LIVE Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 22 February 2021

Telangana News | Leopard spotted in Mulugu district

Tense moments prevailed in the villages around Kongala waterfall, as some villagers spotted the leopard perched atop a leafless tree.

The images of the leopard on the tree went viral on social media. Officials from the District Forest rushed to the spot and confirmed it was indeed a leopard, but asked people not to worry.

Officials from the Forest Department made a fervent appeal to the villagers in the Venkatapur mandal not to hurt a leopard that was seen on Monday near Kongala waterfall.

Pradeep Kumar Shetty, District Forest Officer (DFO), appealed to people not to hurt the goat. Officials suspect that deep into the forest the leopard had retreated and that it could not pose any danger. However, when going into the forest, individuals should exercise caution.

Just last October, villagers spotted a tiger under the Eturnagaram wildlife sanctuary, which is on the other side of the Godavari River, in the adjacent forest areas of Kannai Gudem mandal.

Telangana News | Habitual offenders booked under PD Act

The Kothagudem police have invoked the Preventive Detention (PD) Act against three inter-state regular offenders allegedly involved in as many as 110 theft incidents.

Last October, the suspects, Chikatla Sathish, Veepu Venkateshwarlu and Shaik Basha, were caught in connection with multiple robberies they had committed under the Paloncha police station limits. The police have begun the process of enforcing the PD Act in the wake of several cases filed against him. 

Hyderabad News | Passengers at RGIA can now avail e-boarding pass

 The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport went live on Monday with e-boarding for its Emirates Airlines international passengers.

The Indigo and GoAir airlines have already gone live with paperless e-boarding from Hyderabad Airport on their international flights and Emirates is the latest addition to this list.

This facility was introduced by Emirates Airlines for its Dubai-bound passengers who boarded the EK 527 flight online. Hyderabad International Airport, led by GMR, is credited as the first and only airport in India to offer all of its domestic passengers completely end-to-end paperless e-boarding on all flights.

Andhra Pradesh News: The Maoists detonated a landmine targeting cumbing forces in Visakhapatnam agency. Dharmendra Sahu of 160 BSF Battalion was seriously injured in the incident and was airlifted immediately to Raipur for treatment in a helicopter. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh News: The TDP national president and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu alleged that some election officials were withholding the results where the opposition-backed candidates had won the panchayat elections and declared YSRCP backed candidates as victorious. Read Full Story

Hyderabad News: A married woman jumped from a building here at Keesara on Sunday night. It was learned that the woman was depressed over having no children and resorted to the extreme step. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh News: Andhra Pradesh SEC Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar revealed that the panchayat elections were successfully completed in 4 phases in the state. Read Full Story

Coronavirus in Telangana: Around 114 fresh coronavirus positive cases were registered in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 2,97,712. The fatality count went up to 1,625 with a person dying of the virus in a single day. Read Full story

Telangana News: It is known that TRS chief has nominated Vani Devi, daughter of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao for the Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad graduates' constituency. Read Full Story

Coronavirus in India: India reports 14,199 new COVID19 cases, 9,695 discharges, and 83 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry

Total cases: 1,10,05,850

Total discharges: 1,06,99,410

Death toll: 1,56,385

Active cases: 1,50,055

Total Vaccination: 1,11,16,854