Hyderabad news live: Cyberabad police sets up community desk for transgender persons

After Cyberabad police, on Saturday, set up an exclusive transgender community desk at Gachibowli police station, a couple of corporates in Cyberabad came forward during this event offering jobs to transgender people with the educational qualifications.

A lukewarm response has been received from the general public on the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme in Secunderabad Cantonment. According to Bollarum General Hospital’s resident medical officer, Dr Ramakrishna, a total of 59 people were vaccinated on Saturday, the second day of vaccinations. Read full story

Congress on Saturday questioned the silence of the TRS and BJP on the rising unemployment problem and demanded that both the parties explain to the people how their governments are going to solve it before seeking votes. Telangana Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy said the TRS and BJP were indulging in blame game to divert attention of the people from the failures of their governments in the state and at the Centre. Read full story

Former Ranji player B Nagaraju, who was earlier allegedly involved in 10 cases of cheating, was arrested yet again by Hyderabad police on Saturday. Police said they have registered nine more cases recently in addition to the previous 10. The 25-year-old youngster from Andhra Pradesh allegedly impersonated information technology minister KT Rama Rao’s personal secretary B Tirupathi and called nine corporates demanding money for the swearing-in ceremony of minister KTR, as chief minister of the state, police said. Read full story

The double murder of advocate couple Gattu Vamana Rao and P V Nagamani in Manthani last month has brought back dreaded memories of the hunting sickle – the notorious murder weapon used widely across the Rayalaseema region. Called Veta Kodavali in Telugu, the story of the sickle is closely related to the faction killings, that once shook the Seema region of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, and surfaced as the murder weapon in 90% of faction murder case charge sheets filed in this belt, over the last three decades or more. Read full story

Three people were killed and 17 others sustained injuries after a truck rammed into a parked tractor-trolley near Buttayigudem in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district on Sunday morning. The injured have been admitted to Eluru Government Hospital. (ANI)

Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said the loss to the state exchequer due to the pandemic is Rs 50,000 crore. Stating that the budget session is likely to begin after March 15, the CM said the state government will focus on revenue mobilisation by auctioning government land in the city to fund various welfare schemes. Read full story

As part of the restoration of train services, the South Central Railway (SCR) is restoring 22 more special trains from April 1 onwards.

Fresh from its victory in 24 municipal wards in Gujarat, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is now contesting the March 10 municipal elections in Andhra Pradesh. It is contesting from only 47 wards where there is a sizeable Muslim population. Read full story

Telangana registered 170 new coronavirus cases, taking the total caseload to 2.99 lakh, while the toll rose to 1,640 with one more fatality. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 28, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri and Rangareddy, Karimnagar districts with 15 and 14 and 12 respectively, a state government bulletin said on Saturday providing details as of 8pm on March 5. Read full story

Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will launch the free distribution of sanitary napkins to girl students of Classes 7 to 12 in government educational institutions on the occasion of International Women's Day on Monday. (ANI)

Two workers who arrived from Dubai have tested positive for the UK strain of Covid-19 in Jagtial district. Both of them have been shifted to TIMS at Gachibowli by the district health authorities. Read full story

In a rare instance, a woman gave birth to a three-legged girl child at Nuzvid area hospital in Krishna district on Friday. According to sources, the woman, identified as Venkateswaramma, is a resident of Shetty Vanapalli of Chintalapudi mandal in West Godavari district. Initially surprised at the extra limb protruding from child’s tail bone, doctors later realised that Venkateswaramma and her husband Mohan Rao had a consanguineous marriage. "Deleterious lethal genes that are inherited from common ancestors when transmitted to an offspring can lead to child morbidity, prenatal and neonatal issues," doctors said. Read full story

A 26-year-old worker at a worship place was arrested on Friday on the charges of sexually exploiting a 16-year-old girl. In her statement to police, the girl, who stays with her aunt, said the accused befriended her three months ago and began exploiting her. The man works at the worship place, which is close to her aunt’s house. Read full story

As part of the restoration of train services, the South Central Railway (SCR) is restoring 22 more special trains from April 1 onwards. The move comes as a boon for several commuters who have been waiting for passenger trains to resume after the Covid-19 lockdown was lifted.Thousands of passengers belonging to Mahabubnagar, Vikarabad, Gadwal, Wanaparthy, Jadcherla and Shadnagar, who used to travel by the passenger trains that originated at Secunderabad or Kacheguda railway stations and depended solely on these services for their daily commute had faced several problems in the last few months. Read full story