Jan 2020

ANDHRA PRADESH Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) to be the prime developer of the Machilipatnam deep seaport. The Integrated Logistics Management Zone (ILMZ) proposed to set up on the Machilipatnam coast by CONCOR is now part of the port project, Education Bill 1/1982 (Amendment Act)-2019 passed by Legislative assembly. Will make English the medium … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Rs 47,000 crore for the construction of capital city. YSRC parliamentary party on Thursday urged the Centre to release nearly Rs 47,000 crore for the construction of capital city. funds were required for setting up secretariat, Raj Bhavan and other key government installations for the capital city. the Centre had to release nearly … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh legislative council refers bills on three capitals to select committee   In a setback to the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government, the opposition TDP dominated Andhra Pradesh legislative council on Wednesday decided to refer to a select committee two bills aimed at creating three capitals for the state.   The bills are — AP Decentralisation … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra’s poorest ‘bought’ land worth Rs 220 crore in Amaravati Claiming to have unearthed a major land scam in Amaravati, the Andhra Pradesh police has revealed that some of the poorest people in the state have been shown as owners of lands running into crores. The state CID has now written to the Income Tax department and Enforcement … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh assembly passes resolution for probe into insider trading   Clearing the decks for a probe into alleged insider trading in the capital city area The cabinet had recently decided to handover the investigation to the Lok Ayukta. Following the speaker’s directive to go deep into the insider trading issue, CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy assured they … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH CCI launches probe into cotton sales in Andhra Pradesh The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has launched an investigation into allegations about irregularities in purchase of cotton from farmers. The CCI and marketing department officials had connived with ginning millers to procure stocks from unauthorized purchase centres by rejecting farmers’ stocks. With the CCI officials refusing to … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra’s poorest ‘bought’ land worth Rs 220 crore in Amaravati Claiming to have unearthed a major land scam in Amaravati, the Andhra Pradesh police has revealed that some of the poorest people in the state have been shown as owners of lands running into crores. According to an investigation by CID, 797 white ration card-holders, each with a monthly … Read more

Govt signs accord with NDFB, ABSU to resolve Bodo issue to redraw and rename the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) in Assam, currently spread over four districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri. villages dominated by Bodos that were presently outside the BTAD would be included and those with non-Bodo population would be excluded The … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh govt denotifies five villages from Amaravati capital city area In a surprising move, the Andhra Pradesh government has removed five villages from Amaravati capital city area and merged them with neighbouring Mangalagiri and Tadepalle municipal towns. The government, which had earlier proposed to set up Amaravati Capital City Municipal Corporation (ACCMC) to assuage the concerns … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH AP tourism to organize adventure sports festival at Horsley hills near Madanapalle Andhra Pradesh tourism department will organize an adventure sports festival at Horsley hills near Madanapalli in Chittoor district. With an aim to promote tourism, Chittoor district administration and AP tourism have joined hands to showcase Horsley hills as a destination for adventure sports. INTERNATIONAL Russia … Read more