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TIRUPATI: Kurnool police, in two separate incidents, seized over 1 kg of gold and more than Rs 3 crore cash which were being carried without proper documents or bills during vehicle checks at Panchalingala check-post over the last two days.
District SP Kaginelli Fakeerappa said a 27-year-old auto driver from Bengaluru, identified as BA Chetan Kumar, became friends with one Arun, a resident of Chennai, a few days ago and managed to become his confidant.
On March 28, Arun sent Chetan to Raigarh in Chattisgarh. During his 10-day stay in Raigarh, several persons met the auto driver and gave him the cash. On April 8, he reached Hyderabad carrying over Rs 3 crore in cash when he was intercepted by SEB sleuths at Panchalingala check-post.
People have overwhelmingly backed our CM Jagan’s three capital cities theory, said YSRC spokesperson Ambati Rambabu.
The opposition TDP bagged two civic bodies – the Tadipatri and Mydukur municipalities. The result of elections to the Eluru Municipal Corporation was withheld in view of a stay by the Andhra Pradesh high court, which is hearing a case related to the process of updating the voters’ list.
Asaduddin Owaisi’s AMIM, which contested elections for the first time in AP, won just one municipal ward in Hindupur town.
YSRC s victory in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Guntur is being seen as a big setback for TDP. N. Chandrababu Naidu s party didn t reach double digits in many towns. Although TDP won with a majority in Tadipatri and Mydukur, YSRC is likely to bag the chairperson s posts there with the help of ex-officio votes. This, in effect, means that YSRCP will control all the civic bodies in the state. The Janasena-BJP combine, too, came a cropper.
Vijayawada: Even though all opposition parties are against the state government’s three-capital proposal and have extended support to farmers’ agitations, they are not willing to make capital an issue in the ensuing municipal polls.
While the ruling party has completely confined its campaign to its welfare driven agenda, opposition parties are focusing more on local issues.
Historically, the ruling party of the state has an edge in the local body elections. This has already been reflected in the recent panchayat elections.
“If the election is fought with the capital issue on forefront, a negative result will put us on the backfoot in future as the ruling party will bring in a narrative that people in Vijayawada and Guntur voted in favour of three capitals,” said a TDP contestant who did not wish to be named.
Vijayawada: Finance minister Buggana Rajendranath on Friday justified the state government’s move to go for external borrowings, citing increasing deb.
The incident happened at around 5pm on Saturday when while landing on the runway, the wing of the aircraft colluded with the high beam lamp post which is placed adjacent to the runway near parking.
VIJAYAWADA: An Air India Express flight from Doha carrying around 64 passengers lost control and hit a pole while landing at Vijayawada International Airport on Saturday. No passengers were injured in the incident.
The incident happened at around 5pm on Saturday when while landing on the runway, the wing of the aircraft collided with the high beam lamp post which is placed adjacent to the runway near parking.