Top 5 Andhra Pradesh News Updates Today

1. Minister for Health and Medical Education Vidadala Rajini exhorted people to buy handicrafts to promote artisans and handicrafts.

2. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked the people to evaluate the difference in administration between the YSRCP government and the previous TDP government.

3. SCR Vijayawada Division has awarded the first ever contract through e-tender for development of new Gati Shakthi Cargo Terminal (GCT) entirely on railway land at Bikkavolu. The contract was awarded to M/s Grasim Industries Ltd at an estimated construction cost of Rs 15.24 crore, which will bear the entire construction cost. This move shall ensure development of additional terminals for handling rail cargo, generating extra revenue for the Division along with additional traffic.

4. Condemning the state government for banning rallies and public meetings on roads, TDP politburo member Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy said this is not a dictatorship but a democracy where people can move anywhere in the democracy. Addressing the media here on Tuesday, the state government brought for the first time this undemocratic rule that curtails the freedom of people. "If the same orders had been in force in the past, the country would not have achieved independence. At that time, all the campaigns of Mahatma Gandhi were on the roads," he remarked.

5. Atchannaidu points out that TDP govt never made such attempts during its rule Nimmala Ramanaidu alleges conspiracy behind stampede deaths in Kandukur and Guntur Jana Sena says the black GO is continuation of attempts to prevent Pawan to conduct public meetings