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Chainsaw attack in Andhra school: Accused critically injured in police firing
Andhra local body polls: Jagan protests outside RO office in Pulivendula after 70 YSRCP agents denied entry at polling stations
Andhra local body polls underway: YSRCP candidates allegedly attacked, vehicles set on fire in Pulivendula

36,351 police personnel deployed, 12,000 CCTV cameras installed: AP gears up for urban local body polls
After Arnab, Andhra Pradesh braces for another cyclonic storm
10th class girl attacked with power saw inside classroom in Andhra’s Anantapur; accused in custody
AP urban local body polls: Campaigning ends at 5 PM; EC tells HC candidate details to go online
Chandrababu warns rebel candidates, calls for alliance discipline; ministers to be held responsible for victory of NDA candidates
Andhra Pradesh: Bahuda flow reaches 75,000 cusecs; third warning issued, three villages at risk of flooding
‘Operation Firewall’: Two Bihar men arrested for allegedly supplying Indian SIM OTPs to Pakistani agents
AP MPTC, ZPTC poll schedule revised: Polling on 5 November, counting on 7 November
Cyclone Arnab wreaks havoc: Seven killed in accidents across several districts
Cyclone Arnab crosses Andhra coast; Chandrababu reviews impact, writes to Amit Shah
Cyclone Arnab batters north Andhra Pradesh, uproots 6,000 power poles in Konaseema
SC refuses to intervene in AP local body polls; orders preservation of CCTV footage
Andhra braces for Cyclone Arnab: CM urges people to stay indoors; 84,396 evacuated, response teams on standby
‘Laying a hand on our people is like laying a hand on me’: YS Jagan warns Chandrababu government
Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu accuses YSRCP of obstructing local body polls, urges voters to elect NDA candidates
Bank loan diversion case: Setback for AP Deputy Speaker Raghu Rama in Supreme Court
Cyclone Arnab approaching: Threat looms over north Andhra, central coastal districts; CM reviews precautionary measures
‘Failed as CM, son, brother’: CM Naidu targets Jagan, accuses YSRCP of orchestrating violence during local polls
Gade Sai Krishna custodial death: CBI registers FIR following High Court orders
Gelatin stick blast at Alluri road work site claims six lives, including a teacher
Apex Court orders disregarded: YS Jagan demands Andhra Pradesh local elections be held under Supreme Court supervision
Gade Sai Krishna custodial death: CBI takes over probe, to register FIR
Hunt for local body poll funding? Andhra tipplers forced to cough up ₹10 extra per bottle
Violence mars MPTC, ZPTC nominations in Andhra; candidates blocked, papers snatched away as police stand by
House arrests of YSRCP leaders amid ZPTC, MPTC nominations in Andhra Pradesh

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Mullaperiyar dam — Keralam aims to bring drinking water, irrigation and dam safety under comprehensive water policy by early 2027

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Karnataka ‘sting operation’ row: Kumaraswamy questions haste in probe, asks why forensic report remains under wraps

Jagan blames Naidu government for chainsaw attack on Raptadu schoolgirl; accused faces possible leg amputation

Voters at the facilitation centre in Bengaluru's Jayanagar. — Karnataka SIR: 85% of 1.08 crore names marked for deletion are for reasons other than death; Bengaluru accounts for 44%

Ex-Tamil Nadu Minister KN Nehru. — Supreme Court dismisses former DMK minister KN Nehru’s appeal against FIR order

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Minister Lokesh visited Manipal hospital on Sunday — Chainsaw attack in Andhra school: Injured girl recovering; doctors note steady progress

Police identified the deceased as Chittari Haribabu, who had allegedly killed his YouTuber wife Vaishnavi in March 2026. — Drunk man allegedly strangles five-year-old son to death in Hyderabad

The visuals purportedly show Congress leader Sreenadevi Kunjamma and Youth Congress leader Fenny Ninan among those involved in the commotion. — Adoor police station stormed: Four-month-old CCTV footage puts Congress leaders under scrutiny

Man deliberately rams car into vehicles injuring nine in Keralam; tells police he tried to die by suicide

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has tightened shelf-life requirements for imported medicines — Government bars import of drugs with less than one year of shelf life

The Chalo Dilli march on 1 November. — Delhi rally impressive, but Telangana Congress needs serious introspection

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge. — Sting video row: Home Minister Priyank Kharge claims ‘irrefutable technical evidence against 3 people linked to Union Minister Kumaraswamy’