Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 27 December 2021

Andhra Pradesh reported 94 fresh Coronavirus cases taking the total tally to 20,76,546 Coronavirus cases across the state. While coming to fatalities, two new deaths registered in the last twenty four hours with one in Krishna and West Bengal taking total toll to 14,490. On the other hand, as many as 121 new patients were cured in the last twenty four hours taking the total recoveries to 20,60,957 and there are currently 1099 active cases.Read more

The government's decision to reduce cinema ticket rates in Andhra Pradesh has sparked a heated debate in both the Telugu states. Politicians, along with film industry circles, are responding in their style. Authorities, on the other hand, are whipping up unlicensed theaters in the state. Many owners are voluntarily closing movie halls as they cannot run their theaters with the government's decision.Theater owners and distributors have begun their efforts to negotiate with the government in this regard. They decided to bring the problems faced by them to the notice of state cinematography minister Perni Nani's attention. The distributors have already been asked for an appointment to meet the minister on the matter.Read more

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed previous orders issued by the government on finalisation of fees in schools and colleges. It is a known fact that the state government has done 53, 54 GO in the past by finalizing fees for private unaided schools and junior colleges. East Godavari district private school owners have approached the high court challenging the ordinance. The court, which heard the case on Monday, directed the government to take the proposals from management and give a new notification.Read more

Tollywood actor and producer Bandla Ganesh have once again become the talk of the industry as an arrest warrant has been issued against him. Going into the details, Bandla Ganesh gave a cheque of Rs. 1.25 crore to Jetti Venkateshwar, which was bounced. However, the victim approached the court on this and there was no response from Ganesh despite repeated orders asking him to attend the hearing. With this, the Ongole Second AMM Court Judge issued orders to the police to arrest Bandla Ganesh and to produce before the court.  It was in a similar case that the police arrested l Ganesh and produced him in court in the past where he took a loan of Rs. 1.30 crore from a man named Mahesh from Kadapa district and failed to repay it. Following Mahesh's complaint, the police registered a case and asked him to attend the hearing, but the district magistrate issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Ganesh in the past.

Lpg Gas Tanker HIGHLIGHTS LPG gas tanker overturned in Parawada Pharma City in Visakhapatnam. The incident took place near Indian Oil Corporation and the police are trying to lift the gas tanker. In a horrific incident, a LPG gas tanker overturned in Parawada Pharma City in Visakhapatnam. The incident took place near Indian Oil Corporation and the police are trying to lift the gas tanker. However, the gas continues to leak. Meanwhile, the electricity supply was cut off in the area where the tanker overturned. The authorities alerted companies in the area where the tanker fell and the employees working the nearby companies and denizens were asked to leave the place as part of precautionary measures to avoid danger and only the engineering authorities were there doing the rescue operations. The incident is said to occur in the morning and the authorities have been trying to lift the tanker based on the capacity of the gas tanker. However, as they were lifting the tanker, the tanker got a hole, and the gas is leaked around a 500-meter radius and the technical team has called the fire engine and clearing the gas leakage.

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has once again adjourned the hearing on the petitions filed in the capital cases till January 28. The court clarified that full arguments would be heard from that day. Shyam Diwan, a senior advocate in the Supreme Court, who put the arguments on behalf of the farmers, asked the court to continue hearing the petitions. The court directed the advocates on behalf of the petitioners to file notes within ten days detailing what was still to be done in the petitions in the wake of the government repealing the CRDA repeal and Decentralisation of Development bills. The High Court directed the government to file affidavits after the lawyers' notes were submitted on behalf of the farmers. It is known that the government of Andhra Pradesh has withdrawn the three capital bills citing the technical flaws. However, it made clear while passing the repeal bill that it will bring the new bill overcoming technical flaws. It remains to be seen when the government would bring the new bill regarding three capital bills.

 Representational Image HIGHLIGHTS Six Maoists were killed in encounter by the police here in the forests near Chennapuram in Cherla mandal of Kothagudem on Monday. Six Maoists were killed in encounter by the police here in the forests near Chennapuram in Cherla mandal of Kothagudem on Monday. The incident occurred in the early hours of today when the Greyhounds and Special Party Police engaged in combing operation. The police and the Maoists came face to face in the forests of Doraguda village, near Pesarlapadu of Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. They exchanged the fire in which six Maoists were dead. An official statement is yet to be released by the police about the incident.

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam has given good news for the devotees of Lord Venkateswara stating that it will release the quota of Srivani break darshan tickets for the months of January and February 2022 on December 28 at 3 pm Online. The TTD said that Break Darshan tickets of Rs. 1000 and short Darshan tickets of Rs. 500 will be available online for devotees for January 1. Also, Rs. 1000 Mahalaghu Darshan and Rs. 300 tickets on Vaikuntha Ekadashi on January 13 will be available online and devotees are advised to book the tickets.Read more

A love couple committed suicide on Sunday in Vanamitra, a suburb of Anantapur. According to police, a brick kiln operator from Upparapalli Venkataswamy and Shivamma couple has a son Gurumurthy who was married to Jayalakshmi from Prasannayapalli three years ago and has a son. Against this backdrop, Gurumurthy who use to go by Dhaba on Pangal Road met Lakshmidevi's daughter Saileela from Chinnakunta village who was working there. However, a year ago, Saileela got married to a young man from the Balyanayak Thanda of Mudigubba mandal. Unable to adjust with her husband, she remained with her mother for six months. The acquaintance between Saileela and Gurumurthy turned into love. The two families elders who came to know the matter rebuked them.Read more

TPCC president Revanth Reddy was put under house arrest in his residence in Hyderabad ahead of the Rachabanda programme in Erravalli. Revanth Reddy on Sunday announced that the party would organize Rachabanda programme in Erravelli today to show the media as to how the CM is cultivating paddy crop in 150 acres of his house while discouraging farmers from cultivating paddy in Yasangi. In the view of it, the police reached Revanth Reddy's house on Monday morning and house arrested him. The police also set up barricades near his house. Meanwhile, the Congress leaders who were on their way to Erravelli were also kept under house arrest. Condemning the arrest, Congress party leaders like V Hanumantha Rao, Ponnaa Lakshmaiah, Shabbir Ali and Madhu Yaski questioned the Chief Minister as to why he was stopping the Congress leaders from conducting Rachabanda.