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Vexed social forestry planters in Prakasam district seek government intervention

Social forestry planters, who had been struggling to get a fair price for the subabul and eucalyptus logs for a long time, had a ray of hope when a noted integrated pulp, paper and paper board Mill from Erode in Tamil Nadu came to buy the logs for an attractive…

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Naidu seeks impartial probe into ‘murder’ of Anganwadi worker in Andhra Pradesh

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu on June 6 (Tuesday) wrote three separate letters to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), National Commission for Women (NCW) and National Commission for Scheduled Castes, urging them to inquire into the alleged murder of Anganwadi worker Savalam Hanumayamma in Ravivaripalem…

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Focus on minimising risks, not maximising profits, environmentalist Suman Sahai tells farmers

Noted environmental activist and geneticist Suman Sahai has underscored the need to bank on the indigenous knowledge of farmers to make agriculture sustainable during the climate change era. Dr. Sahai participated in the farmers’ festival ‘Yervakka Pournami‘, organised by Samykta Kisan Morcha Prakasam district convenor Ch. Ranga Rao, to mark…

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Four arrested for ‘abducting’ elderly man for money and property in Prakasam district

The Prakasam police rescued an elderly man who was allegedly abducted for money and property and arrested four persons in connection with the case on June 1 (Thursday). A special team formed by Superintendent of Police Malika Garg cracked the case in just 10 hours with the help of technology.…

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Infant boy found abandoned near Giddalur MRO office

An infant boy was found abandoned in a gunny bag at the Mandal Revenue Office in Giddalur town of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.

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Beware of fake customer care numbers posted on search engines: SP Malika Garg

Internet users should be wary of the misinformation given online through search engines. Cybercriminals resort to replacing customer care numbers of leading firms and banks with fake numbers displayed at the top in the search results, warns Prakasam Superintendent of Police Malika Garg.

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YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh has failed on all fronts, alleges BJP leader

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Andhra Pradesh unit president Somu Veerraju has said that the people of the State would teach a lesson to the YSRCP government, alleging that it has ‘failed miserably to perform on all fronts’. Addressing the party’s Prakasam district executive committee meeting at Podili on May 22…

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Breakthrough in woman techie’s murder in Prakasam

During investigation, the police found that Mr. Mohan Reddy had taken an insurance policy of ₹1.50 crore in her name.

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It is a rain of sorrows for salt farmers in Prakasam

The situation is akin to that in 2010 when cyclonic storm Laila struck the Prakasam coast, snatching away the just-scrapped salt from the pans

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Beware of UPI frauds, says Prakasam SP

‘’As payments using UPI increase, so do cases of fraud,’‘ the SP observed after a review of cybercrimes in the district.

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Health, land and lives lost. For what?

After taking severe damage to their health, the people living in villages around Ongole city in Prakasam district took up the fight to get a pesticide factory shifted from their locality, but in vain

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Andhra Pradesh: Miffed Balineni Srinivasa Reddy tells YSRCP leadership that he cannot continue as regional coordinator

During his meeting with Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, YSRCP senior leader Balinendi Srinivasa Reddy makes it clear that he is unable to do justice to the post of regional coordinator in the wake of dissidence gripping the party, and that he wants to restrict himself to undivided Prakasam district

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Widespread rain to continue for three more days in Andhra Pradesh

Rain continued to lash many parts of Andhra Pradesh and, on Sunday, several mandals in Prakasam, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema and Krishna districts received heavy to very heavy rainfall

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Beware of ‘bluebugging’, Andhra Pradesh police cautions smartphone users

Bluebugging is a form of hacking that lets the hackers access a device through its discoverable Bluetooth connection, listen to calls, read and send messages, and steal and modify contacts, cautions Prakasam Superintendent of Police Malika Garg

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Five members of house break-in gang arrested in Ongole; valuables worth ₹46 lakh seized

The Prakasam police arrested five members of a house break-in gang and seized valuables worth ₹46 lakh and a car, at Thallur on April 29 (Friday). Superintendent of Police Malika Garg told the media that the gang led by Vanaparthi Raju alias Shiva targetted locked houses at several places in…

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Green Signal for Varikapudisela phase-II to give relief to drought-hit Pullalacheruvu: Andhra Pradesh minister Adimulapu Suresh

AMARAVATI: In a move to provide relief to several drought-hit villages in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh government has decided to extend the proposed Varikapudisela lift irrigations scheme to Pullalacheruvu mandal of Yerragondapalem constituency.

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Heavy rain lashes Prakasam district of A.P., IMD predicts more rainfall in next three days

Ongole receives more than 140 mm rainfall in about 12 hours; people living in colonies close to Potharaju canal marooned

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Andhra Pradesh witnesses bout of rainfall, overcast weather; IMD predicts heavy rain for next three days

VISAKHAPATNAM: Parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh (CAP) districts received heavy rainfall and rainfall occurred at most places over CAP, Yanam and Rayalaseema on Wednesday and Thursday under the influence of the cyclonic that has formed over CAP and its neighbourhood. The weathermen of IMD-Amaravati predicted that isolated places across CAP,…

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Andhra Pradesh: Sharp showers throw normal life out of gear in Prakasam

Over 2,000 people stranded as rain water enters houses in areas close to Potharaju Canal in Ongole

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Megalithic burial sites in Prakasam cry for attention

Agricultural and construction activities and ignorance of their importance proving to be a big threat to the prehistoric remnants

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Ancient stone tools found in Prakasam lead to startling revelations

Said to be 2.47 lakh years old, the artefacts can alter the understanding of human evolution in the Indian subcontinent

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Andhra Pradesh: Near-normal monsoon pushes up kharif acreage in drought-prone Prakasam district

The shortfall will be compensated for in a week or so in view of steady discharge of water from Nagarjunasagar Right Bank Canal, says Agriculture Joint Director

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Andhra Pradesh: Three Class X girls feared drowned in Chintoor

They had come on a picnic from Chirala town in Bapatla district

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Bapatla, Prakasam Collectors surprise farm workers, try their hand at transplanting of paddy

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