anwar, 50, who was…

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Daggubati Abhiram’s car crashes into another vehicle at Raidurgam

Daggubati Abhiram’s car crashes into another vehicle at Raidurgam

Hyderabad: Daggubati Abhiram, the younger son of producer…

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Biryani helps Nuzvid police win AP’s Best Crime Detection award

Biryani helps Nuzvid police win AP’s Best Crime Detection award

Vijayawada, August 13: Nuzvid police in Krishna district…

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Child trafficking racket: Vizag police suspects role of more hospitals in illegal surrogacy

Child trafficking racket: Vizag police suspects role of more hospitals in illegal surrogacy

Visakhapatnam: The investigation into the child trafficking cases…

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Minor abused at Miyapur shelter home, succumbs to ailments

Minor abused at Miyapur shelter home, succumbs to ailments

Hyderabad: A 14-year old girl, Sarah (name changed),…

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POLITICS

YSRCP suspends leader Koyya Prasad for land grabbing

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Visakhapatnam: The YSRCP, on 12 August, suspended senior...

BJP’s Andhra unit suspends party spokesperson for his remarks on capital issue

Hyderabad: BJP, on 9 August, suspended its spokesperson…

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Centrally-located Amaravati crucial for decentralised development: Naidu to Jagan

Vijayawada: TDP national president and former Chief Minister…

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Centre has no role in deciding a state’s capital city: Union government files affidavit in AP HC

Vijayawada: In a jolt to the TDP and…

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Violation of PM’s constitutional oath: Asaduddin Owaisi on Bhoomipujan

Hyderabad: The President of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen…

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Consumer Voice

Flipkart asked to pay a compensation of Rs 31,000 towards faulty delivery of mattress

Flipkart asked to pay a compensation of Rs 31,000 towards faulty delivery of mattress

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Unique Wheels, ICICI Bank recompense Rs 1.7L to Musheerabad residents : Order

Unique Wheels, ICICI Bank recompense Rs 1.7L to Musheerabad residents : Order

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Hyderabad: Origins asked to pay Rs. 55K to customer for damaged sherwani

Hyderabad: Origins asked to pay Rs. 55K to customer for damaged sherwani

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Bank of Baroda asked to pay Rs 1.10 L to customer over ‘system-generated mistake’

Bank of Baroda asked to pay Rs 1.10 L to customer over ‘system-generated mistake’

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Beware of OLX frauds, most falling prey to vehicle Ads :Cops

Beware of OLX frauds, most falling prey to vehicle Ads :Cops

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OPINIONS & INTERVIEWS

Ladakh standoff: Indian Armed Forces are fully capable to give befitting reply to China

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An ode to Rahat Indori: A people’s poet

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Daughters have equal rights over parental properties: Supreme Court

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AI Express crash: CISF played the role of a first responder in the golden hour

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Facts Vs Myths: 30 questions & answers on COVID by senior Apollo doctor

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Opinion : Refugee in our own land; what ails our cantonments?

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ENTERTAINMENT

In Pictures: Rana Daggubati and Miheeka Bajaj’s wedding thrills the internet!

In Pictures: Rana Daggubati and Miheeka Bajaj’s wedding thrills the internet!

Band, Baja Baraat! Rana Daggubati weds Miheeka Bajaj

Band, Baja Baraat! Rana Daggubati weds Miheeka Bajaj

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Nagarjuna back on sets to shoot promo of Big Boss 4

Nagarjuna back on sets to shoot promo of Big Boss 4

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Actor Nithiin to marry girlfriend Shalini Kandukuri on 26 July

Actor Nithiin to marry girlfriend Shalini Kandukuri on 26 July

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Stand up comedy in Hyderabad goes digital, thanks to COVID lockdown

Stand up comedy in Hyderabad goes digital, thanks to COVID lockdown

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OFFBEAT

Buddies go beyond capabilities and prove friendship is thicker than blood

Buddies go beyond capabilities and prove friendship is thicker than blood

Of shayeri, in the times of Covid and social distancing

Of shayeri, in the times of Covid and social distancing

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On Parents’ Day, stories of unmatched sacrifices surface during a raging pandemic

On Parents’ Day, stories of unmatched sacrifices surface during a raging pandemic

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IIIT-Hyd scientists create software that predicts personality, music preferences based on body movements

IIIT-Hyd scientists create software that predicts personality, music preferences based on body movements

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App built by 19yo lets you drive around the roads of Khairatabad and Gachibowli, sitting at home

App built by 19yo lets you drive around the roads of Khairatabad and Gachibowli, sitting at home

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Private Hospitals in Telangana agree to reserve 50% COVID beds for govt

Private Hospitals in Telangana agree to reserve 50% COVID beds for govt

Hyderabad: Private Hospitals in Telangana have agreed to allot 50 per cent of COVID beds to the state government. In a meeting conducted between officials...

