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In Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)  raided the house of an K Lakshman Bhaskar (Senior Additional excise commissioner) houses of his relatives, friends and his agents were searched. In this they found excavate property worth of INR 50 Crores. Acting on a tip off, the dick carried the raid on Saturday across the state and in Hyderabad. 

ACB conducted raids in 11 places at Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and West Godavari. During the raid, the officers found ten house sites, two flats, 4.5 acres of agriculture land in his name, INR 9 lakh in cash in new denomination of INR 2,000 rupee notes, 15 kg silver, 3 kg gold and 29 foreign liquor bottles. His investments and  shares amounted to INR 23 lakhs, apart from a LIC policy of INR 3 lakh.
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French companies have reveals their interest in integrate with the Andhra Pradesh Government and making investments in urban infrastructure, smart cities, solar, urban development, renewable energy and sports. A alliance of 53 companies led by Alexandre Zieglar (French ambassador to India) visited the state on Wednesday and met AP CM N. Chandrababu Naidu and senior officials. They also showed interest in investments in sectors like water, transportation, waste, energy, communications and information technology. Many corporate companies showed their interest in ally with the state government in development of state capital Amaravati and Metro Rail projects in Vizag and Vijayawada.


The French ambassador was excite by the eager Amaravati development project and extol Chief Minister vision to develop a greenfield modern capital city. The French corporates have made presentation on their budding areas of concert. CM was impressed with the innovative ideas and technologies showcased by the French companies and welcomed their request to partnership with the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He requested the French companies to sign MoU's with the AP Economic Development Board and pursue succor on aerodynamic their entry and investments in the sunrise state. Chief Minister said that Andhra Pradesh an ideal place for investments with long coast line and copious mineral resources. Chief Minister welcomed the French business delegacy to invest in various sectors in the state by assuring necessary support and clearances within 14 days.
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The State Tourism Board Of Andhra Pradesh is giving out a hostile welcome to travellers as it has announced 25 tour packages that will cover all five tourist hubs in the state namely Visakhapatnam, Amaravati-Vijayawada, Rajahmundry-Kakinada, Tirupati-Nellore and Anantapur-Kurnool-Kadapa.

