The Latest Breaking News from Vijayawada

Inquiry finds human negligence caused Vijayawada bus accident, killing 3. Driver V. Prakasam arrested, released on station bail. Case registered under 304 (A) & 337 IPC. Vehicle certified fit by engineers. Driver had resumed duties after being on sick leave for a month.

In Vijayawada, the missing case of 6-yr-old Suleman Ashraf ended tragically when police found his body in an open drain. Residents blamed VMC for not covering the drain. MLA Vellampalli Srinivas expressed grief & directed officials to cover the drain. Police altered the case to suspicious death.

.Vijayawada Collector S. Dilli Rao reviewed arrangements for a Nov 11 event to celebrate Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's birth anniversary. CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will attend as chief guest. Abul Kalam Lifetime Achievement awards will be given to 8 people, plus 78 'Best Teacher' and 78 'Best Student' awards.…

DRI officials seize 731 kgs of marijuana in Vijayawada; worth ₹2.19 crores. Lorry driver arrested; investigation underway to trace smugglers and origin/destination of contraband. Case registered under NDPS Act, 1985.

SCPCR Chairperson K. Appa Rao asked South Central Railway (SCR) Vijayawada Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) to take measures to protect missing, orphaned and runaway children arriving at railway stations. DRM to set up feeding rooms, keep tab on traffickers and drug peddlers, and produce rescued children before CWC for care…

SCR Vijayawada division held a 12-hr ticket-checking drive, realising ₹24.5 lakh penalty from 3,484 cases. 1,641 cases pertained to ticketless travel, 1,825 to irregular travel. 135 staff checked 48 trains, ₹8.68 lakh realised at Vijayawada Railway Station alone. Unauthorised vendors booked & penalised ₹45,000. Drive aimed to curb ticketless, irregular…

Within a day of an (APSRTC) bus ploughing through passengers at Vijayawada bus station, another bus belonging to Hindupur depot ran into two vehicles in Anantapur, early on November 7.

TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh has said that the death of three persons in an accident at Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS) in Vijayawada on October 6 (Monday) morning is unfortunate, demanding that the State government should take responsibility for the incident.

Two passengers died and three others suffered injuries when a AC Metro Luxury bus rammed into the bus station and hit the passengers waiting in the chairs on November 6. The Vijayawada-Guntur non-stop bus suddenly drove on to Platform No.12, hit the railing and the chairs killing two persons on…

CPI(M) State committee member Punati Anjaneyulu urges all democratic and secular forces to oppose Modi govt's anti-people policies. He calls for a fortnight-long bus tour from Nandyal to Vijayawada to protest injustice to AP. Farmers and farm workers migrating due to crop failure. YSR Congress, TDP and Jana Sena Party…

Officials of the Juvenile Welfare, Correctional Services and Welfare of Street Children Department have reportedly launched an inquiry into the safety of the minor girls whose profiles including mobile phone numbers, photos, addresses and family details have allegedly been leaked. The NTR district administration and the Juvenile Welfare Department officials…