AP govt sanctions prosecution against Eenadu MD, others for publishing false news
1 year, 3 months ago

AP govt sanctions prosecution against Eenadu MD, others for publishing false news

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government has sanctioned prosecution against the managing director, printer and publisher, editor, and bureau chief of Eenadu newspaper for publishing a false news article on the Polavaram project on May 12, 2023. The news article, which was titled “Polavaram Jagamantha Vaiphalyem”, contained several false allegations and statements about the project. A government order issued on Monday said that the news article was intended to harm the fair name and reputation of the AP water resources department and the concerned government officials. It also said that the news article was based on a wholly erroneous understanding and interpretation of the factors relating to the Polavaram project.

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Andhra Pradesh Govt. files defamation case against Eenadu for publishing ‘adverse, false and fabricated’ news against it and CID
1 year, 5 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Govt. files defamation case against Eenadu for publishing ‘adverse, false and fabricated’ news against it and CID

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh government has filed a defamation suit against the ‘Eenadu’ management, who included the group’s Chairman Ch. Sailaja Kiron, the daily’s editor Nageswara Rao, and Bureau Chiefs of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, for allegedly publishing adverse news against the State government and the Crime Investigation Department. The government has alleged that the Eenadu group published “adverse, false, fabricated …

AP government faces SC query on Polavaram law violations
2 years, 2 months ago

AP government faces SC query on Polavaram law violations

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Andhra Pradesh government as to why it was not accepting the responsibility for causing environmental degradation by taking up the execution of several projects, including the Polavaram irrigation project, among others. Ravi Kumar heard appeals from the AP government challenging National Green Tribunal’s recent order directing the state government to pay `120 …

SC directs Centre to hold talks with states on Polavaram
2 years, 3 months ago

SC directs Centre to hold talks with states on Polavaram

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to hold talks with chief secretaries of AP, Telangana, Odisha and Chhattisgarh to resolve the issues of Polavaram irrigation project. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kaul, Abhay Oka and Vikram Nath held a hearing on a batch of petitions in New Delhi on Tuesday, complaining about violation of environmental laws and submergence …

TS blames Polavaram project for floods, triggers row with AP
2 years, 5 months ago

TS blames Polavaram project for floods, triggers row with AP

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD/VIJAYAWADA: Transport minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar on Tuesday held Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram project responsible for the flooding of the Godavari river at Bhadrachalam, sparking off a row with the neighbouring Telugu state. Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad, TRS leaders demanded a reduction in the height of the Polavaram project, accusing the AP government of changing the original plan, to …

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