Amravati: News

03 Sep 2023

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Mother, son found dead in bed box; probe underway

In a disturbing development from Maharashtra, the police reportedly found the dead bodies of a mother and her son inside a bed box in the Amravati area on Friday.

Amravati man's murderers are radicalized Islamists of Tablighi Jamaat: NIA

Probing the Amravati pharmacist's June murder, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in its chargesheet, said the 11 accused in the case were "radicalized Islamists of Tablighi Jamaat."

02 Jul 2022

WhatsApp

Amravati: Home Ministry orders NIA probe into shopkeeper's killing

The Home Affairs Ministry on Saturday ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe the recent killing of a shopkeeper in Maharashtra's Amravati district.

14 Sep 2021

Nagpur

Amravati: Four drown, seven missing after boat capsizes in river

Four people drowned and at least seven others were missing after their boat capsized in the Wardha river in Maharashtra's Amravati district on Tuesday, police said.

13 Apr 2021

Maharashtra

What is the Amravati model of lockdown to battle COVID-19?

Maharashtra, the worst-hit Indian state in the COVID-19 outbreak, is again witnessing an unprecedented surge in new coronavirus cases.

12 Apr 2021

Maharashtra

Congress minister hails 'Amravati pattern' as cases surge in Maharashtra

A decision to impose "lockdown" under the garb of a "janata curfew" (voluntary shutdown) in the last week of February as coronavirus cases started to build up in most parts of Maharashtra helped Amravati tackle the onslaught better than others, the district's guardian minister Yashomati Thakur said on Monday.

21 Jan 2020

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh: State Assembly passes Bill for three capitals

Former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's dream project of making Amravati the "futuristic capital" of Andhra Pradesh fell flat after the Assembly passed a controversial Bill approving three capitals in the state on Monday night.

20 Jan 2020

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh could get three capitals; state tense, opposition outraged

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy wants his state to have not one, not two, but three capitals and hopes this task is completed during the three-day special Assembly session that started today.

22 Aug 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Army recruitment drive from October 23 to November 3

An Army recruitment drive for the post of soldiers will be conducted in Amravati city in east Maharashtra in October this year.