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TDP leader Atchannaidu tests positive for COVID-19

Vijayawada: Former minister and TDP MLA K. Atchannaidu who was arrested in the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) scam tested positive for COVID-19 on...
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Telangana to experience heavy rains, thunderstorms for next four days

Hyderabad: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), on 13 August, predicted thunderstorms and very heavy rainfall in several Telangana districts for...
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Murder accused escapes from Chittoor hospital while undergoing Covid treatment

Chittoor: A murder accused, Anwar, 50, who was tested COVID positive and sent for treatment to Chittoor Government Hospital escaped while undergoing treatment...
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Covid-19: AP survey finds mismatch between reality and govt declaration in numbers, treatment

Covid-19: APPPS alleges mismatch of numbers declared by AP govt. Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh Pattana Poura Samakhya (APPPS) found that there has been...
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TS begins recruitment for medical staff, here is the list

Hyderabad: Telangana's Directorate of Medical Education is hiring for multiple posts in various institutions of the state. There are 35 vacancies for the...
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Shuttler Sikki Reddy, physio test +ve for COVID-19

Shuttler Sikki Reddy, physio test +ve for COVID-19

Hyderabad: Hyderabad shuttler N. Sikki Reddy and her physiotherapist tested positive for COVID-19 on 13 August during a national camp at the SAI Pullela...

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Hyd police bust Chinese online gaming, betting racket; arrest 4

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police, on 13 August, busted an online gaming and betting racket and apprehended four persons, including a Chinese national. The...
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T-govt rescues all girls from Miyapur shelter home after abuse, death of 14YO

Hyderabad: The women development and child welfare department (WDCW) rescued all the remaining girls from a shelter home in Miyapur after the physical...
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Daggubati Abhiram’s car crashes into another vehicle at Raidurgam

Hyderabad: Daggubati Abhiram, the younger son of producer Daggubati Suresh and younger brother of Bahubali star Rana, escaped unhurt from an accident at...
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CBI officer from Hyderabad awarded Medal for Excellence in Investigation

Hyderabad: A CBI officer from Hyderabad was awarded the Medal for Excellence in Investigation by the Union Home Minister on 12 August. Cephas Kalyan Pakerla...
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NEP: HSPA requests MHRD to regulate school fees, fix upper limit for pvt. schools

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Schools Parents Association (HSPA) has written to the ministry of human resource development claiming that the National Education...
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Manish Kumar Sinha is new police Commissioner for Vizag city

Manish Kumar Sinha is new police Commissioner for Vizag city

In a major shuffle, Andhra Pradesh government has changed the police leadership in Vizag city, which is tipped to be a Executive capital of Andhra Pradesh,...

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Faulty crane design caused HSL mishap that killed 10 in Vizag: Report

Visakhapatnam: The committee that was looking into the Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) crane mishap that left 10 people dead earlier this month, in its...
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Now call centers in Andhra villages to voice their problems

Vijayawada: In an effort to improve services at the village and ward secretariats, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated persuasion...
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Playing with fire: Over 70% of Vizag hospitals yet to obtain fire NOC

Visakhapatnam: Over 250 of the 340 hospitals in Vizag city are yet to obtain a fire NOC (no objection certificate), according to sources in the fire service...
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Andhra’s COVID-19 death toll crosses 2,000 mark

Vijayawada: The COVID-19 death toll in Andhra Pradesh crossed 2,000 after it reported 97 deaths on 9 August taking the tally to 2,036. It is the eighth...
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Narrow escape for 5 fishermen as boat catches fire off Vizag shore

Visakhapatnam: Year 2020 seems to be cursed what with Covid-19 pandemic unleashing health and financial crisis across the world and a slew of mishaps leading...
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Manish Kumar Sinha is new police Commissioner for Vizag city

Manish Kumar Sinha is new police Commissioner for Vizag city

In a major shuffle, Andhra Pradesh government has changed the police leadership in Vizag city, which is tipped to be a Executive capital of Andhra Pradesh,...

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Faulty crane design caused HSL mishap that killed 10 in Vizag: Report

Visakhapatnam: The committee that was looking into the Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) crane mishap that left 10 people dead earlier this month, in its...
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Now call centers in Andhra villages to voice their problems

Vijayawada: In an effort to improve services at the village and ward secretariats, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated persuasion...
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Playing with fire: Over 70% of Vizag hospitals yet to obtain fire NOC

Visakhapatnam: Over 250 of the 340 hospitals in Vizag city are yet to obtain a fire NOC (no objection certificate), according to sources in the fire service...
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Andhra’s COVID-19 death toll crosses 2,000 mark

Vijayawada: The COVID-19 death toll in Andhra Pradesh crossed 2,000 after it reported 97 deaths on 9 August taking the tally to 2,036. It is the eighth...
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Narrow escape for 5 fishermen as boat catches fire off Vizag shore

Visakhapatnam: Year 2020 seems to be cursed what with Covid-19 pandemic unleashing health and financial crisis across the world and a slew of mishaps leading...
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Man kills son over the alleged property dispute in Vizag

Man kills son over the alleged property dispute in Vizag

Visakhapatnam: A man killed his son following an argument over the property at Satyanagar near Chinamushidivada area in Pendurthi police station limits,...

