Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 21 December 2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asked the Telangana BJP leaders to hit back at the allegations made by the TRS party. Along with Union Minister Kishan Reddy, BJP state chief Bandi Sanjay, Eatala Rajender, DK Aruna, MP Dharmapuri Arvind, former MPs Garikapati Mohan Rao, Jitender Reddy met Amit Shah at the latter's chamber in parliament. BJP leaders' meeting with Amit Shah has assumed significance amid the TRS leaders protest across Telangana over paddy procurement. Amit Shah asked the party leaders to hold special programmes centering public. He further directed to chalk out a plan to publicize the TRS attitude towards the farmers in procuring paddy and also tell the public over the paddy scam of TRS and other corruptions. Shah further continued to demand an inquiry on the corruption of TRS supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.Read more

Andhra Pradesh opposition leader Chandrababu Naidu wished Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on his birthday. To this he tweeted on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is celebrating his birthday today. On the occasion of his birthday, greetings are pouring in from Telugu state dignitaries, including YSR Congress party leaders and activists. Many celebrities, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are expressing their wishes. Former Chief Minister and AP Opposition Leader Chandrababu Naidu wished Jagan. "Happy Birthday to AP Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy," he tweeted.Read more

To improve the road connectivity in the traffic areas in the IT corridor, the state government is developing link roads under Missing Links Projects in Phase 1 and 2. Around 29 new corridors have been identified by the Hyderabad Road Development Corporation where the link roads will be developed at a cost of Rs 491.49 crore under Missing Links Projects Phase 3. The new link roads which will be built under phase 3 include a 6.5 km link road from Chandanagar Railway station to Venkateshwara Nagar Layout (South) which includes the Chandanagar Railway Station to Vishali Nagar North link road, 1.6 km link road from Road Number 45 Jubliee Hills to Durgam Cheruvu and 1.5 km link road from Ameenpur Village to HMT Colony in Miyapur have been identified.Read more

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam is taking measures to decrease the usage of electricity and introducing environmentally friendly, energy-efficient technologies to save. TTD will implement these energy efficiency programs in collaboration with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Andhra Pradesh Energy Conservation Mission (APSECM). According to TTD sources, this will save about 10 percent of TTD's current spending on electricity bills.  The TTD consumes 68 million units of electricity annually of which 30 percent is solar and wind power and 70 percent is supplied by the Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Corporation (APSPDCL). The TTD is spending up to Rs 40 crore of electricity. It hopes to save atleast 10 percent on bills by implementing electricity saving measures. To this end, the New Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP), in collaboration with national-level agencies, has decided to set up 2 MW capacity solar power plants on all school and college buildings under TTD.Read more

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that the government has realised the dream of every poor person and opined that he was happy to benefit nearly 50 lakh poor on his birthday. CM Jagan launched the 'Jagannanna Sampoorna Gruha Hakku in Tanuku of West Godavari district. He was speaking at a public meeting organised on the occasion and said that every poor person will work hard for their own home throughout the life. He said that a house is not only a structure made of bricks and steel, it is a reward for a long struggle.Read more

President Ramnath Kovind's southern sojourn has been confirmed and is visiting Hyderabad on December 19. The president will be staying at Rashtrapati Nilayam in Secunderabad from December 29 to January 3. In the view of the President's visit, the state Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar convened a meeting with the officials to make necessary arrangements. Somesh Kumar also directed authorities concerend to repair the roads leading to Rashtrapathi Bhavan if required.  Ramnath Kovind's visit to Rashtrapati Nilayam is customary where he would stay for at least three days once a year and conduct official business from there. He will arrive at Hakim air force station in Hyderabad and later head to Rashtrapati Nilayam in Bolarum. The building of Rashtrapati Nilayam which was owned by Nizam of Hyderabad was taken over by the government after Indian attained freedom.

Hours after getting married, a newly wed woman fled away with cash and jewellery from her husband's house in Yacharam of Rangareddy district. Going into details, a 40-year-old man who was in search of a woman to get married came in contact with a mediator. The mediator introduced a woman from Vijayawada stating that she had no family and extracted Rs 1 lakh as an alliance fee. The two got married in a hotel in Vijayawada and went to Yadadri temple on the next day.  Later, the two visited the house of bridegroom's house on Friday. On the pretext of arranging her clothes in the almirah, the woman stole Rs 2 lakh cash and jewellery and asked her husband to get some medicines for her. By the time, the man returned home, he found the woman missing. Meanwhile, the woman rented a car to LB Nagar where she boarded a bus to Vijayawada. The man approached the police on Sunday and lodged a complaint. The police registered a case and launched an investigation.

The road accident took place in Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh where one person lost his life. The incident took place at a factory near Vempalle town in the district. Going into the details, while the auto was traveling on the road has collided a cow and overturned. The deceased was identified as Venkata Ramreddy of Cherlopalle, who was traveling in an auto and another person was injured who was rushed to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, shortly after the accident, a bike collided with the same buffalo leaving a woman and another man injured in the accident. The injured were shifted to Vempalle Government Hospital. However, after receiving information about these incidents, the police reached the spot and collected details. The dead body was taken to a hospital for postmortem.

The Special Operations Team (SOT) on Tuesday raided a realtor's house in Gagan Pahad under RGI police station limits and seized illegal weapons from him. The team who acted on a tip-off, conducted searches at the realtor Haimad's residence and seized two guns and 30 bullets. He was later handed over to the RGI police for further investigation. The RGI police registered a case against the realtor and also found that he was earlier booked in 17 cases registered at Mahabubnagar, Rangareddy and other police stations. It is found that the realtor had been to jail under PD act.

The atrocity took place in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh where a husband attacked his wife in Ponnur mandal's Pachalatadiparru. However, she later died while receiving treatment. Against this backdrop, the accused committed suicide when he heard the news. The incident caused a stir locally. Going into the details, Yesubabu of Pachalatadiparru village often harassed his wife with suspicion. It was during this sequence that Dakkumalla Yesubabu attacked his wife Manisha. Family members rushed Manisha to Ponnur hospital with serious injuries. However, she died at the hospital on Monday. Yesubabu heard the news of his wife's death in this order and committed suicide by stabbing himself when no one was at home. After receiving the information, Ponnur Rural Police reached the spot and collected the details. Ponnur police said that a case has been registered and is being investigated over the incident.