The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has become a money spinner for officials, middlemen and employees.

According to sources, the mandal parishad development officer (MPDO), technical assistant, field assistants and middlemen siphoned off nearly Rs 25 lakh during the implementation of the NREGS scheme in Chinnamandem mandal of Kadapa district.

The paddy-rich coastal Andhra region is turning into a new battleground for anti-special economic zone movement.

The ongoing agitation by farmers against the proposed multi-purpose SEZ near the port city of Kakinada has received a major boost with Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar throwing her weight behind the movement.

Protest against setting up of SEZ turns violent
A Nandigram-type agitation is brewing in the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh. The protests against a proposed special economic zone (SEZ) near Kakinada in east Godavari district took a violent turn today with several villagers clashing with police and obstructing the land acquisition process.

Rajya Sabha member and Communist Party of India leader D. Raja sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Kadapa: Development schemes are going on at a snail

Kakinada: The takeover bid of land by special economic zone (SEZ) promoters with the assistance of revenue and police force was opposed by farmers in both Uppada Kothapalli and Tondangi mandals in East Godavari on Tuesday.

Two species of Tarantulas (spiders) from Andhra Pradesh have been declared as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Gooty Tarantula found in the Nallamala in Kadapa and Regal Tarantula found in the Eastern Ghats have been put in Red List of IUCN.

Hyderabad, Dec. 21: Hyderabadis, who consume fruits and vegetables grown over 3,600 hectares under the Musi ayacut, run the risk of severe worm infection that may cause appetite loss, abdominal pain, shortness of breath and a variety of skin diseases.

According to a joint study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the International Water

Nellore, Dec. 19: The number of migratory birds arriving in the Nelapattu bird sanctuary has come down in the recent past because of the decline of biodiversity in the Pulicat Lake. The birds are drawn to these sanctuaries mainly because the Pulicat Lake used to be an inexhaustible source of food.

Tirupati, Dec. 17: Four deer were found dead in mysterious circumstances at the deer park on the first Tirumala ghat road on Wednesday morning. Though the young deer died in the morning, The TTD forest officials could not ascertain the reason for the deaths even by evening.