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Tonsured Dalit youngster writes to President’s Secretariat, gets response

Vijayawada: A day after receiving a letter from a Dalit youngster, Indugumilli Prasad from East Godavari district, the President's Secretariat took the...
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Vijayawada fire: Cops form special teams to arrest Dr Ramesh

Vijayawada: The Governorpet police in Vijayawada city police commissionerate formed a special team on 11 August to catch Dr. Potineni Ramesh, the absconding...
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Police arrests seven after two rival gangs clashed in Vijayawada

Vijayawada: Nearly two months after the gang war in Vijayawada , in which one youngster Thota Sandeep was murdered, another gang war reported, Police arrested...
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Now call centers in Andhra villages to voice their problems

Vijayawada: In an effort to improve services at the village and ward secretariats, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated persuasion...
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65-yr-old woman held for impersonating Retd IAS officer

Vijayawada: Pemmadi Vijayalaxmi, 65, from Guntur district was arrested by Hanuman Junction police for impersonating a retired IAS officer, Sujatha Rao,...
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Two doctors among six held for child trafficking in Vizag

Two doctors among six held for child trafficking in Vizag

Visakhapatnam: The Vizag city police on Sunday arrested two doctors and four others on charges of child trafficking. The accused had sold a newborn baby...

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Chittoor villagers protest setting up of burial ground for COVID bodies

Chittoor: The villagers of Arepalle Rangampet in Chandragiri Mandal, Chittoor district, on Thursday cut down hedges and trees along the way to the pump...
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Tirumala temple to be open from June 8, 10K pilgrims to be allowed for darshan every day

Tirupati: With the central government issuing new guidelines for the opening of places of worship from the June 8, lakhs of devotees of Lord Balaji are...
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Public uproar forced TTD to put on hold monetization of temple properties

Tirupati: Following public uproar  the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam's  decision to monetize 50  temple properties to raise Rs 100 Crore fund, has been...
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World’s richest temple to raise Rs 100 crore by monetising properties

Tirupati: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), India's richest temple body (Lord Balaji) is all set to raise Rs 100 crore by monetizing its un-viable...
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Savour ‘Tirupati Laddu’ at home in the time of coronavirus

Tirupati: Despite the Covid-19 lockdown, devotees of Lord Venkateswara of the famous hill shrine at Tirumala will soon be able to receive sacred ‘Tirupati...
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18 overburdened lab technicians conducting 200 COVID tests per day in MGM, Warangal

18 overburdened lab technicians conducting 200 COVID tests per day in MGM, Warangal

Warangal: In the wake of the exponential rise in the number of Covid-19 cases being reported every day, lab technicians in Kakatiya Medical College and...

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My father could have been alive if MGM hospital, Warangal had a ventilator mask

Warangal: A 50 year-old-man died of COVID-19,  three days after he was admitted to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Warangal district of Telangana....
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MGM lab technician succumbs to Covid-19

Warangal: Khursheed, 50, lab technician at the MGM Hospital, Warangal, died due to Covid-19 on Saturday. A few days ago, another lab technician, Govardhan,...
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Dead patient’s kin attack hospital staff in Warangal Govt Hospital

Warangal: Relatives of a deceased patient attacked a doctor and a nurse of Warangal's MGM Hospital on 28 July. A 60-year-old patient was brought to the...
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Public angry as delay in KUDA Master Plan halts development works in Warangal

Hyderabad: The Telangana government approved the Master Plan 2041 for the state's second-largest city, Warangal, which consists of three towns Warangal,...
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Warangal mass murder: Monster Sanjay Kumar killed ten, all migrants

Warangal: The sensational mass murder mystery at Geesukonda in Warangal, Telangana, is taking new twists every day, as the investigation is progressing....
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Business / TECH & STARTUPS

USAID, Reliance Foundation join hands to bridge gender digital divide in India

USAID, Reliance Foundation join hands to bridge gender digital divide in India

Medtronic to invest Rs 1,200 crore in Hyderabad to open largest R&D center outside US

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AP’s new industrial policy to boost MSMES and women entrepreneurs

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Data breaches surge in Covid-19 pandemic; experts warn against this “digital deterrent”

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India may ban 47 more Chinese apps, officials say

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PHOTO GALLERY

In Pictures: Rana Daggubati and Miheeka Bajaj’s wedding thrills the internet!

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For the first time, medical team and 104 ambulance reached a remote area in Krishna District of AP

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No cheering crowds, no glittering lights: COVID scare dampens Bonalu celebrations

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CM KCR visits family of Col Santosh Babu in Suryapet

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Manta ray fished out of Machilipatnam, likely to be auctioned

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Vizag gas leak: Images show people run for breath, fall unconscious in the streets

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