This Andhra family turns home into Covid isolation ward
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Amaravati, May 23 : At first sight, they are no different from thousands of middle-aged couple in Andhra Pradesh, who are coping with the Covid pandemic. In fact, Kasi Annapurna has tested Covid positive once and her husband G. Srinivas, twice in the last one year. But this hasn t deterred the couple, from East Godavari district, going all out to help the residents of K. Jagannathapuram village, weather the pandemic.
It was early this year that the entire family was hit by Covid, following Srinivas brother s return from Mt Abu in Rajasthan. The family who lives in nearby town of Amalapuram took refuge in their ancestral home.
Andhra Pradesh HC annuls MPTC, ZPTC polls, orders fresh elections
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Andhra Pradesh High Court. Image Source: IANS News
Amaravati, May 21 : In a major development on Friday, the Andhra Pradesh High Court cancelled the Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) polls that were held on April 8.
Observing that the notification issued by the State Election Commission (SEC) was not in line with the Supreme Court guidelines which specified that elections should be held four weeks after the notification is issued, the high court ordered fresh elections to be held for the MPTC and ZPTC bodies.