Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 6 January 2022

The Kothagudem police on Thursday arrested MLA Vanama Venkateshwara Rao's son Raghavendra Rao here in Hyderabad in connection with the suicide case of Naga Ramakrishna and his family. Kothagudem MLA Venkateshwara Rao also wrote a letter to the people in his constituency that he would fully co-operate with the police in the investigation. An hour after the release of letter, the police arrested the MLA's son in Hyderabad. It is learned that Raghavendra Rao has been shifted to Kothagudem after arrest. A case under sections 302, 306 and 307 of IPC were registered against him.Read more

Two youngsters were killed after two bikes collided head on here at Lakkora of Nizamabad on Thursday. The youngsters who fell on the road were crushed under the car coming in the opposite direction. The two youngsters who suffered serious injuries were dead on the spot. The victims are yet to be identified. Passersby alerted the police who registered a case and launched an inquiry. The bodies were shifted to a hospital for post-mortem.Read more

Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy urged the employee unions to think pragmatically and assured them of the announcement of PRC at a meeting with union representatives at the camp office in Mangalagiri. The meeting was attended by leaders of 13 unions on the Joint Staff Council. The CM said he had taken note of all the issues raised by the unions and revealed that steps will be taken to address all issues. The CM explained that he would do as much as he could and asserted that an announcement is made on the PRC in two to three days.Read more

APSRTC MD Dwarka Tirumala Rao responded to the concerns of the extra charges on special buses announced during the Sankranti festival. He said the diesel rate have gone up by 60% and the bus would run empty on return and hence the ticket charges was increased by 50%. He hoped that people will understand and co-operate with the government. The MD said that four thousand buses come from Telangana and Karnataka every day and 6970 extra buses are ready to run from Friday to January 18.Read more

TIRUMALA, JANUARY 6: Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions Director Jhansi Lakshmi Bai donated Rs 1 crore to TTD four trusts each Rs 25 lakhs, on Thursday. The four trusts of TTD that received donation of Rs 25 lakh each include SV Pranadana, SV Annadanam, BIRRD Trust and Sarva SreyaTrust. She handed over the DD for the same to Tirumala temple DyEO Ramesh Babu at Ranganayakula Mandapam in Tirumala today

All holidays cancelled for health department staff in Telangana until further notice, said Telangana State Public Director Dr G Srinivas Rao. Speaking to the media, Srinivas Rao said that the next four weeks are important in the view of Omicron spread along with coronavirus. However, the cases will see a downtrend by February-mid, he added. "The public should mandate wearing a mask inside and outside home. Maintaining physical distancing is necessary and those who have not taken the vaccine should get it immediately. People with COVID-19 symptoms should not taken self-medication and consult doctor immediately. The government ready to conduct two crore COVID-19 tests and around one crore home isolation kits were kept ready," Rao said.Read more

The Andhra Pradesh employees unions have started talks with AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy over the PRC issues. The meeting is being held at the Tadepalli camp office. The meeting was attended by leaders of 13 unions of the Joint Staff Council who have already given notice to the government with 71 demands. The Chief Secretary and other officials discussed the matter but no solution was found. The employee unions are likely to discuss mainly on PRC abolition of CPS, regularisation of contract employees, making the services of the village and ward secretariat employees permanent.Read more

The controversy has once again erupted regarding the Mansas trust where the issue had reached the Vizianagaram district collector after the complaint lodged by the temple EO. Going into the details, the trust EO alleged that Mansus trust assets were surveyed in the presence of MLA Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy without the permission of the trust and later lodged a complaint with the District Collector to this effect.Read more

The Telangana government increased performance based incentive for all the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers in Telangana by 30 percent. In theGovernment Order, the State government granted permission to increase performance based incentive from existing Rs. 7, 500 to Rs. 9, 750 to all the ASHA workers, who work under the CH&FW and Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM) Telangana at the rate of 30 percent on the maximum limit of incentive.Read more

The police have confirmed that the mysterious death of Gubbala Nagmani, who died under suspicious circumstances was killed on the 1st of this month at Neelakundila Narsapuram in the Nakkapalli mandal. On Wednesday, they disclosed the details to reporters at the Nakkapalli police station. Going into the details, Gubbala Nagmani of Ramachandrapalem, Kotavuratla Mandal and Lakshmana Rao of Rajolu, East Godavari district have been in live in relationship and has three children. They are making living by working as watchmen of the garden belonging to a landlord in the villageRead more