Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 24 December 2021

Police have issued 41A CRPC notices to Telugu Desam Party senior leader Ashok Gajapati Raju in connection with the Ramatheertham incident to attend the investigation. It is known that TDP leader Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju obstructed the reconstruction work of the Kodanda Ramaswamy temple on Ramatheertham Bodikonda in Vizianagaram district, which is considered to be the second Bhadradri. He reached the top of Bodikonda along with some TDP activists just before the time of stone laying on Wednesday morning.Read more

Health Minister Harish Rao asked the people to be cautious on Omicron, a new variant of coronavirus as many people are being negligent over it as it is less severe. The minister on Friday inaugurated 100-bed unit at Vanasthalipuram area hospital. "The new variant is highly transmissible and there are still many more who are yet to get two doses of Covid vaccine," Harish Rao said. He cautioned the people asking not to take Omicron lightly and asked the people who have not got vaccinated to get their shot immediately. The minister also asked to make wearing of mask mandatory and avoid attending large gatherings like marriages and other social functions.Read more

A journalist died in a road accident here under Begumpet police station limits on Friday. The victim was identified as O Madhusudan. According to the police, Madhusudan was working as a sub-editor in the web edition of news daily. On Friday morning, he was heading to office in Filmnagar on his bike when he was accidentally hit by a lorry near Hyderabad public school. Madhusudan who sustained serious injuries was dead on the spot. The police rushed to the spot and shifted the body for autopsy. They registered a case and launched an investigation.

Cracking a whip on the illegal constructions in Hyderabad, the municipal officials on Friday took up the demolition works of illegal constructions in Venkateshwara colony in Manikonda municipality limits of Rajendranagar. The municipal officials identified additional storey buildings constructed beyond the permit and demolishing them. The demolition was led by municipal commissioner Falgun Kumar. Earlier this month, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) directed the municipal commissioners to demolished unauthorized constructions in their jurisdictions and submit an action report to the government by December 30. It was brought to the notice of the state government that the number of unauthorized constructions such additional storeys in the apartments, gated communities and layouts are on rise in the city without any valid permission from HMDA. Following which, the commissioner of all the municipalities were directed to identify such buildings and demolish the illegal construction.

Andhra Pradesh records two more Omicron cases one in Visakhapatnam and the other in East Godavari district. Health officials confirm that both the patients have been quarantined and are under strict medical supervision. With this, the total count of the Omicron cases in the state has reached four. It was the first case both in Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts. A 41-year-old woman traveller belonging to East Godavari district arrived from Kuwait to Gannavaram and tested positive for Covid-19 on December 20. Her sample was also sent to CCMB, Hyderabad, for genome sequencing where the test results were declared Omicron positive. The patient is under close observation and is said to be stable.Read more

Andhra Pradesh Minister Anil Kumar Yadav reacted strongly to Hero Nani's remarks and stated that he does not know any Nani except Kodali Nani. Further speaking, minister noted that the 80 percent of the film's cost goes as remuneration and 20 percent as production cost and alleged that it is being collected from the audience. He said if they could cut the remuneration, the ticket prices would decrease. A Also, the minister took a jibe at Pawan Kalyan over the remuneration he has taken for Bheemla Nayak and Vakeel Saab and asked can't he cut the remuneration to save the people's pocket. "If he (Pawan Kalyan) charge Rs. 10 crore instead of Rs 50 crore there will be no loss with reduction of ticket prices," Anil Kumar Yadav said.Read more

Temperatures in the Manyam area of ​​Visakhapatnam district have further declined. The cold waves have intensified in Paderu, Chintapalli and Lambasingi areas. Until recently the temperature was around 8 degrees while on Friday, it has dropped to even lower. The minimum temperature was recorded at 3.8 degrees in Lambasinghe and 5 degrees in Chintapalli respectively. Tribals are trembling to get out of their homes as the winters intensify. The weather is almost the same in all parts of Manyam. The cold waves have intensified over the past three days with temperatures falling since 3 p.m. The fog was thick until 10 in the morning. With the intensity of the snow, the tribals who go to work on the farm and the students who go to school are in facing hardships.Read more

As many as 39,039 students have applied for the revaluation of answer scripts of the inter first year examinations while 4,200 students applied for recounting. It is known that around 51 per cent of students failed in the first year intermediate exams which resulted in the increase of number of students applying for revaluation this year. Every year, the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) receives less than 15,000 applications for revaluation and recounting. TSBIE examination controller Sushil Kumar said that the board used to receive applications from the students who had not satisfied with their marks but this year, most of the applications have been received from students who failed in the examinations.Read more

The demand for Tirumala darshan tickets continues and lakhs of people logged in to the TTD website to book the tickets. TTD has released 4,60,000 tickets online on Friday for the January quota. The TTD website received 14 lakh hits for darshan tickets at once. However, the ticket allotment process went smoothly and 4,60,000 tickets were booked in 55 minutes. Meanwhile, the TTD has released 20,000 tickets per day from January 1, 13 to 22, 12 thousand per day from January 2 to 12 and from 23 to 31 respectively. On the other hand, TTD released 5,500 virtual service tickets online on Thursday for January 1, 2, 13, 22, and 26, which were booked within minutes. Read more