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Migrant workers at AIIMS Mangalagiri turns violent

Vijayawada: Police resorted to lathi-charge as hundreds of migrant workers turned violent at Mangalagiri near here on Friday, demanding the authorities send them back to their home states. Tension prevailed after the migrants turned violent during the protest at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Mangalagiri in Guntur district. They barged into the security […]

Five-member panel formed to probe Vizag gas leak, will submit report in one month

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday constituted a five-member High-Power Committee to probe into the causes behind the leakage of styrene gas from the LG Polymer plant at RR Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, which claimed 12 lives, and take stock of the recovery steps being initiated. It will be submitting its final report […]

‘Minuscule technical leak’ at Vizag chemical factory; situation under control: Officials

NEW DELHI: A “minuscule technical leak” had occurred at the chemical factory in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam where styrene gas leaked in the early hours of Thursday but it was controlled and the process of neutralisation is on, officials said on Friday. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the National Environmental Engineering Research […]

Gas snuffs out bright medico’s life in Visakhapatnam

VISAKHAPATNAM: The bright future of a young student of Andhra Medical College came to an abrupt end with the LG Polymers gas leak at RR Venkatapuram on Thursday. The 19-year-old first-year MBBS student, Annepu Chandra Mouli, was among the 11 victims. A bright student who excelled in academics, he was reportedly studying till the early […]

In-Talk: Truth behind LG Polymers second gas leakage

Gas leakage turned out to be a nightmare for Vizag people. Gopalapatnam region was evacuated yesterday and the people were moved to a safe region. Few segments of media reported that the gas got leaked again in the early hours which made people all over the state panic about their relatives who are living in […]

CISF plays vital role in controlling gas leakage in Visakhapatnam

NEW DELHI: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Thursday said it played a vital role in controlling the gas leakage and rescue operations during the styrene gas leakage in LG Polymers in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam. The central paramilitary force, in a statement, said the CISF Fire Service Wing of VSP Vishakapatnam along with one […]

YS Jagan’s response on Vizag toxic gas leakage

Problems are coming one after the other for Andhra Pradesh. While fighting with Covid-19, Andhra Pradesh Government is now doing another battle against the toxic gas leakage in Vishakapatnam region. In the early hours, toxic gas got leaked from LG Polymers which made locals of Gopalapatnam fall unconscious. Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan was informed […]

A toxic gas leakage at Vizag chemical plant kills eight individuals

Eight individuals including a kid apparently died after harmful gas spilled from a chemical plant of a global company in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam. 200 individuals have been admitted to medical clinic. Ambulances, fire motors and police officers have arrived at the compound plant, authorities said. Inhabitants close to the chemical gas plant of LG Polymers […]

Gas leak: All you need to know about Vizag plant

Visakhapatnam: LG Polymers India, from whose chemical plant in Visakhapatnam the gas leaked early Thursday, is part of the South Korean group LG Chemical and is headquartered in Mumbai. Founded as Hindustan Polymers in 1961 for making polystyrene and its co-polymers at Visakhapatnam, the company was merged with McDowell & Co Ltd of UB Group […]

7 dead, 5 villages affected in Vizag gas leak

Visakhapatnam: Tragedy struck Andhra Pradesh early on Thursday as gas leaked from a chemical unit in the city, leaving one minor among 7 people dead, more than 70 left unconscious, with at least five sleeping hamlets affected unaware as most were still in bed. Initial casualties included a 8-year-old girl. One man is reported to […]

Corona patient’s wife tested positive in Vizag

Ever since the first coronavirus positive case has hit Andhra with Nellore patient, the people in the state were scattered with anxiety. Amid the fear, the second case was tested positive in Ongole. In spite of precautionary measures, the third case, which was reported in Vizag, had the man a travel history of Saudi Arabia. […]

TDP Leader’s loose talk on leaked call

Former government whip Kuna Ravi Kumar is once again caught abusing and threatening government official. An audio clip of Kuna Ravi Kumar phone call to Panchayatraj village development (EOPRD) officer got leaked and in this the TDP leader literally warned that he would bury the officer dead. Going into details Ravi’s follower was supposed to […]

Surprise: Babu hails KCR, blasts T-TDP

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu is in Hyderabad since two weeks and on Sunday, he met Telangana TDP leaders. In this meeting Chandrababu lashed out at leaders for not taking adequate measures to win people’s trust and in a surprise he praised Telangana CM KCR. Chandrababu’s positive comments on KCR comes in the wake of TDP […]

2 Lakh crores is Jagan’s latest ‘Target’

The budget of a state represents its economic status. Generally, the budget number increases year by year and in the past, presenting 1 lakh crore rupees as budget is a sensation. But now both the Telugu States are easily exceeding the 2lakh crore rupee mark and AP’s previous year budget was 2,27,974.99 crores. But, it […]