Coronavirus News Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 18 March 2021

Chandrababu files quash petition in AP High Court against CID notices in Amaravati lands case

TDP national president and former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has filed a quash petition in the high court challenging the FIR registered by the CID over the assigned land irregularities. In the petition, Chandrababu's lawyers sought the quashing of the CID FIR. Chandrababu's petition is likely to be heard in the high court tomorrow. On the other hand, Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to meet party leaders today. Read Full Story

Surabhi Vani Devi leads in Hyderabad graduate MLC seat

TRS candidate Surabhi Vani Devi was leading by the end of the second round from Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad graduates' constituency. Around 13,395 votes were polled for Vani Devi while her rival BJP candidate Ramachandra Rao polled 12,223 votes. The TRS candidate is leading with 1,172 votes. Read Full Story

TDP bags Tadipatri municipality, JC Prabhakar Reddy elected as municipal chairperson

Anantapur District Tadipatri Municipal Chairman election has been concluded where TDP has won the chairman post amid unforeseen consequences. TDP councilor JC Prabhakar Reddy has been elected as the municipal chairman while Saraswati was elected Vice-Chairman. Prabhakar Reddy was elected chairman with the support of the CPI and independent candidates in addition to the strength of the 18 councilors in TDP. Read Full Story

Telangana allocates Rs 5,225 crore for farm loan waiver

Telangana government allocated Rs 5,225 crore for the farm loan waiver and Rs 25,000 towards the agriculture sector in the budget 2021. Read Full Story

Nakka Bhanupriya, new Municipal Chairperson of Venkatagiri in Nellore, from YSR Congress

Chittoor Mayor S.Amuda, 39 division has been elected

YSRCP mangalagiri MLA Alla Rama Krishna reddy arrives Central investigation department office in Vijayawada on Thursday.

Andhra Pradesh: ACB sleuths held Mandasa VRO for accepting bribe for mutation of land

The incident where the Anti Corruption Bureau sleuths have caught a VRO, who demanded a bribe for the mutation of land is witnessed in Mandasa. Prabhakar Panda of Siripuram village in Mandasa mandal owns 67 cents of land in Budarisingi panchayat. Ten days ago, after his death, his son Rajesh Panda applied for a mutation of the land at a Mee Seva service in Korlam of Sompeta Mandal. Read Full Story

India reports 35,871 new Covid cases, 17,741 recoveries in last 24 hours

As many as 35,871 new COVID-19 cases and 17,741 recoveries were reported in India in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Thursday. Read Full Story

Corona update: 278 fresh positive cases, 3 deaths in Telangana

Around 278 fresh positive cases of coronavirus and three deaths were registered until 8 pm on Wednesday taking the total number of cases to 3,02,047 and the death toll to 1,662. Meanwhile, the recovery cases in the state went up to 2,98,120 with the recovery of 111 persons in a single day. At present, there are 2,265 active cases out of which 830 are in home or institutional isolation. Read Full Story