Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 5 October 2021

Durga puja pandal showcases history of farm protests in India, in Kolkata's Dum Dum Park

Hyderabad Live News: The Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Tuesday seized over 1,200 grams of gold in the form of paste from a female Sudanese passenger.

Coronavirus in Kerala: Kerala reports 9,735 new COVID19 cases, 13,878 recoveries and 151 deaths today.

Active cases: 1,24,441

Death toll: 25,677

93,202 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.

Delhi News: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat called on President Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Maharashtra Live Updates: Shirdi Sai Baba temple & Shani Shingnapur temple to reopen for devotees from October 7

"In a day, only 15,000 devotees will be allowed in Shirdi Sai Baba temple & 20,000 devotees in Shani Shingnapur temple," Ahmednagar District Collector Dr Rajendra B Bhosale

Coronavirus in Delhi: Delhi reports 27 fresh COVID cases, 76 recoveries in the past 24 hours.

Active cases: 349

Total recoveries: 14,13,590

Death toll: 25,088

Andhra Pradesh Latest News: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has given a key verdict regarding the payment of pending bills under the Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh. The court which heard 1013 petitions directed the government to pay the bills within four weeks. The High Court had earlier struck down a circular issued by the government seeking a 20 per cent reduction in employment guarantee pending bills. The final judgment ordered that the arrears be paid within four weeks with 12 percent interest. The court also clarified that 12 per cent interest should be added to the pending amount on bills already paid. Read Full Story

Dasara holidays in Telangana: The Telangana government declared holidays for all the schools in the state in the view of Dasara festival. The school education department announced 12 days holidays for the schools starting from October 6 i.e. tomorrow. Read Full Story

Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh reported 671 fresh cases taking the total tally to 20,53,192 cases across the state. The coronavirus cases have been decreasing from last week. Meanwhile, the death toll has increased to 14,241 with 11 new deaths in the last twenty-four hours with two in Krishna, Prakasam and West Godavari, one each in Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Kadapa, Nellore and Srikakulam districts respectively. Read Full Story

TS News: The government will take up filling up of vacancies in the next three months, said Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. Read Full Story