
Andhra Pradesh's Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department is launching a focused smart mosquito control programme using deep technology to check vector-borne diseases.

The latest income tax data reveals striking regional disparities in the number of individuals declaring over Rs 1 crore in earnings for FY24.

In a significant development with regard to indiscriminate filing of cases against the YSR Congress party’s social media activists on the charges of posting derogatory comments against the Chandrababu Naidu government, the Andhra Pradesh high court has issued a circular pulling up the lower courts for sending such social media activists to judicial remand.

It has been over a year since the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government, headed by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, came to power in Andhra Pradesh. Yet, the government has not prioritised improvements in higher education.

In yet another significant development in the liquor scam case that allegedly took place during the previous YSR Congress party regime in Andhra Pradesh, the special investigation team (SIT) has added Purushottam Varun Kumar, a key aide of Raj Kesireddy, as the 40th accused in the case.

The latest episode of abusive trolling on social media targeting Andhra Pradesh high court judge Justice K Srinivas Reddy over his latest judgements, allegedly in favour of the YSR Congress party leaders, has triggered a big debate.

Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan, who used to make aggressive attacks on the YSR Congress party headed by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy before the 2024 elections, toned down his aggression a lot after coming to power along with the TDP and BJP and becoming the deputy chief minister.

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is filling up the vacant party president posts in various states one after the other, is getting ready for the election of BJP national president post, in place of J P Nadda, who has been there in the post since January 2020, after Amit Shah.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) headed by Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is said to be keen on contesting the upcoming by-election to the Jubilee Hills assembly seat, which has fallen vacant due to the sudden death of sitting MLA Maganti Gopinath.

As the Congress party at the national level has been raising a hue and cry over the alleged malpractices in the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the elections across the country, the YSR Congress party, too, joined the chorus on Thursday.

In a surprising development, an Andhra Pradesh high court judge openly commented in the court itself, stating that he is being trolled on social media for granting bails to the accused in various cases filed by the TDP-led coalition government against YSR Congress party leaders and others.

In a democracy, it is quite common for opposition parties to try and gain political mileage by launching attacks on the ruling party.

Former MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi and his wife met YSR Congress Party chief and former Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday, shortly after Vamsi was released from jail.

The sudden U-turn by Lourdu Mary, wife of Cheeli Singaiah — who died after being run over by YSR Congress Party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s convoy during his visit to Palnadu last month — has come as a shock to the Chandrababu Naidu-led government in Andhra Pradesh.

If the YSR Congress party’s legal fight yields any positive results, party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is likely to get additional security cover during his proposed Nellore visit shortly.