Four of the infected patients died after developing complications linked to severe pre-existing illnesses, while health officials said hospitals across Andhra Pradesh have been placed on alert and five samples are undergoing genome sequencing.
Padmanabham, who died on Tuesday, is believed to have told his family members that his daughter should not be allowed at his funeral.
Six families are left waiting with unanswered questions after a fishing trip ended in disaster off the Visakhapatnam coast. One man's remarkable survival now stands as the only witness to hours of courage.
One survivor swam for 18 hours before being rescued at sea. Six others were never found, despite four days of searching. The state has now called off the operation and moved to support their families.
In a significant achievement for Odisha’s tribal education sector, students of the Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS), Mahasingi in Kandhamal district, have qualified for the zonal round of the National Youth Parliament Competition and will represent the state at the Zone-III event in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
The owner, Vemuri Vinod Kumar, was designated by the police as accused number 2, while bus driver Miriyala Lakshmaiah, who is already in custody, has been named as accused number 1.
The South Central Railway (SCR) has announced that it will operate 60 Pre-Sabarimala special trains connecting key destinations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with Kollam in Kerala to manage the anticipated surge of devotees traveling to Sabarimala.
India has taken significant strides in becoming a global semiconductor power house, with the recent announcement of four major semiconductor manufacturing units in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Punjab, bringing in an investment of Rs 4,600 crores.
According to police, more than 10 thousand devotees had gathered at the Sri Venkateswara temple to celebrate Ekadashi. When a group of devotees attempted to enter the temple from the exit point, chaos ensued, and the situation quickly transformed into a stampede, leading to deaths and injuries.
After wreaking havoc in parts of Andhra Pradesh, the cyclonic storm ‘Montha’ weakened into a depression today bringing rainfall in several districts of South Bengal during the day.
