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guntur district news

Four killed as 2 lorries catch fire after crash on NH-16 in Andhra Pradesh: Cops

Four people died in a fiery highway crash near Boyapalem in Guntur (Representative photo)
Published on Jul 01, 2026 01:55 pm IST

Daughter of IAS officer found dead in Andhra in suspected death by suicide, probe on: Police

Daughter of IAS officer found dead in Andhra in suspected death by suicide, probe on: Police
Published on Dec 03, 2025 08:28 am IST

6-year-old boy attacked by stray dogs in Andhra Pradesh, video goes viral

6-year-old boy attacked by stray dogs in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur
Published on Dec 30, 2023 05:13 pm IST

Cricketer Ambati Rayudu enters into Andhra politics

Former Indian cricketer Ambati Rayudu enters into Andhra Pradesh politics. (PTI)
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 01:01 am IST

Seven killed, 20 injured as a tractor overturns, plunges into canal in Guntur

The Guntur police have registered a case and investigating the matter. (Getty Images)
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 12:55 am IST

7 killed, 20 injured as tractor overturns and falls into canal in Guntur

The Guntur Police said a group of 40 people were travelling on a tractor when the accident took place (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Jun 05, 2023 08:34 pm IST

Andhra tribals protest move to include Boyas and Valmikis in ST list

Chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy told the assembly that the one-man Commission, which studied the social and economic conditions of the Boyas in four districts, recommended their inclusion in the Scheduled Tribe list. (ANI.)
Updated on Apr 01, 2023 12:12 am IST

CBI searches 25 places of former TDP lawmaker in AP in illegal mining case

Searches were conducted in various places including those in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana’s Hyderabad belonging to former Telugu Desam Party MLA Yarapathineni Srinivasa Rao.
Published on Nov 19, 2020 11:19 pm IST

Andhra police bust fake Aadhaar racket, arrest eight

the gang created stamps in the name of some gazetted officers and issued fake birth certificates to these women. Later, the gang uploaded these certificates along with the Aadhaar data updating request forms so that they would get fresh Aadhaar cards. (Photo@APPOLICE100)
Updated on Aug 28, 2020 12:02 am IST

Three hurt as man sets fire to a car after locking them in it in Andhra’s Vijayawada

The incident happened at Bharat Nagar, in the heart of the city on the national highway (NH 16) just adjacent to a five-star hotel.
Updated on Aug 17, 2020 11:20 pm IST

400 Odia migrant workers deboard from train to escape quarantine

The Government Railway Police later detained the workers at the Chilika Railway Station and informed the officials of Ganjam district who arrived with vehicles to ferry them to the quarantine centres.
Published on May 23, 2020 09:10 pm IST

Man stopped by cops for violating lockdown in Andhra’s Guntur, dies

Police personnel divert commuters during the nationwide lockdown in Andhra Pradesh. (Image used for representation).
Updated on Apr 20, 2020 03:41 pm IST

426 Amaravati farmers booked for blocking officials’ entry into village

A police official from Mangalagiri (rural) police station said the farmers were booked on a complaint that they had prevented the officials from discharging their duties at Krishnayapalem village, one of the 29 villages falling under Amaravati capital region. (HT photo)
Updated on Feb 21, 2020 11:45 am IST

Six killed in an auto-truck collision in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur

Six persons, including three members of a family, were killed in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district
Updated on Feb 10, 2020 06:11 pm IST

Hyderabad-based techie held for making abusive comments against YSRC MLA on TikTok

Andhra Pradesh police on Thursday arrested a 24-year-old software engineer from Hyderabad for posting a video on TikTok.
Published on Jan 10, 2020 01:38 am IST

CBI exhumes remains of pharmacy student in Andhra 12 yrs after rape-murder

After collecting the samples, the CBI team sealed the skeletal remains of the body in a box and shifted it to Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad for preservation.
Updated on Dec 15, 2019 04:12 am IST

Andhra HC tells off govt for painting gram panchayat buildings with party colours

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s government introduced the concept of Village Secretariats with effect from October 2 as part of an exercise to bring the administration to the doorstep of the common man.
Updated on Dec 14, 2019 01:42 am IST

Beaten up by daughter-in-law, 70 plus woman delivers baby through IVF: Report

A woman, who is more than 70 years old, has given birth to a premature baby girl, conceived through in-vitro fertilisation. (Representative Image)
Updated on Oct 14, 2019 10:55 am IST

87 villages in Andhra Pradesh affected by Krishna floods,toll rises to 2

Villagers wade through the flooded street after heavy rainfall at Krishna Lanka in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Updated on Aug 17, 2019 06:08 pm IST

Teen raped by 6 persons, including 3 minors, for 5 days in Andhra: Police

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped for five days by six persons, including three minors, after being locked up in a room in Ongole town of Andhra Pradesh, police said Sunday.
Updated on Jun 24, 2019 08:07 am IST

4 of Indian-origin family from Andhra found shot dead in US

Four members of a family from Andhra Pradesh were found dead with gunshot injuries inside their house in West Des Moines of US’ Iowa state on Saturday. (Representative Image)
Updated on Jun 17, 2019 10:05 am IST

Dalit woman takes oath as home minister in Jagan’s cabinet

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy addresses the party MLAs at Jagan camp office at Tadepalli, in Amravati, Friday, June 7, 2019.
Published on Jun 08, 2019 11:55 pm IST

Jagan Reddy appoints Dalit woman as home minister of Andhra Pradesh

Mekathoti Sucharita, who represents Prathipadu (SC) reserved constituency in Guntur district was named as Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh by Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy.,
Updated on Jun 08, 2019 07:07 pm IST

Andhra minister’s wife creates ruckus at toll plaza over payment of 56

P Venkata Kumari, wife of Andhra Pradesh civil supplies minister Prathipati Pulla Rao arguing with a toll plaza employee over the payment of toll fee.
Updated on May 14, 2020 04:23 pm IST

After Cyclone Fani, Andhra clocks abnormal rise in temperatures

The cyclone has taken away all the moisture content in the air while moving towards Odisha and from there to West Bengal. This has resulted in dry weather conditions, causing sudden increase in temperatures in several districts of Andhra Pradesh by at least five degrees Celsius.
Updated on May 04, 2019 03:37 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Many leaders among early voters as PM Narendra Modi appeals for high turnout

Naidu and Lokesh said every voter should exercise his democratic right.
Updated on Apr 29, 2020 09:58 pm IST

Amit Shah says doors of NDA forever shut for Chandrababu Naidu

BJP president Amit Shah
Updated on Apr 04, 2019 07:07 pm IST

Andhra physician en route to see sister, her newborn triplets among Ethiopian plane crash victims

Flowers are seen at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2019.
Updated on Mar 11, 2019 05:00 pm IST

School bus falls into culvert in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district; 20 students injured, 6 critical

At least 15 students were injured, two seriously, in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district on Monday after their school bus turned turtle, news agency ANI reported.
Updated on Jan 28, 2019 12:37 pm IST