Will provide drinking water connection to every household in Andhra Pradesh under Jal Jeevan Mission in three years, says Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. He directs officials to take steps for laying pipelines from the nearest reservoirs in the rural areas. Works under JJM made little progress between 2019-24 as the YSRCP government had not released matching grants, he says.

TDP spokesperson Anam Venkata Ramana Reddy on Thursday said the lab reports of samples certify that beef tallow and animal fat - lard, and fish oil were used in the preparation of ghee which was supplied to Tirumala and also the S value is only 19.7.

The matter came to light after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu claimed that animal fat was used in Tirupati laddus during the previous government.

TDP spokesperson Anam Venkata Ramana Reddy in a press conference claimed that the adulteration has been confirmed by a Gujarat-based livestock laboratory, on the ghee samples provided by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which manages the famous Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple.