After protests by civil society groups against the spurt in rowdies and their rowdyism in Srikakulam town last week, police were forced to act. Citizen groups blame Minister Dharmana Prasad Rao's son Ram Manohar Naidu for protecting these rowdies. Now many of ...
Rare event indeed. Residents of Srikakulam took out a rally against rowdyism and the goonda culture they say has led to a deteriorating feeling of safety and security in the district. The traders and civic-minded citizens declared a bandh in the town and took ...
Devotees at the Sri Suryanarayana temple at Arasavelli, Srikakulam witnessed a divine sight during darshan as the rays of the sun fell directly on the idol of the lord. The rays of the sun fall on the idol only twice a year and this happened at 6:05 AM on this...
Winter is still to end, but the the district of Srikakulam is already facing a water crisis that can only get severe. Dams are at dead storage level and ground water in many places is hard to find. The district has two reservoirs but silting has led to reduced...
The bus accident in Vijayawada claimed the lives of five people who were sleeping on the pavement. The bus driver tried to avoid a speeding two-wheeler, braked and the bus hit a divider before capsizing on the sleeping pavement dwellers.
A private luxury bus capsized in Vijayawada's Benz circle, killing five people. The driver of the bus tried to avoid a speeding two-wheeler and braked suddenly. The bus climbed onto the divider and capsized, falling on people sleeping on the pavement killing f...
Did godman Gopi baba commit suicide? Or was he killed? He was found with wounds that could have been inflicted with a sharp object. One of his disciple has been admitted to hospital. The two of them had recently got out on bail. The 26-year old baba wore women...
The baba who wore female clothes and jewellery and claimed he was pregnant has been found dead. The baba had set up an ashram on a hill in Srikakulam district and claimed that he was pregnant with a goddess in his womb. His ashram had been attracting a large n...
Yerran Naidu's family has anointed Ram Mohan Naidu as the heir to his legacy. But TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu waited for sometime to assign the son of his once right-hand man a position in the party. Now the announcement has come -- Ram Mohan Naidu has been ma...
Massive anti-nuclear protests have been taken place in Andhra Pradesh following the government's decision to acquire 2000 acres of land for a new nuclear plant in Srikakulam. Now, the outrage has reached a fever-pitch as the setting up of nuclear plant will di...
The family of TDP's deceased leader K Yerrannaidu has publicly declared his son Ram Mohan Naidu as his heir. At a public meeting in Srikakulam, Yerrannaidu's brother made the public declaration. Ram Mohan says he will take forward his father's legacy.
The reopening of Srikakulam's Nagarjuna Agri-chem factory has been postponed by a day by the management. It was in June that a major mishap occurred at the plant. The locals who already had been opposing the pollution caused by the factory say they will not al...
He is a man who dresses up as a woman, with a colorful 'pattu' saree, earrings, bangles and big kumkumam on the forehead. This youth who has set up his ashram on a remote hill in Srikakulam district has become centre of attraction for the locals. And for anoth...
Farmers in Srikakulam are angry at the official process of estimation of crop losses suffered by them due to Cyclone Nilam. The district collector and local MP and Union minister Killi Krupa Rani had promised compensation at the earliest. But weeks later, the ...
Of the four people in Yerran Naidu's car when it met with an accident on the national highway in Srikakulam district, just one person died: Yerran Naidu. Why did this happen? Was it the oil tanker's fault or the car driver's fault. What happened in those 30 se...
Congress leader, as also convener of the Parliamentary committee for OBCs , V Hanumantha Rao, recalls how cutting across party lines, he received good support from TDP leader K Yerran Naidu when it came to issues concerning OBCs. Yerran Naidu was killed early ...
Senior leader of the Telugu Desam Party, Yerran Naidu, died in a tragic accident in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. He was returning from Vishakapatnam after attending a function, when his car hit a petrol tanker. Naidu was sitting in the front seat...
TDP leaders poured out their hearts to pay tribute to Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, the towering giant of a leader of TDP and of Andhra Pradesh. The man whose personality as huge as his work as MLA, MP, Union minister and as foremost leader of the Telugu Desam. TDP ...
Chandrababu Naidu says in Yerran Naidu's death, he lost a friend, a committed politician and his death in a car accident early morning today in Srikakulam is a destiny that had to be faced. Naidu also said Yerran Naidu was a deeply committed politician, sincer...
TDP leader Yerran Naidu was killed in a road accident early today morning in Srikakulam district. His driver speaks to TV9 reporter on the moments before the accident happened, and how the accident with the lorry happened. The driver says he tried his best to ...
