Officials said ASR district’s ganja cultivation, 7,515 acres in 2021-22, had been wiped out by January 2026 through drone surveillance and alternative crops ....
The Superintendent of Police said the key accused had a 2022 drug conviction in Sri Lanka, was jailed there, and entered India illegally by sea after his release on bail ....
Anakapalli. The Anakapalli district police busted a ganja-smuggling gang allegedly linked to interstate and international peddlers with the arrest of five persons, including its kingpin, at Lankelapalem on the outskirts of Vizag on Tuesday.
Vechalam in Anakapalli is the hottest at 43.89 degrees Celsius; high humidity adds to the discomfort and parents worry about schools reopening on June 8 ....
Jailed under a narcotics law and already grieving one dead son, P. Raju was let out of prison for a single day to perform the last rites of his second ....
Police took K. Nagamani, 25, into custody on Friday morning after her mother-in-law K. Pasalamma, 46, died of injuries from an alleged attack at Venkannapalem village on Thursday night ....
Residents alleged that repeated complaints over foul-smelling effluents, groundwater contamination, crop damage, destruction of aquatic life and adverse health impacts had failed to evoke any meaningful response from the authorities ....
District SP Tuhin Sinha said ganja transportation in the district was happening mainly through railway routes in Narsipatnam and Yelamanchili mandals ....
The IT employees die after bike rams into electric pole; police head constable loses life as car hits motorcycle; nine-year-old dies as van hits stationery lorry ....
More than 28,500 acres and 110 minor irrigation tanks will get access to irrigation water and 143 villages covering 5.23 lakh population will get safe drinking water, says Ramanaidu ....