The Visakhapatnam hub tour packages:
  •  Visakhapatnam-Araku-Arasavalli (3 Nights/4 Days)
  • Visakhapatnam-Araku-Ananthagiri (3 Nights/4 Days)
  • Visakhapatnam-Jagdalpur-Konark Puri-Chilka lake (4 Nights/5 Days)
  • Visakhapatnam-Borra Caves-Machkund-Jeypore-Jagdalpur (3 Nights/4 Days)
Amaravati Capital tour packages:
  • Pilgrimage and heritage tour:- Bengaluru-Puttaparthi-Lepakshi
  • Heritage and eco-pilgrimage tour:- Lepakshi, Bengaluru, Horsley Hills, Penukonda.
  • Temple tour:- Bengaluru, Mahanandi, Srisailam, Ahobilam.
  • Heritage and leisure tour:- Lepakshi-Bangalore, Bengaluru-Kotilingeswara Temple-Horsley Hills-Puttaparthi.
  • Temple and eco-tour:- Bengaluru-Mantralayam, Kurnool-Orvakal-Yaganti-Belum Caves-Ahobilam-Mahanandi-Srisailam, and covering Anantapur-Puttaparthi-Kadiri-Katarupalli-Timmamma Marrimanu, 
Rajahmundry-Kakinada hub tour Packages:
  •  Kakinada-Samalkot-Annavaram
  • Rajahmundry-Maredumilli
  • Rajahmundry-Maredumilli-Papikondalu
  • Kakinada-Maredumilli 
Tirupati hub tour packages:
  • Kanipakam (Local tour)
  • Sri Kalahasti (Local tour)
  • Tirupati-Horsley Hills-Talakona-Tirupati
  • Local packages starting from Vishnu Nivasam (Twice daily)
  • Temple tours:- Tirupati-Srisailam-Mahanandi, Ahobilam-Yaganti-Belum Caves- Tirupati (On demand), Chandragiri Fort-Tirupati, an evening package (On demand), ex-Chennai (on joint partnership basis), ex-Madurai, and Kumbakonam-Tirumala.
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Today Andhra Pradesh was covered by Southwest Monsoon. The was Monsoon has also covered Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal and some parts of Vidarbha and Jharkhand. Throughout the last 24 hours, modest to heavy rains have been observed over coastal parts of Andhra Pradesh. For instance, Machilipatnam recorded 47.3 mm of rain, Vijayawada 44 mm, Kakinada 5.7 mm, Kurnool 5.9 mm, and Ongole 2 mm. These rains can be accredit to the cyclonic circulation which is currently over Odisha and adjoining Bay of Bengal. The system has moved inland and is likely to affect interior parts of the state as well. By another 24 hours, rain potency will decrease over coastal parts of Andhra Pradesh but Rayalaseema will continue to receive light to moderate rain at many places. The possibility of heavy spells over the region also cannot be ruled out. So far Coastal Andhra has recorded 37 % surplus rains and Rayalaseema region recorded 27 % of excess rains. These rains will further improve the rainfall figures.
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Government of Andhra Pradesh is planning for 33 hotels major global and domestic brands with total investment of INR 2,400 Crores to boost tourism development, more than 2,766 rooms with investment of INR 2,400 Crores a report said. Report said more tourists now willing towards water sports, entertainment avenues and adventure tourism, Andhra Pradesh Govt is also focusing on them. To make Andhra Pradesh as most preferred destination, the state is all set to launch a host of water sports and adventure tourism facilities. The state already introduced facilities like jeep para-sailing, para-sailing, water-skiing, para-motoring, speed boat at Bhavani Islands in Vijayawada. Work is also in progress to reproduce the same across other beaches such as Bheemili, Rishikonda, Thotlakonda, Mangamaripeta, according to a source. The state will launch amphibious vehicles in Vijayawada and Rajahmundry to operate on both land and water, the report said. The state is also coming up with sea planes to be functional in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Kakinada to offer Heli tourism.
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Andhra Pradesh capital Amaravati has obliviously drawn the heed of Pakistan Media. The now discarded cupola shaped design for the Andhra Pradesh assembly at Amaravati drawn by international architects Maki and Associates has sparked off a conjecture that a mega nuclear power plant is being planned on the right bank of the river Krishna near Vijayawada. The footage of one such debate on a media in Pakistan was telecast by a Telugu TV channel on Tuesday night. One of the participants on the Pakistani channel proclaim that a mega city is being constructed in Andhra Pradesh to manufacture what he called hydrogen bombs. He also accused the United States of helping Andhra Pradesh in building Amaravati. 

Visits of sundry teams from Japan, Singapore and China  to Vijayawada has reportedly created a sort of fear psychosis on the other side of the border over a 'Mega Nuclear City'. En Passant the AP government had rejected the 'dome' design for the assembly as it favour nuclear towers. The government has asked Maki and Associates to come out with a new design. 
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Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said on saturday that he regret not having shifted to Amaravati immediately after taking charge in June-2014. Chandra Babu operating from Hyderabad and moved operations to Vijayawada last June after a temporary office building was constructed. New capital Amaravati was chosen in September-2014. Naidu said i should shifted to Vijayawada and shall started working from under the trees or tents. Had I moved here then itself, everyone would have followed. I am repenting now. His remark came to a question at a press conference on the shifting of government departments from Hyderabad to Amaravati by mid-June. My main concern is about the academic year. We can't afford losing one more year if employees don't shift from Hyderabad in June. I am discussing this with all concerned and will take a call, Naidu said. Referring to the disquiets raised by employees over lack of proper facilities at Velagapudi where the state government transitional headquarters is coming up, he said some problems were bound to be there initially.
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D Umamaheswara Rao (AP Irrigation Minister) has said that the Polavaram Irrigation project conferring benefits to East Godavari, West Godavari, Visakhapatnam and Krishna districts is expected to be completed by 2018. Rao also said that all works on the right bank canal will be finished by June-2017. The state government is taking all required steps to complete the Polavaram project by 2018. He said water which was over-flowing into the sea after usage of water for two crops in East Godavari district will be diverted to Krishna delta through Pattiseema project. He said that Chief Minister has directed officials to spend INR 300 Crores towards land acquisition for various projects. 
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Hot heat waves prevailing in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana claimed over 150 lives in few days. Temperature ranging from 40 to 45°C, and which is 5 degrees more than seasonal average, it has affected normal life in almost all 10 districts in Telangana and 13 districts in Andhra Pradesh. The states are also facing acute shortage of drinking water. 

In Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema region has brunt of heat, while Coastal Andhra was comparatively cooler. Anantapur continued to sizzle under 44°C day time temperature, Kurnool and Nandyal at 43°C, Tirupati 42°C and Kadapa 41°C. Vijayawada recorded 40°C. In Anantapur, Tarimela and Pamudurti recorded 46°C. District revenue officials say that such high temperatures were noted almost after 12 years. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandra Babu held a video conference with all district collectors on Friday, has said them to give most priority to the provision of drinking water. Chief Minister said additional funds have been released to cater drinking water through water tankers. The cyclone warning centre in Vizag has said that there could be scattered rains in few places in AP and Telangana due to cumulonimbus clouds arising out of hot weather which could bring down temperatures considerably in a day or two.

In Telangana, Adilabad recorded 45°C, Hyderabad recorded 43°C, Warangal & Karimnagar recorded 40°C. Coal belt region of Ramagundam crossed 45°C which is open mining sector. While considering the severity of the heat wave, Telangana government has declared summer holidays for all schools from Saturday and warned private schools not to violate the orders. Government has pressed water tankers to cater to needs of 1,650 rural areas especially in Medak, Nizamabad, Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda and  Ranga Reddy districts. There is shortage of green fodder for the cattles in both states.  
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AP CM Chandrababu said that exorbitant prices of land in capital region will cause flight of investments to the next destination Rayalaseema and other states. Doing business in Singapore appears to be cost-effective than in Vijayawada and Guntur due to the land value inflation. In the 5th anniversary celebrations of L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) Chandrababu who has attended as chief guest said that people had jacked up land prices and also rents but were not selling them with an intention to commercialize the properties. Amaravati is poised to become one of the world’s best cities. Entrepreneurs from the region no longer need to look beyond the emerging capital city. However, the land issue has to be sorted out to enable them to play a catalytic role in development. And Chief Minister said land values had become a problem for me too as I look to develop Amaravati into a world-class city.
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Lanco Kondapalli Power Limited, a subsidiary of Lanco Infratech, has operationalised a 371 MW unit of Kondapalli Power Project at Vijayawada.
Lanco Kondapalli Power has successfully declared Commercial Operations Date (COD) for its expansion capacity of 371 MW (Phase III B Project) with effect from January 9, 2016,  Lanco Infratech Ltd informed BSE on Saturday.
A 371 MW unit of the power project had already been made operational in August last year. This Combined Cycle gas-based power project is being developed in three phases. 
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Vijayawada Police Commissioner Gautam Sawang said the condition of the 15 people who had been admitted to various hospitals in semi-conscious state was critical.

Six people died and 15 others were battling for lives in Vijayawada on Monday, after they had consumed alcohol that had allegedly been mixed with cheap illicit liquor.

Vijayawada Police Commissioner Gautam Sawang said the condition of the 15 people who had been admitted to various hospitals in semi-conscious state was critical.

At least 25 daily workers, from the outskirts of Vijayawada, consumed liquor at the bar of a reputed hotel before heading out to work Monday morning. Police said they suspected that Indian-made foreign liquor was mixed with illicit liquor or the IMFL itself may have been contaminated. CM N Chandrababu Naidu announced ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the deceased.


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At the end, experience matters always. When Telangana first proposed Entry Tax for all the AP vehicles coming to the state, Chandrababu Naidu cautioned that such move will be detrimental to both the sides but will impact Telangana more. But Telangana CM was adamant and went about imposing the entry tax, later Andhra Pradesh also had to follow that.


However the result of this entry tax is showing up adversely on Telangana.
The state has many manufacturing units located in and around Hyderabad, the vehicles of those are ending up paying additional 4 Crore due to double taxation.
Also, there are several tourist vehicles from Telangana going to various pilgrim places of AP like Tirupati, Simhachalam, Vijayawada etc.
This is resulting in loss to Telangana and additional burden to tourist operators of the state. In AP, Private bus operators plying vehicles from Vijayawada and Guntur to Hyderabad are at receiving end paying Rs 90 lakh more due to double taxation.
So to end up this menace, Telangana government proposed introduction of counter signature system to avoid double taxation on goods carrier vehicles. Under this system, both states will agree not to collect tax on certain number (10000 now) of vehicles plying between AP and Telangana. 10,000 vehicles of both the sides will avail this benefit.


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