The Telangana Police launched a crackdown on the protests by students of the University of Hyderabad against the state government’s proposed auction of 400 acres of land at Kancha Gachibowli.
Telangana Police arrested a fringe element Veera Raghava Reddy, hailing from adjoining Andhra Pradesh, for attacking the chief priest of Balaji Temple at Chilkur near Hyderabad, leading to a huge political fallout as the BRS attacked both the Congress government for poor law and order situation and the BJP for maintaining silence over the attack.
In a relief to veteran Telugu actor Mohan Babu, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that the Telangana police shall not take any coercive action against him for allegedly assaulting a journalist.
Telangana Police have registered a case of sexual assault against folk singer Mallik Teja.
Sources said Vemula's mother Radhika Vemula was born into 'Mala' caste, a Dalit sub-group, but got married to a man of a different caste. Her husband had later abandoned her and her children.
The move came in the wake of outrage of outrage over registration of cases against human rights activist Prof Haragopal and 151 others under the the draconian law.
However, the people, including two professors, named in the FIR were unaware of the charges under UAPA until the matter came to light during another trial.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT ) of Telangana police have arrested three more persons, including a woman, in connection with the leakage of question papers of various exams conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC).
Bairi Naresh, who is the president of Bharata Nasthika Samaja, is said to be a repeat offender and demands for his detention under the stringent Preventive Detention Act had gained momentum.
Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan expressed her ‘shock’ over the incident.
