Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 29 January 2022

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will chair parliamentary party meeting tomorrow afternoon at Pragati Bhavan in Hyderabad. The Chief Minister will be meeting all the MPs to discuss the strategy to be followed in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. In the meeting, the MPs will submit reports on various issues in the state to the Chief Minister. Meanwhile, the CM will talk to the MPs about the funds that are due to the state and old arrears. He will also direct the MPs to strongly question the requests already made by the state government.Read more

Health Minister T Harish Rao hoped that the state would come out of the epidemic soon as the number of COVID-19 cases in the state decreased slightly. He said that people will get out of the third wave if they cooperate. The minister on Saturday laid foundation stone for 100-bed hospital in Sattupalli of Khammam district which will be constructed at a cost of Rs 34 crore. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that the government has set up a diagnostic centre in Sattupalli at a cost of Rs 1.25 crore. "The government will also set up a cathlab in Khammam and will also construct hospitals in Kalluru and Penuballi. And the number of deliveries in government hospitals has increased by 52 per cent with KCR kits. The TRS government and the Chief Minister is the symbol of welfare," the minsiter said.Read more

Tension mounted in Paleru after youth congress leaders staged a protest demanding the government to release job notifications in the state on Saturday. The youth Congress leaders from four mandals tried to lay siege to the MLA's camp office in Kusumanchi mandal. They raised the slogans against the government during the protest. The police rushed to the spot and shifted the activists to police station.Read more

The Telangana government is likely to reopen the schools in the state from Feb 1. With the recommendations of the medical and health department, the government is said to have taken a call on the reopening of schools. The schools will be directed to implement strict COVID-19 measures. An official announcement will be made today by the government. The Chief Minister who will decide on the reopening of schools today is also likely to take a decision on conducting online and offline class in schools and colleges from the first week of February, leaving a choice to the students to attend either online or offline classes.Read more

Hyderabad: Telangana police have busted a group running an elaborate call centre racket targeting Telugu speakers operating from Jharkhand. The police unearthed the scam on Friday following the arrest of nine persons in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The arrested have been identified as autorickshaw drivers Katravath Raju, K Santosh, and D Srinivasulu ; students E Ganesh, M Venkatesh, K Harilal, K Ganesh, M Ganesh; and farmer K Raju, police officials said.Read more

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is set to visit Sangareddy next month to lay foundation stone for several projects in the district. This comes after the TRS district superintendent Chintha Prabhakar met the Chief Minister on Friday here at Pragati Bhavan. During his visit to Sangareddy, the CM will lay foundation stones of Sangameshwara Lift Irrigation Project (SLIP) and Basaveshwara Lift Irrigation Projects (BLIP). He will also inaugurate the newly built Government Medical College in Sangareddy.Read more