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Breaking News May 5 LIVE Updates: Telangana extends lockdown till May 29
Breaking News Today, 5 May 2020: With the announcement of the extension of lockdown till May 17 provided with some exemptions, the states have been busy in framing guidelines to be followed without violating the center's rules. In this backdrop, the Andhra Pradesh government has lifted the ban on liquor on Monday, which has become controversial amid people forgetting to follow the lockdown spirit such as social distancing and wearing masks. The liquor sale has also taken two lives in a single-family after a dispute with the husband. It is learnt that the government, which has increased the prices by 25 percent on Monday have further increased by 50 more percent on Tuesday.
On the other hand, whine the government is taking several measures in procuring the food grains from the farmers, the change in weather has taken a change resulting in low pressure in the Bay of Bengal and there could be strong winds and moderate rainfall in two Telugu states in next three days.
In Telangana, the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is going on in which the decision on the extension of lockdown would be approved. As per the speculations, the government is contemplating to extend lockdown till May end and reopen the liquor sales.
Coming to the business sector, there have been fluctuations over the gold and silver prices, which have been settled in between 45,000 to 47,000 while the fuel prices which are stable for the last two months have been on rising in Delhi with Rs.1.67 on petrol and 7.10 on diesel.
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Live Updates
- 5 May 2020 10:24 PM IST
Will decide about the opening of liquor shops in Telangana after a special review meeting on May 15 depending on the situation of COVID 19 says KCR
- 5 May 2020 10:18 PM IST
Electrical shops, hardware shops and cement shops will be open in new lockdown in Telangana says KCR
- 5 May 2020 10:08 PM IST
Telangana Live News: Till today, 1096 Coronavirus positive cases have been reported in the state, of which 628 patients were discharged. Today 11 new positive cases have been reported. There are 439 active cases in the state now: Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao
- 5 May 2020 6:26 PM IST
Telangana Cabinet Meeting Updates: Telangana Government is also examining possibility of operating limited buses in Green Zone. However. it is yet to decide on how to follow safety guidelines on number of passengers per bus. Social distancing etc
- 5 May 2020 6:26 PM IST
Telangana Government is also examining possibility of operating limited buses in Green Zone. However. it is yet to decide on how to follow safety guidelines on number of passengers per bus. Social distancing etc
- 5 May 2020 6:24 PM IST
Telangana Government is certain to open liquor shops. Since morning excise officials are checking sticks in the wake of reports that some of the shops have sold existing stock in black. It is also said that government might hike liqour price by 25%.
- 5 May 2020 5:15 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh: Women in Visakhapatnam today held a protest against the liquor shops opened in the district by the state government amid COVID19 lockdown. A protester says, "Vegetable markets stay open for only 3 hours but liquor shops are allowed to remain open for 7 hours".
- 5 May 2020 4:43 PM IST
Our of total 3500 liquor shops, 2151 shops are opened. A total of 68Crore sales are registered on the day one of sales. There is a hike of 25% in the price. Today another 50% of the price is increased. A total of 75% hike in liquor price.
