Passport agent ‘raj’ continues
The opening of many independent Passport Seva Kendras in the city a few months back, primarily to eliminate the stranglehold of agents and brokers, has not achieved its objective. ‘Agent raj’ still pr
‘Paper pattern is Board’s discretion’
Awarding grace marks in board examinations is nothing new, yet the state government is reluctant to award grace marks this year to students failed in Physics in the Intermediate second year exams. Abo
CBI judge takes up fresh hearing on Vijay Sai bail plea
Principal special judge for CBI cases A. Pullaiah, moved over to CBI judge Nagamaruthi Sharma, the bail plea of Vijay Sai Reddy, the vice-chairman of Jagathi Publications, for a fresh hearing. The II
Court cancels Pahelwan’s bail
The AP High Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail of Mohammed Bin Omer Yafai, alias Mohammed Pahelwan, and two others who are accused of being involved in the assault on MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owai
Wrong challans surprise motorists
Don’t be surprised if you end up receiving a challan from the traffic police even if you have not committed any offence. A number of cases where motorists have been served wrong challans have come to
Pupils may lose seats
There’s more trouble in store for Intermed-iate students in AP after their poor show in the Inter (second year) physics paper. Around 500 Inter MPC students face the risk of losing seats in BITS-Pilan
Congress gets a jolt
The Congress on Wednesday suffered a jolt after former Nandyal MP Gangula Pratap Reddy and his brother Gangula Prabhakar Reddy announced that they were not interested in contesting as the party candid
No T, no Congress: suspended MPs
Congress MPs from the Telangana, suspended by the party from the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, made it clear on Wednesday that if the party was not going to concede the demand for a separate state by 2014, th
Panel to study physics marks
The state government stoutly denies that the large number of failures (31 per cent) in the Intermediate second year physics exam was due to an incorrectly set paper. Nevertheless, the government is c
Water Board to mortgage assets
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) will mortgage its properties, such as storage-cum-supply reservoirs and hundreds of acres of land in which sewerage treatment plant