Under fire from various quarters for allowing sale of liquor during lockdown, YSR Congress Party government in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday decided to reduce the number of liquor shops by 15 per cent.
After a gap of nearly 45 days, liquor is back for sale in Telangana where consumption of alcohol is generally very high. And the people have celebrated it in a big way on Wednesday.
Tipplers queued up in large numbers since Wednesday morning as liquor shops opened in Telangana after a gap of 43 days.
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Slamming the Centre for not coming to the rescue of the states facing financial crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhara Rao on Tuesday demanded Modi government to either give powers or the money.
Telangana government on Tuesday decided to re-open all liquor shops except those in containment zones with 16 per cent hike in liquor prices from Wednesday.
In the ongoing political war over the testing modalities in Telangana, the BJP on Tuesday fired yet another salvo against the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) government.
A migrant woman worker from Chhattisgarh delivered a baby by the roadside in Telangana's Medak district early Tuesday.
Mulugu MLA Sithakka travels almost 20 km every day on foot and on bike to reach secluded areas of her constituency in order to help the needy even as the coronavirus lockdown continues.
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A day ahead of the crucial meeting of Telangana state Cabinet to decide on extending the lockdown, state health officials on Monday urged Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao not to give any relaxations in Hyderabad and three surrounding districts which account for the highest number of Covid-19 positive cases and deaths.
Taking a serious note of a tragic incident in which a woman and her new-born baby died after she was made to run around hospitals on the suspicion of being infected with Covid-19, the Telangana High Court on Monday asked the state government to ensure that while fighting coronavirus, other emergencies like pregnancies are not ignored in hospitals.
The Centre has now allowed the sale of liquor in all zones, barring the containment zones, and only in standalone shops as the third phase of the coronavirus lockdown begins in India on May 4.
Much to the shock of many, some of the Telangana doctors wrote to the Inter Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) about the fewers tests, non reporting of Covid deaths, situation in isolation wards and facilities for doctors that would have serious repercussions while fighting the pandemic.
Covid-19 cases in Telangana surged once again on Sunday with 21 people testing positive, taking the state's tally to 1,082.
It will be a great tribute for the doctors and all other staff members of Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad on Sunday, for their relentless service to save the state from dreaded Coronavirus disease.
With Hyderabad remaining a red zone, the Telangana health authorities are focusing their efforts on the state capital to check the spread of coronavirus.