KADAPA, 5th Jan’10: Proddatur MLA M. Linga Reddy asserted on Tuesday that TDP would organise a “Samikyandhra Garjana” and “Chalo Hyderabad” rallies in Hyderabad and dared the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) functionaries to obstruct MLAs, MLCs and functionaries of Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions.

KADAPA: K. Rampulla Reddy assumed charge as Regional Joint Director of Information and Public Relations, Zone IV, at Kadapa on Monday. He was posted to Kadapa on promotion in place of RDD G. Vijayalakshmi, who has been transferred and asked to report in the Commissionerate of Information and Public Relations at Hyderabad. A former District Public Relations Officer of Kadapa, …

Padmabhushan Dr. Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy, popularly known as ‘BN Reddy’ holds a special place in the history of Telugu Cinema. He is the director who balances artistic values and business needs in the right proportion. A commemorative postal stamp on  BN Reddy was released by the Department of Posts, Government of India on the occasion of the Centenary Celebrations of Dr. …

Kadapa district is endowed mainly with red and black soils ranging from poor to fertile soils. The soil of the district  has been classified into red ferruginous soil and black spoil. These two classes can be sub divided into clay, loam sand with finer distinctions.  Red soils occupy 53% of the cultivated area and are mostly situated in L. R. Palli, …

Rayachoti or Rayachoty (Telugu: రాయచోటి urdu: رائچوٹی) has a population of 72,196 (as per census 2001), is a municipality. The nearest railway station is Kalikiri on the Pakala-Dharmavaram line twenty-eight miles to the south. The distance to Kadapa on the north is thirty-three miles (48 KM), and Rajampet and Kadiri lie some thirty five miles east and west respectively. Rayachoti is …

Irrigation Projects – Kadapa District Irrigation in Kadapa district is through major, medium and minor irrigation projects. There are 4 major, 5 medium completed irrigation projects in the district. The major irrigation projects are 1) Kurnool-Kadapa canal 2) TBP HLC Stage-I, 3) TBP HLC Stage-II (Mylavaram) and 4) Pulivendula Branch canal with a total ayacut of 2,27,896 acres. The five …

KADAPA, Dec20: A tense situation prevailed on Sunday in Pulivendula and Kadapa where mobs protesting against the arrest and hospitalisation of Congress leader Y. S. Vivekandanda Reddy attacked public property on Saturday night causing a loss estimated by Inspector General of Police R. P. Thakur at Rs. 10 crore. Deploring the arrest of Mr. Reddy, younger brother of former Chief …

Kadapa, Dec. 20: A tense environment is prevailing in Kadapa district with MLC Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy’s arrest on Saturday evening. Irate protesters resorted to vandalism from Saturday night and this continued on Sunday. Public life was completely disturbed with the three-day bandh called by agitators protesting against Mr Vivekananda Reddy’s arrest. An ITI student Chandrashekar, upset with the arrest, committed …

Kadapa, 19th Dec’09: As part of efforts to intensify the ongoing united Andhra movement, an all-party committee comprising functionaries of Congress, TDP, Praja Rajyam, social organisations and students organised a day-long ‘rail roko’ in Kadapa district on Saturday.

KADAPA, 19th Dec’09: The five-day-old fast by Mr. Vivekananda Reddy, MLC, was foiled by the police who arrested and shifted him to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences where he announced his decision to continue the fast and warded off doctors who tried to treat him. Condemning Mr. Reddy’s arrest, an all-party committee spearheading the united Andhra movement called for …