Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 4 January 2022

Telangana government on Tuesday issued government order declaring holidays for Sankranti from January 8 to 16. Earlier, the government decided to grant holidays from January 11 but due to the rise in Omicron cases, the CM announced the holidays from January 8. According to the order issued, all the educational institutions including government, private, aided will be closed except medical colleges in the state.  On Monday, the Chief Minister held a high-level meeting at Pragati Bhavan in the view of rise in COVID-19 cases in Telangana. The CM said that there is no need to panic on the Omicron cases and asked the people to follow precautionary measures such as wearing mask and maintaining physical distancing at work and at public places.Read more

Andhra Pradesh reported 334 fresh Coronavirus cases taking the total tally to 20,77,942 cases across the state. While coming to fatalities, two new deaths registered in the last twenty four hours with one in Nellore taking total toll to 14,499. On the other hand, as many as 95 new patients were cured in the last twenty four hours taking the total recoveries to 20,61,927 and there are currently 1516 active cases.Read more

The state government can take a decision on the conduct of Numaish in the view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in Telangana, said high court. The court was dealing with the case of fire accident in Numaish 2019. The exhibition society told the court it is not correct to halt the exhibition while there are no restrictions for theatres and malls. Meanwhile, the court questioned as to how can they conduct the exhibition when everyone is afraid of stepping out of their homes. "However, the state government can only decide on the exhibition," the court observed. The Telangana government told the court they have informed the exhibition society to take permission from GHMC and fire department. With the government's explanation, the court closed the hearing of Numaish fire accident.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy concludes his Delhi tour. The CM met several Union ministers on Tuesday. During a meeting with Union Transport Minister Gadkari, CM Jagan discussed the construction of a national highway from Visakhapatnam to Bhogapuram. The CM also met Union Ministers Anurag Thakur and Dharmendra Pradhan. CM Jagan's meeting with Union Information and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur lasted for half an hour. The meeting discussed several issues, including the development of playgrounds in Andhra Pradesh.Read more

A quarrel broke out between fishermen for ring nets in Visakhapatnam. There was a dispute between the two groups as one group of fishermen opposed the other over the usage of ring nets, which led to the altercation. The two groups attacked each other. Later, the two groups went on to chase each other on the sea in a cinematic style. Tensions were high at the Gangamma Gudi, a large fishing village in Visakhapatnam. Receiving the information, the police rushed to the spot. There was a fierce confrontation between the two group and the police. The police are trying to bring out the boats that went into the sea. The women from one group allege that boats were set on fire and their children were abducted from their group. They expressed anger that the nets have been cut and beaten them.Read more

The Telugu Desam Party national president and former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu called on the people to think for the future of Andhra Pradesh and to understand the developments in the state. He urged the people to take note of the damage that would be done to the state due to the YSRCP atrocities. Speaking at a media conference at the TDP headquarters in Amaravati, he said that the YSRCP regime was started with destruction and the public platform built for the people was demolished.Read more

Six medical students of Suryapet medical college on Tuesday were suspended for ragging a junior. Accordingly, Director of Medical Education (DME) Ramesh Reddy issued the orders suspending the students of 2019-20 batch for one year. The orders also directed the students to vacate the hostel building permanently. The senior students were suspended for ragging a first-year student, Viskanuri Sai Kumar, a native of Hyderabad on Saturday night. The students who suspended are J Mahender, G Shashank, P Sravan, A Ranjith Sai, K Harish and B Sujeeth.

The organs of a donor were transferred within 15 minutes from LB Nagar to Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences in Begumpet. To avoid the traffic issues, the Rachakonda traffic police created a green channel for about 17.6 kilometres to transfer to heart and lungs of a brain dead person from Kamineni Hospital in LB Nagar to KIMS in Begumpet. The ambulance started at 8.04 am from LB Nagar and reached KIMS Secunderabad at around 8.19 am. The hospital authorities of KIMS appreciated the police in helping the transfer of organs at a swift pace by creating a green channel. The organ donation was performed as part of the state-run Jeevandan organ donation initiative.

Telangana police has refused permission for 'Shanti Yatra' which was to be led by BJP National president JP Nadda from LB stadium to Liberty cross roads protesting against the arrest of state president Bandi Sanjay. Nadda will be arriving here in Hyderabad this afternoon. He will participate in a meeting in Annojiguda near Ghatkesar. After the meeting, JP Nadda planned to hold a candle light rally from Liberty to LB Stadium.Read more

A case has been registered at the PM Palam police station against a constable who cheated on the pretext of marriage. The details given by the local CI Ravi Kumar are as follows. In February 2021, a 29-year-old woman working as the secretary of the Maharanipeta ward in Visakhapatnam got acquainted with Nimmakayala Naresh, a constable working at the Maharanipeta police station and got closer. Naresh often proposes to marry a young woman.  On April 23 last year, he took the girl to a room in the police quarters where he was staying and subdued her. The young woman became pregnant after being repeatedly assaulted. Later the accused aborted the pregnancy was through abortion pills. He used to ignore her when the young woman asked him to marry her. The victim lodged a complaint with the PM Palam Police Station on Monday alleging injustice done to her by refusing to marry her. CI Ravi Kumar said that the case is being registered and investigated to this extent.