Former Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu lashed out at bitter rival and CM Jagan Reddy, saying that the new government in the state is implementing "anti-people policies". "The YSRCP government is implementing anti-people policies. Unnecessary and illegal cases are being filed on leaders of other parties. But Jagan is acting like a psycho," the TDP chief was quoted as saying by news-agency ANI.

The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday appointed over 1.26 lakh employees, claimed to be the first of its kind in the country in terms of numbers in a single recruitment drive, under a new governance initiative of Village and Ward Secretariats, being launched on October 2. Of the 1,98,164 candidates qualified in these examinations, 1,26,728 have been given jobs, including 31,640 in urban areas.

Andhra Pradesh bagged the top honour at the National Tourism Awards 2017-18, which were presented by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Friday. A total of 76 awards were given under various categories this year. Andhra Pradesh bagged the Best State Award for overall growth in the tourism category. Goa and Madhya Pradesh were the joint winners in the Adventure Tourism category.