Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 5 January 2022

TRS minister KT Rama Rao lashed out at BJP national president JP Nadda and the latter's comments towards TRS supremo and Chief Minister KT Rama Rao were abhorrent. Speaking at the press conference in Telangana Bhavan, KT Rama Rao said, "JP Nadda is a big man who served as a minister at the centre. He has lost his respect after making remarks against the CM. There is no difference between Bandi Sanjay and JP Nadda. BJP does not stand for 'Bharatiya Janata Party' and can be called at 'Bakwas Jumla Party'. The BJP government has done nothing to the country in the last seven years."Read more

In a tragic incident, two persons were killed at Eluru Powerpeta railway station in West Godavari district. Going into the details, a married woman and young man fell under a train and committed suicide. The deceased have been identified as Aruna Kumari of Eluru and Vinay of Rajahmundry. The investigation revealed that the woman sister in law of man. Police initially determined that the extramarital affair between the two was the cause of the suicide. The bodies were sent to the Government Hospital for postmortem. Police have registered a case and are investigating the incident.Read more

A pigeon with a rubber tag was spotted in Nehru Nagar in the Chimakurthy mandal of the Prakasam district. A young man named Nagraj spotted the pigeon in a local apartment and found a rubber tag market with Chinese letters on its foot with 2019 and 2207 codes. It has been reported that pigeons often come to his house and in the process, Nagraj noticed that a pigeon's leg was tagged with something new.Read more

TDP national president and former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the AP state was irreparably damaged during the YSRCP regime and opined that history will never forget the mistakes made by CM Jagan in this regard. He met the in-charges of 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies at the TDP headquarters in Mangalagiri. On this occasion, he criticized the lack of development in Andhra Pradesh, which was more severely damaged during Jagan's rule than the bifurcation of the state.Read more

The Banjara Hills police registered yet another case against Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Arvind for his objectionable remarks on the police. The case was filed under sections 294, 504, 505 1(1), (B) of the Indian Penal Code against MP Arvind for making derogatory comments on IPS officers. Two days ago, Dharmapuri Arvind was booked for his remarks on Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in a press meet on November 8, 2021 on the complaint of a businessman Kalyan Sandeep at Banjara Hills police station. Later, a complaint was filed against him at Vanathalipuram police station for sharing the morphed images of the Chief Minister. However, the case was later transferred to Banjara Hills police station.

Four more Omicron variant cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Among the diagnosed, one patient is said to be arrived from the USA, two from the United Kingdom, and another woman from abroad. The victim with the Guntur woman, three other Prakasam district residents have be diagnosed with the new variant of the Omicron. A total of 28 omicron cases have been reported in the state so far with the latest cases.Read more

The South Central Railway has announced that four more special trains will during the Sankranthi festival season due to passenger congestion. The Tirupati-Secunderabad Special (07460) will leave Tirupati at 8.15 pm on January 10 and arrive in Secunderabad at 8:30 a.m. on the following day. While the return train from Secunderabad to Tirupati with number 82720 will depart at 7:20 a.m. on January 11 and arrive at 7:50 a.m. on the following day i.e January 12Read more

The Andhra Pradesh government is making several key decisions regarding education for students. It is providing better education to the students studying in public schools as well as helping them in meeting their financial needs. In this context, the AP government has given good news to students studying in government schools by announcing that 'Jagannanna Vidya Kanuka kits will be provided before the start of next academic year.Read more

Two people were found drowned in a car that crashed into the SRSP canal on Monday night. The police who retrieved the car today recovered two bodies. The victims were identified as Pudari Revanth (31) and Gundaveni Prasad (41). It is learned that the two started off to Athmakuru from Metpally on Monday night in car which crashed into the canal. A passerby who noticed the car falling into the canal from the bridge alerted the police who stopped the release of water.Read more