Lokeswara Rao

Jagan’s capital plan in legal wrangles, HC extends status quo till 21 September

August 28, 2020

The Andhra Pradesh government’s plan to set up three capitals has run into multiple legal quagmires. The state government is planning to set up administrative capital at Visakhapatnam, legislative capital at Amaravati and judicial capital at Kurnool. Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday extended the status quo order on shifting...

Two cases of Covid re-infection ring danger bells in Telangana

August 27, 2020

Hyderabad: The Telangana government claims that Covid-19 cases in the state will start reducing from October, but the ground realities present a different story. State’s Health Minister Etela Rajender has now confirmed that two persons who had initially recovered from Covid, were found infected again. With no signs of respite,...

Setback for Jagan as SC refuses to interfere in HC order on three capitals

August 27, 2020

The Supreme Court turned down the Andhra government’s Special Leave Petition seeking a stay on the Andhra High Court’s interim orders to maintain status quo on the formation of three capital cities for the state. The apex court observed that it cannot take up the matter as it is already...

Telugu states gearing up for opening of schools

August 26, 2020

The government of Andhra Pradesh has decided to reopen schools from September 5. The government schools have received school starter kits with a school bag, uniform sets, notebooks and textbooks to be distributed. The academic calendar has also been revised to start from 5 September and end by April 2021,...

Vijayawada fire: HC gives interim relief to Dr Ramesh

August 26, 2020

HYDERABAD: Giving an interim relief to Dr Ramesh, founder of Ramesh Hospitals, in the Vijayawada fire tragedy, the Andhra High Court on Tuesday told the state government to stop further actions against him. Ten patients had lost their lives in a fire accident in Hotel Swarna Palace which was taken...

Alarmed by Covid, Telangana ramps up testing

August 26, 2020

Hyderabad: After facing flak from the Telangana High Court and the Governor for its inaction in Covid-19 sample testing, the state government has ramped up rapid testing and various other measures to check the spread of coronavirus. A total of 52,933 samples were tested in Telangana on Monday while the...

Jagan warns pvt hospitals against overcharging

August 26, 2020

Andhra Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy has reacted strongly over reports of private hospital in the state overcharging Covid-19 patients. On Tuesday he warned that severe action would be taken against hospitals which were charging more than the government-stipulated charges. Presiding over a programme, along with district collectors and SPs,...

Owaisi takes swipe at Ghulam Nabi

August 25, 2020

HYDERABAD: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi took a dig at Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad after the latter offered to resign from the Congress, following Rahul Gandhi’s remark about him “colluding with BJP”. His exact tweet read, “Ghulam Nabi... accused me of exactly this. Now you’re accused of the same....

Telugu Congress leaders support Gandhi-Nehru family’s leadership

August 25, 2020

Even as 23 Congress leaders signed the letter for change of the guard in the party, the leaders from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh continue to stand by the Gandhi family to lead the grand old party. Irrespective of old or new generation Congress leaders, they have been heavily batting for...

CID officials visit Srisailam power station to probe fire tragedy

August 24, 2020

A team of 25 Telangana CID officials (including 4 DSPs) visited the Srisailam power station to probe into a fire tragedy that killed 9 employees. The prima facie evidence suggested to the officials that the tragedy happened due to a short circuit. On 20 August, fire broke out in a...

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