TDP pays its tribute to Yerram Naidu. Party spokesperson Mothkupalli Narasimhulu is reduced to tears as he addresses this press conference, the first statement from the TDP on the death of its senior leader Kinjarapu Yerrannaidu early today morning in road acc...
Senior leader of Telugu Desam Party and former Union minister K Yerran Naidu died in a road accident in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, today. The accident occurred while the 55-year-old leader was on his way back home from a wedding ceremony in Vizag. The car in ...
A pregnant woman from East Godavari district died in Visakhapatnam's government hospital, while another person has been admitted to the swine fly ward there. But the state government says there is no cause for alarm.
In many areas in Rajam mandal of Srikulam district in north coastal Andhra Pradesh, mining mafia has discovered many rare minerals in the area but where there are dense mango orchards. Miners are using local labour to mine these stones and thus escape the rada...
Many temples have this unique feature of the Sun's rays falling on the statue located inside the temple. On two occasions in the year, in March and in October, coinciding with the ('uttarayan' and 'dakshninayan') summer and winer solstice, devotees gather to w...
K Venugopala Rao, brother-in-law of Srikakulam MP Krupa Rani, was arrested by the police for lobbying in 2010-2012. He cheated a group of army officers of Rs 38 lakhs, who filed a case against him. The victims also complain that not only he is refusing to retu...
Can mining start on land without the permission of the local panchayath? The Kannedhara Konda is a palce of religious importance for the tribals of Setthampeta mandal in Srikakulam district. The tribals treat the hill as their deity, and have temples located o...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy takes the wheel of an automatic paddy sapling sowing machine in Rajampeta in Srikakulam as part of his second Indirabata programme.
A candidate from Srikakulam district collapsed just as he was about finish his 5K run as part of the police selections. He hurt is leg in process and has landed up in hospital.
Two girls studying at the private Navodaya school in Srikakulam district attempt suicide at their hostel by consuming tablets. Fifth class girl Sirisha and Usha Srivani studying in tenth class consumed tablets. Sirisha died in the hostel. Srivani is in hospita...
A sand mining contractor in Srikakulam, caught off guard when government officials raided an operation of illegal sand mining, attacks the government officials.
After it was shut down following a blast, the Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited plant in Srikakulam district is turning out to be a ticking time bomb. The chemicals in the reactor have remained dormant since then, and the management fears these could be the trigger f...
Across villages and tribal hamlets, virtually unorganised but determined group of people are turning against not just government officials, NGOs and big industrial houses, but even their own elected representatives. What explain this spontaneous public anger? ...
Huge traffic pile up on the Kolkata -Chennai National Highway 16 at Allinagaram in Srikakualm district, after employees demanding inquiry by a third party and immediate shut down of the Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited factory, sat on dharna on the road. Yesterday t...
A massive explosion in a chemical factory at Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, leads to a fire and leaves 40 critically injured. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot but the blaze seems to continue. Many workers are still trapped inside the factory.
A massive explosion in a chemical factory at Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh leaves 40 critically injured. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot but the blaze seems to continue. Many workers are still trapped inside the factory.
A massive fire breaks out at the Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited plant, injuring 20. Several workers are still trapped inside the plant. The fire was triggered by a huge blast in the fifth block of the plant. Several fire tenders have been rushed to the spot.
A massive explosion in the Nagarjuna Chemical factory in Srikakulam leads to a fire. The fire broke out in the fifth block and soon engulfed the entire factory. 40 are reportedly critically injured.
This is a funny video of thieves at work stealing money. Like 2020 players, watch how temple staff who are counting money throw bundles of notes to their 'wicketkeeper' who stands on the outside and expertly catches each bundle in his towel, and then the loot ...
Dalits in Srikakulam were attacked with sickles, axes, and sticks, in an incident reminiscent of Chundur and Karamchedu massacres. Two were killed on the spot and 30 were injured. Dispute over government land was said to be behind the attack. Chief Minister Ki...
The heat wave in Srikakulam district has gone from worst to deadly, with nearly 19 people dying of sunstroke over the last one week. Shops remain closed in the afternoon and the streets wear a deserted look.
YSR Congress honorary president Vijayamma, joined by her daughter Sharmila, reach Srikakulam, hitting the campaign trail just two days after the arrest of party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Around 300 workers from Andhra Pradesh, among nearly a thousand Indian workers are shot at, in Angola, after they agitate against non-payment of salaries.
The police in the AOB district of Andhra Pradesh are on an alert ever since the kidnapping of Italian tourists by Maoists in the neighbouring state of Odisha.