Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 31 January 2022

The Justice VS Sirpurkar commission which was appointed by the Supreme Court in 2019 to inquire the alleged encounter of four accused -- Mohd Arif, Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu, Jollu Shiva and Jollu Naveen in the rape and murder of Hyderabad veterinarian submitted a report to the apex court on January 28. The commission, appointed on December 12, 2019 to inquired into the encounter for 47 days from August 21, 201 to November 15, 2021 and examined 57 witnesses submitted a report, S Sashidhar, secretary to the commission said in a release on Monday. The report constitutes investigation records, forensic reports, post mortem reports, photographs and videos pertaining to the encounter.Read more

The Andhra Pradesh government has issued an ordinance increasing the retirement age of state government employees from 60 to 62 years. The decision will come into effect from January 1, 2022. AP Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan on Monday signed the file on the ordinance of raising the retirement age of employees. It is learned that the cabinet has recently decided to raise the retirement age to 62 years. It was decided by the Cabinet and sent to the Governor.Read more

Andhra Pradesh Municipal and Urban Development Minister Botsa Satyanarayana clarified that the salaries of the employees will be paid as per the new PRC. He said they were trying to pay salaries on the same date. The Committee of Ministers met with the CM to discuss the respective issues in the wake of state-wide concerns over PRC GOs. Ministers Botsa Satyanarayana, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, and Finance Ministry officials met Jagan.Read more

Tensions grip in Uppalapadu of Gandepalli mandal East Godavari after a lovers left without telling their parents on the 27th of this month. The situation came to light when the girl's family members attacked the boy's father on Sunday. The details provided by Jaggampet CI Suri Apparao are as follows. Pilli Krishna Kumar from Uppalapadu has been in love with a girl from Sitanagaram Mandal Inugantivari Peta for some time. The girl fell in love with Krishna Kumar when she was introduced to him in the village of Uppalapadu.Read more

TRS working president and minister KT Rama Rao said that the support of centre is needed for both the Telugu speaking states. The Telangana state would fight for the rights and demands against the centre, the minister added. Rama Rao on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an international firm Drillmec SpA on behalf of the Telangana government. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that a numerous jobs can be created if the centre renders support to the states. "Industries should be given a priority in the states and the centre should provide funds for the development. Special industrial subsidies should be given to both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. For the last seven and a half years, there was no help or cooperation from the centre. Funds for Telangana Kakatiya, Mega Textile Park and Pharma City have not yet been received by the centre," the minister said.Read more

As many as seven new lawyers have been promoted as High Court judges of Andhra Pradesh. At a meeting on the 29th of this month, the collegium headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana approved the recommendations. Among those promoted as judges were Konaganti Srinivasa Reddy, Gannamaneni Ramakrishna Prasad, Venkateshwarlu Nimmagadda, Rajasekhar Rao, Satti Subbareddy, Ravi Chimulapati, and V. Sujatha.Read more

In a shocking incident reported in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, a woman was allegedly evicted from her house by the tenants. The woman revealed the injustice done to her to reporters on Sunday. Going into the details, Shantamma has a shed of 3 cents in Rudrampet Village on Survey No. 82-3b. In 2002, a man named Suryanarayana Reddy rented a house with his family. Recently, Shantamma's family members became suspicious of Suryanarayana Reddy and asked him to vacate the house.Read more

Over 4 lakh people are found to have been suffering from mild symptoms of COVID-19 through the door-to-door fever survey in the first phase, conducted in some districts of Telangana. In a report submitted by the officials, a total of 4,00,283 people were found with the infection during the nine-day fever survey. Officials said that they have examined 90 lakh households and 6.58 people in the out-patient ward of the hospitals. They added that the isolation kits were given to 3,97,898 people even if they had no virus symptoms during the fever survey, held from January 21 to 29Read more

Renowned photographer and photojournalist Bharat Bhushan passed away in the wee hours of today at his residence in Hyderabad. Bharat Bhushan is said to have been suffering from multiple health issues for some time. Bharat Bhushan was known for popularizing Telangana by capturing Telangana's lifestyle and culture. Born in erstwhile Warangal district to Gudimalla Anasuya and Lakshminarayana, Bhushan worked for several English and Telugu newspapers. Over the years, Bhushan popularized culture and tradition especially Bathukamma and rural life through his photographyRead more

Amid dense fog at Gannavaram airport, flight services were delayed on Monday early morning. Meanwhile, the fights from Delhi, Bangalore to Vijayawada were hovered around the airport due to fog as it had difficulty in landing on the airport runway. Airport officials have made clear that several flights were also disrupted due to the fog.Read more