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  70 percent polling in Andhra rural local body polls

  India | April 06, 2014 20:57 IST

  Hyderabad: Over 70 percent voting was recorded Sunday in the first phase of rural local body elections in Andhra Pradesh. Barring minor incidents, the polling across the state was peaceful, poll officials said.Polling ended at

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  Andhra cancels PG medical entrance test

  India | April 03, 2014 8:09 IST

  Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of Post-Graduate Medical Entrance Test conducted by Vijayawada-based NTR University of Health Sciences.An official statement said the cancellation was ordered on the basis of

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  Cyclone Helen makes landfall in coastal Andhra Pradesh, 7 dead

  India | November 22, 2013 17:08 IST

  Hyderabad: Cyclonic storm Helen Friday hit Andhra Pradesh coast near Machilipatnam, triggering heavy rains and strong gales, killing seven people and causing massive damage to the crops in the coastal region.Trees were uprooted disrupting traffic

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  PM cancels visit to cyclone-hit Odisha, Andhra

  India | November 02, 2013 17:43 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cancelled his visit to cyclone-hit Odisha and Andhra which was slated for Saturday.PMO sources said the visit was put off as the two states, which were hit by

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  Cyclone Phailin: Ahead of cyclone, rains lash Odisha, Andhra

  India | October 12, 2013 12:27 IST

  Bhubaneswar/Hyderabad: Roaring winds and heavy rains lashed coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as cyclonic storm Phailin kept advancing from the Bay of Bengal to hit their coast by Saturday evening.Issuing a warning for Odisha and

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  Telangana: Centre rushes 7,500 troops to Andhra

  India | October 10, 2013 20:45 IST

  New Delhi: Anticipating attacks due to the creation of a separate Telangana state, the Centre has deployed 7,500 paramilitary forces in Andhra Pradesh to control the law and order situation. The Home Minister made it

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  Centre to go ahead with creation of Telangana, says Shinde

  India | October 10, 2013 15:58 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre today made it clear that it would go ahead with the creation of a separate Telangana state notwithstanding the continuing protests in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said,

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  Telangana Row: Andhra power employees decide to end strike

  India | October 10, 2013 15:16 IST

  New Delhi: Thousands of electricity employees protesting against the division of Andhra Pradesh for a Telangana state have decided to end their strike, in a major break for the state engulfed in a power crisis

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  Telangana: Curfew in Andhra Pradesh town, power crisis hits state

  India | October 07, 2013 17:25 IST

  Hyderabad/Vizianagaram:  Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh today continued to simmer with protests against the proposed bifurcation of the state as curfew remained in place in restive Vizianagaram town and large areas plunged

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  One policeman killed, two terrorists nabbed in gunbattle with AP, TN police in Chittoor

  India | October 05, 2013 17:18 IST

  Chennai/Hyderabad: In a pre-dawn swoop on a house in Puthur of Chittoor district on AP-Tamil Nadu border, a joint team of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu police today nabbed two suspect terrorists who had a

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  Seemandhra Congress leaders to stay put, wait for Assembly confrontation

  India | October 04, 2013 17:47 IST

  Hyderabad: Congress leaders from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh have decided not to resign and instead exercise the “only option” left to prevent bifurcation—defeat the resolution on the subject in the Assembly,

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  30 smugglers held in Andhra, 7 tonne red sanders seized

  India | September 15, 2013 20:12 IST

  Hyderabad: As many as 30 red sander smugglers, mostly from Tamil Nadu, were today arrested in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh and 201 logs of the precious wood weighing 7 tonne, worth over Rs 2

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  No president's rule in Andhra says Shinde

  India | September 07, 2013 22:00 IST

  New Delhi: There will be no imposition of president's rule in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of protests in parts of the state over decision to form Telangana, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Saturday.Answering

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  Two more Andhra ministers quit over Telangana

  India | August 12, 2013 18:42 IST

  Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Kondru Murali Mohan and Forest Minister Satrucharla Vijayarama Raju today resigned from their posts protesting the proposed bifurcation of the state.With this, the total number of ministers who resigned in

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  Cong leaders adopt three resolutions on Telangana; seek CM's resignation

  India | August 04, 2013 7:46 IST

  Hyderabad, Aug 4: Defiant Congress leaders from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions ignored the party high command's directive to withdraw their resignations and upped their ante tonight by adopting three resolutions one of which demanded reconsideration

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  Andhra welcomes SC order on medical courses

  India | July 18, 2013 16:36 IST

  Hyderabad, July 18: The Andhra Pradesh government Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court order setting aside a Medical Council of India (MCI) notification mandating common National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) both for undergraduate and postgraduate medical

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  Protests erupt in Andhra Pradesh over Telangana issue

  India | July 04, 2013 15:54 IST

  Hyderabad, July 4: With the Congress party hinting at an early decision on the Telangana issue, protests began in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh, also called Seemandhra, opposing any move to divide

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  271 pilgrims return to Andhra by three special aircraft

  India | June 27, 2013 7:50 IST

  Hyderabad, June 27: Three special aircraft arranged one by Andhra Pradesh government and two by the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) -- brought 271 pilgrims from Dehra Dun Wednesday night.While 221 passengers reached Hyderabad

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  Lakhs appear for medical, engineering exam in Andhra

  India | May 10, 2013 12:08 IST

  Hyderabad, May 10: Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) for admission to engineering and medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh began amid tight security arrangements across the state Friday morning.In all, 3,96,143 candidates are

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  Andhra minister's remark on Jagan sparks furore

  India | April 13, 2013 19:13 IST

  Hyderabad, Apr 13: An Andhra Pradesh minister's remark calling for hanging of jailed MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy has sparked a furore with the latter's YSR Congress party Saturday staging protests against him across the state.YSR