Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh News Today 23 March 2022

The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) on Wednesday issued a green signal to hike power tariffs in the state by 14 per cent. The discoms, however, sought permission for a 19 per cent increase in power tariffs which impose an additional burden of Rs 6,832 crore on all types of consumers.Read more

THUNDERSTORMS forming in East #Godavari district mainly close to the Maredumilli belt. These will definitely spread into some parts of #Godavari districts in next 2 hours.

Meanwhile Cloudy skies spreading at isolated areas of #Rayalaseema and #Kurnool missed the intense spell. pic.twitter.com/U8eYnCjCSB

— Andhra Pradesh Weatherman (@APWeatherman96) March 23, 2022

Tension prevailed at BJP office in Nampally in Hyderabad on Wednesday afternoon when a large group of tribals tried to lay siege to the office in a protest against Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu's remarks on ST quota enhancement.Read more

The AP EAPCET 2022 schedule has been released by Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh on Wednesday. The exams will be held for five days from July 4 to 8 in the engineering and pharmaceutical departments while EAPCET exams will be held on July 11 and 12 in the agriculture stream. The minister said that the EAPCET notification will be released on April 11 and the results will be released in August followed by counselling in September.Read more

A two-year-old boy fell from the building while being fed by his mother here at Yousufguda in Hyderabad. The incident took place in front of Master degree college in Yousufguda. The boy, Sai Charan, son of Suresh is residing in the rented house on the second floor of a building. On Tuesday morning, Sai Charan's mother is feeding him when he accidentally fell down from the building and sustained serious injuries.Read more

In a tragic incident, the young man ends life at the age of twenty in Kothuru of Srikakulam. A youth who was Married at the age of 18 had separated from his wife and committed suicide at the age of 20. According to police, Sindhiya Simhadri of Netajinagar colony was married to a girl named Shivani from Visakhapatnam two years ago.Read more

Nellore, Mar 23: A speeding RTC service on the way to Nellore hit a stationary truck on the National Highway at Damaramadugu in BR Palem mandal on Wednesday in which a person died on the spot and condition of four persons was said to be critical. More than 10 people were injured in the incident. According to police, the bus was moving from Atmakur to Nellore and there were 25 passengers in the vehicle.Read more

Telangana high court will get 10 new judges as the President Ramnath Kovind notified the appointment of judges on Tuesday. With the new appointments, the strength of high court judges rose to 29. There are 13 more vacancies in the Telangana high court as the sanctioned strength is 42.Read more

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed shock over the Bhoiguda Fire accident that claimed the lives of 11 workers and announced Rs 5 lakh compensation to the kin of the deceased. Accordingly, he directed the Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to look into it and also asked to make arrangements to move the bodies of the workers to their hometownRead more

The Andhra Pradesh Assembly budget sessions began on the 11th day on Wednesday. As part of proceedings, Andhra Pradesh Power Corporation annual reports will be tabled by Minister Balineni Srinivas Reddyin the house followed by Minister Muthamsetti Srinivasa Rao will introduce the Andhra Pradesh Official Language Amendment Bill before the House. The House will also approve several budget-demand bills as wellRead more