Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh News Today 21 March 2022

INTENSE rain bands from #Visakhapatnam Agency entering into East Godavari mainly Tuni-Kakinada belt. Meanwhile some scattered rains in #Krishna, West #Prakasam and West Godavari will continue for next 2 hours.

Intense Thunderstorms and rains spreading along #Chittoor district. pic.twitter.com/33ZXDUKj5B

— Andhra Pradesh Weatherman (@APWeatherman96) March 21, 2022

Andhra Pradesh State Municipal Minister Botsa Satyanarayana said that it was the policy of the government to provide tap connection in every house. He advised people should formally take tap connections. Speaking at an assembly media point on Monday, he questioned whether there was support for unofficial events today. He said the media should not act in a way that would confuse the people.Read more

An unmarried couple jumped into the left canal of Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir here on Monday afternoon. Locals who noticed them rescued the woman while the man went missing. According to locals, the man, identified as Balakrishna (20) is a native of Narsingh tanda in PA Palli mandal. He is in a relationship with his sister-in-law, a minor girl for sometime now. The two professed their love to their parents who rejected their marriage following which the couple decided to end their lives.Read more

A man from Nalgonda district has been arrested by the police for dialing 100 six times in drunk state to file a complaint against his wife for not cooking him mutton curry. Naveen (28), a native of Cherla Gowraram village in Kanagal mandal of Nalgonda district.Read more

The TDP members in Assembly budget meetings on Monday has once again created a stir. The TDP legislatures have protested in the house entering into the speaker podium aiming to insult the Speaker, the Chair and the Legislative Assembly. They did not listen to Speaker Tammineni Sitaram's repeated pleas that valuable meeting time should not be wasted and that the dignity of the House should be maintained. Against this backdrop, the speaker of the house suspended the TDP members from the assembly for one day.Read more

Nellore: In a heinous incident, a youngster slit a girl at Venkatagiri on Monday for refusing to accept his love proposal. The incident happened at Collegemitta area in the town and the victim has been identified as Chigurupati Jyothika, 18, who is studying Intermediate.Read more

Andhra Pradesh Assembly budget‌ sessions resumed on Monday. As part of procedure, the ministers will introduce several amendment bills in the house today with minister Vellampalli Srinivas to introduce the Hindu Charitable Amendment Bill, Minister Narayana Swamy to introduce the Foreign Liquor Amendment Bill. Voting will be held on Budget Demand Grants for Skill Development, Tourism, Medical and Health Education. Also, there will be a short discussion on the construction progress of the Polavaram project.Read more

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, which has been slashing the number of Tirumala darshan tickets due to Coronavirus has been steadily increasing the number of darshan tickets. The quota of tickets is increasing as the corona conditions are gradually declining. Meanwhile, the special darshan tickets of Rs. 300 for the month of April will be released shortly on the TTD official website. Devotees will be able to book tickets after registering with their e-mail ID and phone number on the website in advance.Read more

Additional DG of the Andhra Pradesh Vigilance and Enforcement Division SV Bagchi warned that many traders in the state after the war in Ukraine were creating artificial shortages by hiding old stocks of cooking oil and raising prices. He said the government was providing cooking oils at low rates through farmers' markets to control prices and vigilance checks were also yielding good results. As a result, cooking oil prices remained stable for two to three days.Read more