LIVE Updates: Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad News Today 18 Feb 2021

Andhra Pradesh News: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed the concerned authorities to provide comfortable houses to the poor like never before in history. He made it clear that YSR Jagananna colonies should be as ideal as possible. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh News: The Central Election Commission has released the schedule for elections for six MLC seats in the MLA quota in Andhra Pradesh. Elections will be held on March 15. The nominations will be accepted from February 25 to March 4 followed by scrutiny on March 5, while the deadline for withdrawal of nominations is slated on March 8. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh News: Eluru police have arrested Chintamaneni Prabhakar, a TDP leader from West Godavari district and a former MLA from Denduluru. He was arrested by the Eluru rural police and taken to the station when he came to Madepalli in the Eluru Mandal as part of the panchayat election campaign. Read Full Story

Hyderabad News: Fourteen people were granted conditional bail by a court in Secunderabad on Thursday in the kidnap case of three businessmen. However, the court ordered the accused to appear before the police every week. Read Full Story

Hyderabad News: A rockslide in Ahmed Nagar in Hyderabad demolished two houses. The rockslide sent debris hurtling down a rock face in Bada Bazar which demolished the houses. Read Full Story

Telangana News: The Telangana High Court on Thursday took suomoto cognizance of the murder of advocate couple in the broadday light in Peddapalli district. Stating that the murders shook the state, the two judge panel ordered proper investigation and asked the advocate general to submit a report by March 1. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh News: The High Court has issued interim orders allowing AP Civil Supplies Minister Kodali Nani to speak to the media. However, High Court judge Justice DVSS Somayajulu clarified that he should not make any comments on the election process. Read Full Story

Telangana News: The notification for the Telangana State Engineering Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET) 2021 may be released by the end of February or in the first week of March. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh News: The woman has given a rude shock to the constable who was harassing her on a daily basis by handing him over to the police. Read Full Story

Coronavirus in Telangana: Telangana recorded 163 fresh positive cases and two deaths in a single day taking the overall tally to 2,97,113 and the fatality count went up to 1,622 with two persons dying of the virus in the last 24 hours. And the total recoveries touched 2,93,791 with the recovery of 101 persons in a day. At present, there are 1,700 active cases out of which 658 are in home or institutional isolation. Read Full Story