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Gorakhpur now has world's longest railway platform

A newly constructed railway platform in Gorakhpur, U.P. entered into the Limca Book of World Records for being world’s longest railway platform. Platform No. 1 of the Gorakhpur is 1366.33...

January 13, 2014

India joined 'Cryo Club' with successful launch of GSLV-D5; 6th spacefarer to develop a cryogenic engine

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its heavy-duty rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-D5 (GSLV-D5) from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh and placed communication satellite GSAT-14 into orbit.  GSAT-14...

January 11, 2014

India’s power network integrated into one grid with joining of Southern region

India’s power network has been integrated into one grid as South India has been linked with the national electricity grid. This completes the consolidation of the entire country...

January 7, 2014

Andhra Pradesh High Court directs 2 Telugu actors to return Padma Shri

The Andhra Pradesh High Court directed to Telugu actors Mohan Babu and Brahmanandam Kanneganti to surrender Padam Shri to the President of India, as they allegedly misused it.  The...

December 28, 2013

Telugu film industry suffered 300 crores losses in 2013

Year 2013 proved ominous for Telugu film industry as among 170-odd films released till December 7, 2013, only 12 to 14 films were either blockbusters, hits and average...

December 10, 2013

Bill for creation of Telangana gets assent of Union Cabinet

The Union Cabinet has approved for the creation of Telangana with 10 districts and sketched the draft for carving out the India’s 29th state from the current Andhra...

December 7, 2013

Cyclone Lehar moving towards Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh is on high alert as very severe cyclone Lehar is gusting towards it. Currently, it is centered 650 km east-southeast on Machilipatttam in the State where it is...

November 28, 2013

Article 371(D) of the Constitution needs to be amended for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh: Law Ministry

The Union Law Ministry informed the Group of Ministers (GoM) that the Article 371 (D) of the Constitution of India needed to be amended for facilitating bifurcation of...

November 16, 2013

HRD Ministry gives nod to set up IIT, IIM, 3 central varsities in Seemandhra

The HRD ministry has given its nod to establish an IIT, an IIM and 3 central universities among other institutes for the region. The decision would be placed...

November 6, 2013

Mars nerve centre moves to ISTRAC

After putting the India’s maiden spacecraft to Mars into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, the nerve centre of the ongoing Mars...

November 6, 2013

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