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VIJAYAWADA: A 43-year-old woman killed her 17-year-old son at A T Agraharam in Guntur town on Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Vallepu Siddartha who was addicted to ganja and had been harassing his mother Sumalatha.
According to Nagarampalem police, Sumalatha, a sweeper employed with the Guntur Municipal Corporation on a contract basis, had been living in a rented house at A T Agraharam for the past two months along with her son Siddartha. She was the sole breadwinner in her family since her husband’s death.
Sumalatha’s son Siddartha had dropped out of school and was addicted to ganja and would frequently harass his mother for money for his addiction. On Saturday, there was a quarrel between mother and son, said neighbours who overheard the two. Later, they saw Sumalatha leaving the house, claiming she had “finally got rid of him”. Suspecting something to be amiss, neighbours went inside the house and noticed Siddartha lying dead on t
District collector A Md Imtiaz felicitates Rishitha on Friday
VIJAYAWADA: City girl Rishitha Jaladi’s address at the National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) has received praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A final year BSc student of Maris Stella College, Rishitha created ripples at NYPF held in New Delhi, by moving a proposal to give money to all citizens of the country in an effort to end poverty.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union sports and youth affairs minister Kiren Rijiju and several senior officials present at the meeting applauded the presentation made by Rishitha. Rishitha is also the first attendee from Andhra Pradesh at the NYPF. “Delighted to hear Rishitha J from AP who spoke about eradication of poverty by emphasising on skill development and entrepreneurship,” tweeted the Prime Minister.
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AMARAVATI: In what could be a prize catch, the state government has bagged a lease for a coal mine in Jharkhand in the bidding conducted by the Centre.
Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC), a fully-owned AP government firm, has got the licence to explore coking coal from Brahmadiha cooking coal mine block in Jharkhand. APMDC is the lone public sector firm among the 14 firms which filed bids for the lease of Brahmadiha coal mine.
Interestingly, this is the only block where coking coal reserves are available among the coal blocks auctioned by the Centre.
Following inspections of Vaikunta Ekadasi arrangements at various places at Tirumala on Wednesday, TTD EO told reporters that the temple body had made the best of arrangements to ensure a happy pilgrimage to the visiting devotees.
TIRUPATI: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Executive officer Dr KS Jawahar Reddy IAS appealed to the devotees of Lord Venkateswara not to come to the hill town during the Vaikunta Ekadasi festival between December 25-January 3rd if they have not been able to make darshan ticket bookings in advance.
Following inspections of Vaikunta Ekadasi arrangements at various places at Tirumala on Wednesday, TTD EO told reporters that the temple body had made the best of arrangements to ensure a happy pilgrimage to the visiting devotees.