AP Panchayat Elections 2021 live updates: 38% voter turnout till 10.30am

Golugona (40.35%), Kotauratla (48.00%), Makavarapalem (46.93%), Nakkapalli (40.30%), Narsipatnam (51.00%), Natavaram (43.00%), Payakaraopeta (20.58%), Ravikamatam (42.30%), Rolugunta (35.89%), S Rayavaram (41.00%)

All necessary precautions are in place as per Covid-19 protocols amid tight security and PPE kits would be provided to infected voters.

The polling began at 6.30am in 2,786 panchayats and will continue till 3.30pm while counting of votes would commence at 4pm.

Polling is under way in the second phase of Andhra Pradesh panchayat elections today.

The stage is set for the second phase of local body elections across the state. Polling will be held to elect 2,786 village sarpanches and 20,817 ward members on Saturday. Read full story

To infuse young blood and get fresh ideas, the TRS has decided to enroll youngsters, especially new voters and neutral voters, into the party fold by offering them membership of the party. The membership drive began on Friday.

Polling is under way in the second phase of Andhra Pradesh panchayat elections today. The polling began at 6.30am in 2,786 panchayats and will continue till 3.30pm while counting of votes would commence at 4pm. Read full story

The stage is set for the second phase of local body elections across the state. Polling will be held to elect 2,786 village sarpanches and 20,817 ward members on Saturday. Read full story

At least four people were killed and 19 others injured after a tourist bus plunged into a valley 80 feet below the ghat road in the Araku Agency area of Visakhapatnam district on Friday night. The mishap occurred between Damuku and Tyda villages under Anantagiri mandal when the driver of the mini tourist bus with 22 other passengers on board lost control while negotiating a hairpin curve on the ghat road.

An independent analysis done by Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed that Hyderabad was fourth among cities with Rs 866 crore raised through electoral bonds between March 2018 and January 2021 in 15 phases. Mumbai (Rs 2,022 cr), Kolkata (Rs 1,527 cr) and Delhi (Rs 954 cr) occupied the top three spots.

After initial fears over Covaxin, about 20,000 frontline workers across various departments took the jab as part of the vaccination drive which concluded on Friday. A few days ago, director of public health Dr G Srinivasa Rao set the vaccine drive in motion by taking the first shot of Covaxin. Since then, about 20,000 workers have taken the vaccine. “In the districts and in Hyderabad, we were able to administer Covaxin vaccine. Its is happening slowly now,” Dr Rao said.

Senior Islamic scholar Maulana MohammedBin Abdur Rahman Al-Hamoomi passed away here on Friday. Maulana Mohammed was the Imam of the Royal Mosque at public gardens and led the congregational prayers there. He was also the khateeb of the mosque and delivered the Friday sermons.