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

Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh reports 1,540 new COVID 19 cases, 2,304 recoveries and 19 deaths in the last 24 hours

Active cases: 20,965

Total recoveries: 19,23,675

Death toll: 13,292

Coronavirus in Karnataka: Karnataka records 1,501 new COVID 19 infections, 32 deaths and 2,039 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

Active cases: 22,487

Positive cases: 28,97,664

Death toll: 36,437

Bengaluru: Caretaker Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa arrives with party's observers for the state and union ministers G Kishan Reddy and Dharmendra Pradhan. The leaders are arriving for a meeting of state party MLAs.

BJP MLA’s Meet today

Breaking News : A meeting of BJP MLAs of the state will be held on Tuesday night to choose the new Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Significantly, the Chief Minister of the state BS Yeddyurappa has resigned from the post on Monday. It is expected that after the meeting of the MLAs, the name of Yeddyurappa's successor will be decided.

Sand smugglers attack police personnel in Jagtial, SI injured

Sand smugglers attacked police personnel in Jagtial while the latter tried to interrupt the transport of sand. The incident occurred at Vempalli of Mallapur mandal of the district. Read Full Story

Explosives seized from an old building in Vikarabad

The police have seized a large scale of explosives from an old building here at Vikarabad. They said that the building belongs to the irrigation department and the explosive material such detonator, gelantin liquid and a huge quantity of wire were left unprotected in the building. Read Full Story

APSRTC to soon run electric buses to Tirumala to reduce pollution

The Tirumala Tirupati Temple (TTD) is taking steps to reduce pollution in the Tirumala hills. To this end, it has decided to run electric buses with the target of turning the Tirumala Hills into a Zero Carbon Emission Zone. The Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) will soon introduce electric buses for pilgrims coming to Tirumala. Read Full Story

KTR to direct TRS general secretaries on state political scenario

TRS working president and minister KT Rama Rao will convene a meeting with the TRS general secretaries here at Telangana Bhavan at 2 pm. Read Full Story

Petrol and diesel prices today in Hyderabad, Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai - 27 July 2021

Petrol and Diesel prices today, 27 July 2021: Petrol price in Hyderabad is Rs. 105.83 per litre and diesel price at Rs. 97.96 per litre. Read Full Story

Gold rates today, 27 July 2021: Gold rates today have been hiked on Tuesday at all major cities Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kerala, and Visakhapatnam. Going by the prices, Gold rates in Bangalore city for 10 grams of 22-carat is closed at Rs. 44,800 with a hike of Rs.100 and the gold rates of 10 grams of 24-carat are at Rs. 48,880 with a hike of Rs. 110. The gold rates in Hyderabad are also holding at Rs 44,800 per 10 gram of 22-carat with a hike of Rs. 100 and 10 grams of 24-carat gold is at Rs. 48,880 with a hike of Rs. 110. Read Full Story