Tirumala Laddu Prasadam. file | Photo Credit: TTD PHOTO In a significant breakthrough, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested four suppliers implicated in the Tirumala alleged ghee adulteration scandal. The accused include managing director of AR Dairy Rajasekharan, directors of Bhole Baba Organic Dairy Vipin Jain and Pinole Jain and CEO of Sri…
In a major operation, the Kakinada district police conducted raids on a cockfight arena at G. Vemavaram village, under Coringa police station limits, and arrested 119 organisers and punters. Police seized â‚ą9.87 lakh cash, 112 roosters, five cars and 21 bikes from the spot, said Kakinada District Superintendent of Police G. Bindu Madhav. On receiving…
CBI officials, who busted a sensational bribe-for-ratings scam involving the Guntur-based Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF) and officials of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), are gathering evidence on purchase of gold, laptops and other electronic gadgets offered to the accused team members as bribe. KLEF Deemed to be University, located at Vaddeswaram in…
Tirumala Laddu Prasadam. | Photo Credit: File photo A special investigation team led by the CBI has arrested four people in connection with the alleged adulteration of the famous Tirupati laddus offered as prasadam to devotees at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, officials said. Those arrested have been identified as Vipin Jain and Pomil Jain,…
Minister for Transport, Youth, and Sports Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy Minister for Transport, Youth, and Sports Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy has said that that the officials of the corporations, municipalities and village panchayats are directed to keep the contingency drinking water action plans ready for the ensuing summer season. The Minister was inagurating borewells at the villages of Variga and Shettiwandlapalle in…
Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has identified the universities and has nominated conveners for the conduct of Common Entrance Tests (CETs) for admission into Engineering, Law, MBA, MCA, Education, Physical Education and other courses for the academic year 2025-26. The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU)-Kakinada will conduct the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture…
Chairman of 20-Point Program Implementation Committee Lanka Dinakar. | Photo Credit: File Photo Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh 20-Point Program Implementation Committee Lanka Dinakar on Saturday hailed the BJP’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections and described it as a decisive mandate for a “double engine government.” In a statement here, Mr. Dinakar congratulated the…
The participants at a discussion meeting on the recent Union Budget at GITAM School of Business in Visakhapatnam on Saturday (February 8, 2025) highlighted the Budget’s implications for private sector investment and inclusive growth. Visakhapatnam Port Authority chief accounts officer Saragadam Siva Kumar said the government took steps to correct duty inversions, protecting domestic manufacturers…
BJP workers celebrate outside the party’s office in New Delhi after winning Delhi Assembly elections on February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan called the BJP’s victory in Delhi Assembly elections as a testimony to the people’s faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and…
Guvvalakunta, a sleepy village with a population of over 4,000 in the Nandyal district, woke up to a buzz on the morning of December 15, 2024, when over 100 people clad in traditional attire entered and unassumingly began cleaning its centuries-old stepwell. Located 60 km away from the district headquarters, the journey to the village…
