Kakinada: State Planning Board vice chairman Malladi Vishnu on Saturday underlined that after state government started implementing Navaratnalu schemes, poverty in Andhra Pradesh has come down to 6 per cent from 13 per cent. The board vice chairman, along with Eluru district collector V. Prasanna Venkatesh and Navaratnalu programme executive director A.S. Narayana Murthy, reviewed implementation of the welfare schemes …
The death of legendary playback singer S.P. Connoisseurs of music recalled their association with ‘Balu’, as he was popularly known, during his innumerable visits to the City of Destiny. I wrote a song on ‘ Visakha Vaibhavam’ for ‘Padutha Theeyaga’ finals held in Visakhapatnam in 1998 and he sang it. He soon got an opportunity to sing with Ghantasala mastaru, …