Sreenivas Janyala

There is also a facility of making video calls in case of emergencies along with complaints through WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter.

The bench of Chief Justice JK Maheshwari issued an order Tuesday night not to report an FIR filed by the Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau against a former legal officer and others over land purchase in Amaravati.

A Bench of Chief Justice J K Maheshwari issued an order Tuesday night not to report an FIR filed by the AP Anti-Corruption Bureau against a former legal officer and others over land purchase in Amaravati.

The SIT was tasked to investigate allegations of corruption in irrigation and other projects started by the previous government and insider trading in Amaravati region.

The petitioner had alleged that the Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau was working with mala fide intentions against him and that the whole issue was being given a political colour and a media trial.

Ajeya Kallam, Principal Advisor to Chief Minister, said that the direct cash transfer system will give a sense of feeling that the farmers have been paying for the power consumed and the power distribution companies will not go into the red.

They received notices on Monday to appear before the agency as witnesses on Sept 9.

Sources said such a ban involves removing pages, groups, and accounts set up to represent the individual when the company knows that s/he is participating in that content.

Ganapathi, hails from Birpur village of Jagtial of Telangana. Ganapathi, son of a land-owning farmer, is a Science graduate and B.Ed from Karimnagar college, and led the CPI (Maoists) for more than three decades.

In the run up to the 2019 Assembly election, the YSR Congress Party had promised to implement total prohibition in the state and Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had said he would seek reelection in 2024 only after making Andhra Pradesh a dry state.

On Tuesday, the government also announced that it was converting Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital at Warangal into an exclusive Covid-19 treatment centre — only the second such in the state after Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad.

The bodies of the five engineers, including a woman engineer, and four others were found on the ground floor of the underground powerhouse.

Telangana Srisailam Power Plant Fire: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed shock over the incident and directed additional DG of CID, Govind Singh, to launch an investigation into the incident.

Police said they have sent notices under Section 160 of CrPC to the residences of Dr Babu and Rao calling them to appear for questioning but there has been no response. “We have formed several teams to track them down but we could not trace them,’’ the commissioner said.

A study by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology has said individuals infected by SARS-CoV-2 shed virus not only through nasal and oral routes but also through faeces.

Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the YSR Cheyutha (handholding) scheme, which is aimed at economically empowering the women of the socially backward communities. The government will spend Rs 4,687 cores annually for the scheme.

Swarna Palace had been leased by Vijayawada’s Ramesh hospital, which had kept 31 Covid-19 patients in its rooms. Twenty-one patients were rescued by police, firemen, and hotel and hospital staff on Sunday.

Special Chief Secretary for Industries R Karikal Valaven said the state is committed to delivering on each element of the policy. It proposes interventions across infrastructure, ease of doing business, skill development, business enablement, and fiscal incentives.

At a Covid-19 review meeting held Tuesday, Rajender said the government had received 1,039 complaints from Covid-19 patients of being “fleeced”.

Director of State Disaster Response and Fire Services K Jayaram Naik said, “The fire alarm did not go off. I don’t think the hotel had any safety measures. Action will be taken against the owners and management.”

Ramesh Hospital had taken the five-storey hotel on lease to lodge Covid-19 patients. The patients had taken a package of Rs 5,000 per day including three meals, hot beverages and snacks, until they were discharged, apart from treatment and other hospital charges.

The firemen were initially unaware it was a Covid-19 facility. Firefighters of Vijayawada Fire Station, located about 1.5 km from the hotel, reached the spot within four minutes of getting a call.

The state recorded 1,939 deaths in total and over 2 lakh cases. Reddy asserted that the public should start taking responsibility to contain the virus and stressed the need to use masks, maintain physical distance and wash hands at frequent intervals.

In the first phase, 15,715 schools are being covered with a budget of Rs 3,600 crores. About 70 per cent of the schools have already been renovated and revamped. The remaining will be completed by August 31.