A bill seeking to recognise Amaravati as the sole and permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (April 1, 2026), with the Congress, the BJP as well as the TDP expressing support for it.
In a major political tremor in Andhra Pradesh, ex Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy finds himself at the center of a fraud. A CID investigation into an alleged ₹3,500-crore liquor scam has reported that Jagan received large monthly kickbacks during his time in office — though he hasn’t been officially named as an accused yet.
In a significant development Telengana and Andhra Pradesh reached several crucial agreement towards solving long-standing interstate water disputes, the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana reached a series of key agreements during a high level meeting convened by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti.
