By Thomas Scaria Polur, India: Kavitha was 14 and Navyashree 16 (names changed) when they were married off, but their marriages did not last long: their in-laws threw out the two village girls from their homes in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh. “Today, both are under our care andContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, April 7, 2022: A Catholic nun working among the poor, especially Dalits, has expressed shock at the exposure of an infant selling racket in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Poverty alone is not the reason for the “rather unfortunate” racket, asserts Sister ManjuContinue Reading
Hyderabad: In the academic year 2020-21, more than 2 lakh students between Classes 1 and 12 moved from private schools to government in Andhra Pradesh. Around 60,253 are estimated to have dropped out of the system. In total, 3,57,873 students either dropped out of school or took transfer certificates forContinue Reading
Kurnool: Huge crowds, squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder with several defaulting on wearing masks, were seen celebrating Ugadi in visuals from Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, at a time when the country is grappling with the deadly second wave of the pandemic. It has been a tradition in Kurnool district’s Kairuppala village toContinue Reading
Komirepalle: The men gathered on a recent evening as the sun slipped lower in the sky, turning the rice fields golden. There was disturbing news: Yet another person from the village had fallen mysteriously ill the night before. The sickness was always the same, the farmworkers said. Burugu Ravi wasContinue Reading
Vijayawada: In a distressing development for Andhra Pradesh, several Anglican schools, which did decades long yeoman service in taking free education to the most oppressed sections of the society, have shut down over the years. Even as these schools shut down one after the other, there was gross inaction andContinue Reading
Vijayawada: Leaders of Telugu Desam Party’s Christian cell from 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh met in Vijayawada to resign to protest the alleged communal remarks of party chief and former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Their move came days after the party lost another longtime minority leader, Philip C Tocher, aContinue Reading
Amravati, Aprivl 22, 2020: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on April 20 announced that all places of worship in the state would be given 5,000-rupee assistance. He made this announcement during a video conference with the District Collectors and Muslim religious leaders on the measures being takenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, April 4, 2020: The Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC), the apex body various Christian denominations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, on April 4 offered its institutions to the governments of the two states to use during the time of coronavirus pandemic. In separate letters addressedContinue Reading
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Vijayawada, Nov 6, 2019: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has announced that all mothers from poor families who send their children to school will get 15,000 rupees in their bank accounts for educational expenses. The money is given under ‘Amma Vodi (Mother’s Lap),’ aContinue Reading
