Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 17 December 2021

Hyderabad: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has criticised the decision of Narendra Modi government to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21, terming it "ridiculous". The Hyderabad MP said both men and women should be allowed to legally marry at 18 as they are treated as adults by the law for all other purposes. "This is typical paternalism that we have come to expect from the govt. 18 year old men & women can sign contracts, start businesses, choose Prime Ministers & elect MPs & MLAs but not marry," he said in a tweet.Read more

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu said he had prayed to Tirumala diety to make Amaravati as the capital of the state. Chandrababu first visited Tirumala when he arrived in Tirupati to participate in a public meeting organised by the Amaravati Conservation Committee and spoke to the media there after the darshan. He said that decentralisation of development means developing all areas and alleged that YSRCP is deceiving people in the name of decentralisation.Read more

The first case of Omicron variant was reported in Hanamkonda in Telangana state. The young woman who came to the Postal Colony in Hanamkonda from the UK was diagnosed with Omicron. The young woman, who came from the UK on the 1st of this month, got a corona positive on the 12th. And then tested positive for Omicron on the 13th and tested positive three days later. The registration of the first Omicron case in Hanmakonda has been confirmed by the medical health department officials. Medical health officials are on high alert with the latest Omicron case. With that, the number of Omicron cases has reached 8 in Telangana. The district has reported 91 coronavirus cases on weekdays including 12 latest positive cases.

Visakhapatnam: Governor of Telangana and Lt. Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan visited Andhra Medical College (AMC) in Visakhapatnam on Friday. As a part of her two-day trip to Visakhapatnam, the Governor paid a visit to the AMC and interacted with the students. Earlier, the Governor met the heads of the departments of the institution and interacted with them. Principal of AMC Dr. PV Sudhakar termed it as a rare occasion for the students and student leaders to interact with the GovernorRead more

The National Green Tribunal has ordered that construction of the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme should not be undertaken without central environmental clearances and appointed a four-member expert committee to study the construction of the project. The committee was directed to report within 4 months. The court said there was no need for contempt action against the AP chief secretary. The Telangana government has opposed the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme in Andhra Pradesh and NGT is outraged that the orders are being ignored and a contempt petition has been filed in NGT. On the other hand, Gavinolla Srinivas has also filed a petition and an inquiry has been held on this. In addition, the Krishna River Board also examined the RLIS. The KRMB team visited Rayalaseema to look into the Rayalaseema excavation project and submit a report, which caused controversy among the Telugu states regarding the Krishna river water.Read more