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Bharathi Cements has commissioned a 10 MW ground-mounted solar power plant in its manufacturing facility located at Nallingayapalli of Kadapa District in Andhra Pradesh. This is part of the cement company’s long-term plan to transition to Renewable Energy sources. This plant, executed by Hyderabad-based Fourth Partner Energy, in a record 60 days, is expected to generate 1.6 crore units of …

In a surprise development, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on Friday announced its decision to hand over the famed Gandi Sri Veeranjaneya Swamy temple in Chakrayapet mandal of Kadapa district back to the Endowments Department. The temple’s ownership changed hands between the Endowments Department and the TTD four times in the last twelve years, making a mockery of temple autonomy. …

YS Jagan ’s Rise Sometime in mid-2010, Vijayalakshmi, popularly known as Vijayamma, the widow of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy, and her daughter Sharmila Reddy landed in New Delhi from Hyderabad. They directly drove to 10, Janpath, the official residence of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. They were tense. They were expecting a warm welcome at her …

Kadapa: Putta Sudhakar Yadav who was a member of the previous trust board sworn in as chairman of the TTD Trust Board on Saturday, 28th of April in Tirumala. Mr. Yadav’s appointment comes a year after the expiry of the term of the previous board led by Ch. Krishnamurthy, in which he had served as a member. At a brief …

The first picture shows an aerial view of RTC Bus Stand in Kadapa. The buses enter from North-West and exit from North-East. Though the routes of outgoing buses and the buses coming from the east do intersect, it is not a big problem because there is only one straight road outside. The vehicular movement is smooth. This bus stand, though …

Starting from 5th January The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation announced a New Year gift for tourists with a special, one-day Kadapa-Ahobilam package. The package is one of the 12 special packages announced by APSRTC across the state. APSRTC Kadapa zone executive director Seshagiri Rao said that they had decided to launch the package keeping in view the high …

A trial run on the Kadapa-Pendlamarri railway line would be conducted by the end of February. The track is part of the broad gauge railway line connecting Kadapa and Bangalore. The government’s 20-point programme implementation committee chairman N Tulasi Reddy on Thursday inspected the project at Pendlamarri. Later, speaking to reporters he said the works on the railway line between …

Folk artistes carrying their musical instruments staged a dharna in front of Kadapa Collectorate on Monday and raised slogans demanding identity cards, grant of pensions to aged artistes and allotment of house sites. A.P. State Folk Artistes Association president P. Yadagiri demanded that District Collector K. Sasidhar instruct officials concerned to provide opportunities to artistes all over Kadapa district, rather …

Kadapa MP and YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy was granted bail by the Principal Special Court for CBI Cases here on Monday even as the investigating agency has stated that it could not establish quid pro quo in the case of eight companies. The 40-year-old leader was granted bail after spending nearly 16 months in the Chanchalguda Central Jail. …

The Congress high command’s move to split Rayalaseema into two parts and merge them with Telangana and coastal Andhra along with bifurcation of State is annihilation of the State and the historical and cultural identity of the people of Rayalaseema, former Advisor to the Government on Irrigation M. Sreerami Reddy alleged on Sunday. It was a political strategy to gain …