Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 14 December 2021

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has suspended GO issued by the government over the reduction of the movie ticket prices in the state. Theater owners' lawyers have argued that the government does not have the power to reduce movie ticket prices. They said the theater owners have the right to increase ticket rates during the release of the film and argued that the government doesn't have the power to reduce ticket prices. The High Court agreed with the arguments of the petitioner and suspended GO No. 35 issued by the government for reducing ticket rates.Read more

In a tragic incident, a couple who got married on Monday morning had met with a road accident the same day. However, fortunately, both were out with injuries and the family members breathed in a sigh of relief. Going into the details, G. Shankara Rao of Velama Estate, Pendurthi, Visakhapatnam district, was married to Dhillishwari (Swapna) of Talagaon, Tekkali Mandal, at 4 am on Monday. The newlyweds arrived in a car to set foot in the in-law's house after the wedding. On the way back after the event, the car collided with a lorry on the national highway near Gatlapada in an attempt to overtake another lorry. The car overturned on the road leaving the bride and groom injured in the accident. Along with them, the bride's mother in law Jyoti, and driver Balaji were also injured. BSF jawan Madhav Rao was on his way where the accident occurred at the time of the accident. He noticed the accident and pulled the injured out of the car and rushed them to the hospital by 108 vehicles. The injured are being treated at a private hospital in Narasannapeta.

Six athletes from Telangana have been named in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for the Paris Olympics 2024. They were -- TT players A Sreeja, S Fiden R Snehit, shooters Esha Singh, Dhanush Srikanth, Kynan Chenai and weightlifter KVL Pavani Kumari. Shooter Esha Singh won six medals in the recently concluded Nationals while Srikanth has been impressive in the last Khelo India Youth Games. Meanwhile, Kyan Chenai is a veteran shooter.Read more

Nagari YSRCP MLA RK Roja narrowly escaped a major accident after a technical glitch occurred on the Rajahmundry-Tirupati flight that she was traveling. However, the pilot landed the plane safely in Bangalore instead of in Tirupati. It is learned that MLA Roja had to travel from Rajahmundry to Tirupati and boarded an Indigo Airlines flight that is scheduled to reach Tirupati at 10:55 am today. Against this backdrop, the technical glitch arose during the traveling and the vigilant pilot acted swiftly and took the flight towards Bangalore. About 70 passengers were on board at the time and everybody breathed in a sigh of relief as the flight landed safely in Bangalore.Read more

Vijayawada police have arrested two members of a Cheddi gang who have been creating threats with a series of thefts. An inquiry is underway into whether the two were involved in the thefts in Vijayawada. Vijayawada police were engaged in interrogating those in their custody and nabbing the rest of the gang. As the Cheddi gang's approach to crime is typical, the police investigating past crimes that have been identified the gang's roots in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat. The gang, which has now entered the state, was confirmed to be from the Dahod district of Gujarat state based on the incidents in Vijayawada.Read more

TRS leader and former speaker Madhusudana Chary on Tuesday took charge as nominated MLC under governor's quota. Madhusudana Chary whose name was proposed by the state cabinet was appointed as nominated MLC by the state governor. On Tuesday, the Chief Election Officer (CEO) Shashank Goel released a gazette notification with respect to the appointment of Madhusudana Chary. His tenure will begin from today. Madhusudana Chary ventured into politics in 1989 by joining into Telugu Desam party and served as Sayampet MLA between 1994-1999. He associated with the CM K Chandrasekhar Rao during the Telangana movement. In 2014, he won as MLA from Bhupalpally assembly constituency seat and later he served as speaker of legislative assembly. In 2018, he defeated in the hands of Gandra Venkataramana Reddy.

An earthquake of 4.3 Magnitude happened in Indonesia close to Sinabang roughly some 2000 kms from our #AndhraPradesh coast. This will have no impact on causing Tsunami wave. Please don't believe any rumours or Fake news regarding this one. pic.twitter.com/G9qjrkdOl4

— Andhra Pradesh Weatherman (@APWeatherman96) December 14, 2021

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam gave permission to the Amaravati farmers fo the darshans on Wednesday and Thursday. However, the TTD has permitted by asking the farmers to follow the coronavirus regulations. It also took the necessary information from the farmers. It is known that the farmers of Amaravati are on the Padayatra under the name of Nyayasthanam to Devasthanam in demand to retain Amaravati as the only capital of Andhra Pradesh . The padayatra started from Tulluru in the Guntur district on November 1 and will end in Tirupati on November 17. A huge public meeting was held on the last day of the trip. The padayatra continued for about 500 km through the Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore, and Chittoor districts of AP. As today is the 45th day of the Padayatra, farmers will continue it in Tirupati and end in Alipiri in the evening. The farmers will visit the Tirumala temple on Wednesday and Thursday and a public meeting would be held on the 17th of this month. The farmers are waiting for permission.

Around 40 students fell ill due to the food poisoning at BC residential hostel in Jagtial. The students were shifted to Jagtial government hospital for treatment. Going into details, over 400 students had dinner in their hostel on Monday night following which some students suffered stomach ache and vomiting. They were rushed to the hospital immediately. While 22 students were discharged from the hospital, the remaining were undergoing treatment. The condition of the students is said to be stable. An inquiry has been initiated into the matter by the officials. More details are awaited.

Candidates from the ruling TRS party emerged victorious in all local bodies MLC election. L Ramana and Bhanu Prasad won in two MLC seats in Karimnagar district. While Bhanu Prasad secured 584 votes and Ramana got 479 votes. In Adilabad, TRS candidate Dande Vittal won with a majority of 667 votes. In Khammam, Thatha Madhu won the MLC seat with 480 votes. The TRS party secured 480 votes in Khammam while Congress got 242 votes and four votes were polled for an independent candidate and 12 votes were dismissed.  In Nalgonda, MLC Koti Reddy won with a margin of 691 votes. The TRS candidate Koti Reddy got 917 votes and the remaining votes were secured by the independent candidates Nagesh (226), Lakshmaiah (26), Venkateshwarlu (6) and Ramsingh (5) and 50 votes were cancelled. In Medak, TRS candidate Yadava Reddy won with a majority of 524 votes. A total of 762 votes were polled for Yadava Reddy, followed by 238 for Congress, six votes for independent candidate and 12 votes were cancelled.