Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 30 December 2021

The Telangana health department shut down a private junior college in Narsingi after 38 students tested positive for COVID-19. The college management was ordered on Wednesday to close the institute for a week.Read More

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao congratulated TRS MLC, lyricist and poet Goreti Venkanna on being chosen for Sahitya Akademi awards for 2021. Venkanna was chosen for the award for his poems 'Vallanki Talam'.Read More

Telangana public health director Dr G Srinivas Rao hinted at COVID-19 third wave in the state as the cases are on rise. "The state has been witnessing a constant rise for the past few days and so too the Omicron which is a sign of third wave. Omicron has spread to around 130 countries. The new variant is 30 times more faster than the Delta variant," Srinivas Rao added.Read More

The Outer Ring Road (ORR) in Hyderabad will be closed for cars on December 31 night, the Rachakonda police in a statement said. "Cars will not be allowed on Outer Ring Road from 11 pm on December 31 to 5 am on January 1," it added. However, lorries and other containers transferring goods are allowed.Read More

Hyderabad Metro Rail has presently partnered with Rapido bike taxi service, to make the daily commute easier as well as improve the last mile connectivity. The Rapido would offer bike taxis at all metro stations and metro riders can also make use of this convenience, stated the HMR Managing Director N.V.S Reddy on Wednesday.Read More

The tragic incident was reported where a wife held dharna complaining against the husband for leaving her in Kodur of Kadapa district. Going into details, Farida from Ramnagar has married to Ahmed Basha from Suryanagar in the town three years ago and has a two-year-old baby.Read More

In a tragic incident, a man was mowed down a lorry in LB Nagar on Hyderabad-Vijayawada on Thursday. The incident occurred when the lorry and tractor collided head on. Three others who were also injured in the mishap were shifted to a hospital for treatment.Read More

In a horrific incident took place in the Chittoor district where two people were killed and three others were injured in the car and truck collision. The road accident took place at Kukkaladoddi in Renigunta mandal when a car collided with an oncoming vehicle on its way to Koduru from Renigunta.Read More

The Andhra Pradesh Medical Health Department has issued key directives on the covid vaccination process for teenagers and the booster dose. The government has released guidelines on the vaccination process to this extent. The vaccination registration process for those aged 15-18 will start from January 1 and issued instructions for vaccination for those aged 15 to 18 from January 3, 2022.Read More

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will attend the inaugural function of the distribution of hiked pension on January 1 in Guntur. State Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharita directed the officials to make arrangements to make the event to be held in Pratipada successful. The Home Minister was accompanied by MLAs Thalashila Raghuram, Lella Appireddy, Collector Vivek Yadav, and Urban District SP Arif Hafeez to inspect the helipad space, vehicle parking, and assembly hall arrangements during the Chief Minister's visit to Pratipada on Wednesday.Read More