konaseema district

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Andhra Pradesh BSEAP declared SSC Class 10 results with an 85.25% pass rate, a significant recovery after a pandemic-induced 100% and a 2022 dip. Girls outperformed boys with an 87.90% pass percentage. Parvathipuram Manyam district led with 96.07% pass, while Alluri Sitharama Raju district recorded the lowest at 57.12%

A minor reshuffle of IAS officers has seen Muttimbaku Abhishikth Kishore appointed as the new Collector of Visakhapatnam, replacing M N Harendhira Prasad who moves to Kakinada. Sagili Shan Mohan is now CEO of the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board, while C M Saikanth Varma takes charge as Guntur District Collector.

The police in Amalapuram town of Andhra Pradesh have arrested 46 people in connection with Tuesday's large-scale violence in which houses of a minister and MLA were set afire, a senior official said on Wednesday.

The state government has decided to rename konaseema district as Dr BR Ambedkar konaseema district.The government has issued a preliminary notification on Wednesday seeking public objections/suggestions.The final notification will be issued after 30 days.

Carcasses of sea turtles continue washing ashore in konaseema district despite conservation efforts, but the number has decreased from 90 to 34 during the current breeding season. Turtles are dying mainly due to mechanised boats. Fishermen are instructed to use Turtle Excluding Devices and avoid fishing within five kilometers of the coast.

Violence broke out on Tuesday in the otherwise peaceful Konaseema of Andhra Pradesh as hundreds of people took the streets protesting the state government's proposal to name the newly formed konaseema district after Dr BR Ambedkar. Police fired in the air to disperse the attacking mobs in different parts of the district.

Arson broke out in Amalapuram town in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday afternoon when police resorted to a lathi-charge at people who sought to stage a protest near the district Collector's office opposing the proposed renaming of the newly-created konaseema district as B R Ambedkar konaseema district. Several policemen were said to have sustained injuries as irate protestors pelted stones following the lathi-charge. A police vehicle and an educational institution's bus were torched in the town.

Six students aged between 12 and 14 from konaseema district left their homes after being pressured by their parents to attend school. They were found by the police at the banks of Godavari, where they were discovered cooking food with the utensils they had bought. The children have been handed back to their parents.

A suspected gas pipeline leak during maintenance at an ONGC oil well in Andhra Pradesh's konaseema district caused a massive fire and explosion. The incident, which occurred during production enhancement operations, led to the evacuation of approximately 300 families from nearby villages. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.

The Amalapuram incident in which the houses of a minister and a MLA were set ablaze by the angry protesters has once again brought the failures of intelligence department and the preparedness of the police.

Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s home town Pulivendula has become a revenue division. The government issued orders on Wednesday creating two new revenue divisions, with their headquarters at Pulivendula in YSR district, and Kothapet in konaseema district.

The Andhra Pradesh government had failed to publish the shutdown order as per the guidelines of Supreme Court when it imposed an internet shutdown in konaseema district on May 25 this year, an RTI reply received by a legal services organisation has revealed.

Curfew has been declared in the area and there is heavy police presence, with over 2,000 cops deployed to maintain peace in the district.

The CM visited a couple in Dr. BR Ambedkar konaseema district and granted them 1 crore for the treatment of their 3-year-old daughter, Honey.