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AP: ASHA workers lay siege to the DMHO’s office

Kakinada, June 23 (UNI) ASHA workers in large numbers laid siege to the District Medical Health Officer’s office here in Andhra Pradesh on Monday in support of their long pending demands.
Organised by the CITU, the Accredited Social Heath Activists (ASHA) raised slogans against the state government for cheating them by going back on its election eve promise to implement welfare schemes for them.
They demanded that Thalliki Vandanam scheme benefits be extended to them and also sanction of pensions for the elders and disabled in the family besides house sites and ration cards.
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Chennai, July 16 (UNI) Attempting at some semantic jugglery, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) today clarified that Union Home Minister and BJP stalwart Amit Shah had merely said "only our alliance will capture power" in the 2026 assembly election and not "coalition government".

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Telangana, Andhra Pradesh resolve key inter-state water issues in Delhi meeting

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New Delhi/Hyderabad, July 16 (UNI) In a significant step towards resolving inter-state water disputes, the Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh—Revanth Reddy and N Chandrababu Naidu—held a crucial meeting in Delhi on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil.

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Defeated in 10 successive polls, TN electorate will bid final goodbye to EPS for aligning with BJP: Stalin

16 Jul 2025 | 7:05 PM

Chennai, July 16 (UNI) Handing out defeats in a row in 10 successive elections since the 2019 Lok Sabha poll, the people of Tamil Nadu will bid a final goodbye to AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) at the hustings in 2026, Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin asserted today.

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ACB raids RTA checkpoint in Kamareddy; Rs 52,000 in unaccounted cash seized

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Hyderabad, July 16 (UNI) In a surprise operation, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials raided the Road Transport Authority (RTA) checkpoint at Pondurthi in Bhiknoor mandal of Kamareddy district on Tuesday and unearthed a suspected network of illegal cash collection and unauthorised staffing.

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