Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 28 February 2022

A woman who cut down trees for the construction of her house was fined of Rs 3,000 by the municipal officials here at Husnabad of Siddipet district. Going into details, a woman, Banoth Sharada, a resident of ward no. 4 has cut down five Haritha Haram plants for the construction of her house. On the complaint of villagers, the municipal commissioner S Rajamallaiah visited the place and fined Sharada of Rs 3,000.Read more

A mother ends up killing her own daughter along with her boyfriend in anger after being reprimanded for her extramarital affair in YSR Kadapa district. The incident, which took place on October 16 last year, was portrayed as a suicide at the time, but based on the post-mortem report, the police conducted an investigation and concluded that it was a murder. Three suspects were arrested in connection with the case on Sunday.Read more

The Cyberabad police on Sunday arrested the sweeper of sub-post office at RC Puram for his involvementin the theft case. The accused, identified as Zaheer is said to have watched YouTube videos before committing the offence. In a press conference, DCP Shilpa Vallu said that the accused tried to mislead the police by setting the office on fire after theft. Read more

Chandrababu Naidu paid tributes to TDP senior leader and former minister Yedlapati Venkata Rao over his death. He went to his residence in Hyderabad and met Venkata Rao's family members and layer spoke to the media and praised his services.Read more

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will hold a high-level meeting on the conduct of budget sessions in the state. The CM is likely to confirm the dates to present the budget in the legislative assembly. The meeting will be attended by cabinet ministers and higher officials. In the view of opening of the renovated Yadadri temple on March 28. The budget sessions are expected to be concluded ahead of the 'Maha Kumba Samprokshana' at the temple.Read more

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched a program to distribute interest-free loans to street vendors in the third tranche under the Jagananna Thodu Scheme. On Monday, Chief Minister Jagan deposited the third installment of the loans at his camp office. The government has agreed to disburse Rs 510.46 crore in interest-free loans to another 5,10,462 small traders.Read more

The IAS officer KS Jawahar Reddy took charge as Special Chief Secretary to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday. Jawahar Reddy on Monday arrived Chief Minister camp office in Tadepalli joined the duties. It is known that he has been serving EO at the Tirumala Tirupati Temple (TTD).Read more

The Nirmal police registered a case against the municipal vice-chairman Shajid Khan for allegedly sexually assaulting a Class 8 girl multiple times. The police said that Shajid Khan along with a woman and the girl went to Hyderabad in January when he committed to the crime. It is also learned that the woman identified as Annapurna arranged the girl's meeting with Shajid Khan by taking her to a hotel on the pretext of attending a function in Nizamabad.Read more

The government of Andhra Pradesh on Monday will disburse the interest-free loans of Rs 510.46 crore to another 5,10,462 street vendors who sell fruits and vegetables under Jagananna Thodu scheme. It is known that on November 25, 2020, the government launched a special 'Jagannanna Thodu' scheme to help small traders as they have been yielding into debts due to high-interest loans.Read more

The city police on Sunday arrested six persons for allegedly attacking police officials during the communal violence between cow vigilant groups and cattle traders that occurred at Karmanghat last week. The arrested persons are identified as Shiva Chandra Giri (35) a businessman of Gowlipura, Varpa Lalith Chowdhary (22), a businessman from Meerpet, Godavala Sruthik Reddy (19), a degree student and resident of Meerpet, Medi Ankith (20), a degree student and resident of Almasguda, P Raj Sweekruth Reddy (19) pursuing management course and resident of Balapur and T Ramakrishna Reddy, a private employee and resident of Saroornagar. The police also took a juvenile into custody.READ MORE