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KADAPA: The political scenario in Kadapa is gradually heating up as the the by-elections for the Pulivendula Assembly seat and Kadapa Lok Sabha seats is nearing. The ruling Congress, which is considering the Kadapa by-election as a matter of prestige, is marshalling all its resources and has deployed a quarter of its cabinet ministers in the district for campaigning to …

Kadapa: At least half of Andhra Pradesh council of ministers (read as 14 for now) will focus their energies for the next 25 days on one task  leaving adminstartion aside — defeating YS Jagan in the by-election to the Kadapa Loksabha seat.   While seven ministers have been made in-charge of one Assembly segment each under Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency, …

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has developed an innovative techno-economically viable process for the recovery of low-grade Uranium (less than 0.2 per cent) from the Tummalapalle ore in YSR district. “The objective of making a techno-economically viable process flowsheet is to reduce the number of stages of unit operations and conservations leachants by regeneration and recycle leading to minimisation of …

There is no contradiction between accelerating economic growth, being fiscally prudent and showering welfarist handouts to woo voters. An excellent example is documented in The Economic Freedom of the States of India 2011, brought out last month by the Friedrich Naumann Institute and Cato Institute . It shows that under Y S Rajashekhara Reddy (or YSR), Andhra Pradesh was the …

Kadapa: The stage is set for Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to prove to the Congress that he is the true inheritor of the YSR legacy with the Election Commission on Wednesday announcing May 8 as the date for the byelections to the Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula assembly constituencies. The model code of conduct comes into effect in Kadapa (YSR) …

Kadapa: The YSR Kadapa district bankers consultative committee, headed by the district collector Sasibhusan Kumar, today approved the annual credit plan with an outlay of Rs 2,900 crores, an increase of 18.37 per cent over Rs 2,450 crore of 2010-11. The district collector congratulated all the bankers for achieving the credit targets in the year 2010-11. He pointed out that …

Kadapa: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy took sweet revenge on his erstwhile party by trouncing its candidates in three MLC constituencies, which saw by-elections on March 21. The fledgling YSR Congress Party, which Jagan floated on March 11, opened its account by securing three — Chittoor, Kadapa and West Godavari — of the nine seats at stake. The Congress, which had …

KADAPA: Eligible graduates and teachers can cast their vote in the elections to Rayalaseema West Member of Legislative Council (MLC) constituency slated on March 13 by establishing their identity by producing any of the 13 documents specified by the Election Commission of India, District Collector Shashi Bhushan Kumar said on Wednesday. Valid proof The Election Commission has permitted 13 documents

KADAPA: Finding it difficult to finalise a suitable candidate for the Council elections from the Kadapa Local Authorities Constituency (LAC), the Congress is desperately trying to garner support from all possible quarters. Its desperation was evident when Housing Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana visited the Telugu Desam Party office in Rajampet town and held discussions with former MLA K. Madanmohan Reddy to …

Kadapa: Red sanders smuggling goes on unabated in YSR district as smugglers have changed routes to export the precious wood to Chennai and Bengaluru. Earlier, smugglers used to export red sanders from Kadapa to Chittoor district. But frequent raids by poli-ce and forest officials compelled the culprits to smuggle these through Kadiri. Smugglers are often transporting them under papayas, mangoes and …