The ‘T’ MPs of the congress have managed to enact a drama and it has been successfully concluded. The state government has agreed in principle to drop all cases against the students who have been booked under various cases during the ‘T agitation.
A totoal of 1667 cases have been slapped against 8047 students. The state government has dropped cases 565 cases the other day. Yesterday 135 more cases were dropped. The state government will now drop all the cases after obtaining legal opinion from the court. .
2012/1/25 11:43:41 The State Government has withdrawn as many 657 cases booked against students during the Telangana agitation.
Making the announcement at the State Secretariat here on Wednesday, Home Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy said that the decision would benefit nearly 8,000 students. She said another 133 cases, which are now sub-judice, would also be withdrawn by this month-end.
Talking to media persons after emerging out of meeting convened with Law Minister Erasu Prathap Reddy and Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy at her chambers in the Secretariat, Sabitha Indra Reddy said that a GO withdrawing 657 cases would be issued on Wednesday. She said earlier the government had withdrawn 560 cases registered in connection with the violence during Telangana agitation.
Admitting that the decision was delayed due to legal complications, she said other cases too would be withdrawn on case-to-case basis based on the legal opinion.
The Home Minister asked the students not to worry about the cases and attend competitive exams as usual. She said the decision to withdraw the police cases was taken considering the career of students. (INN)
2012/1/20 14:19:47 The Telangana Political Joint Action Committee on Friday asked the State Government to withdraw the cases registered against the students who participated in the separate Telangana agitation.
Briefing the media about the decision taken during the TP-JAC's steering committee meeting held at the Lotus Pond here on Friday, JAC chairman Prof M Kodandaram said that despite several assurances, the State Government did not withdraw the cases against the students. Hundreds of students are unable to apply for the government jobs which are being notified due to the cases pending against them, he said.
Prof Kodandaram said that even Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has assured that cases would be withdrawn against the students, but the State Government did not take any steps to fulfil the promise. He said that JAC's Steering Committee has unanimously resolved to organise protests across the region if the government withdraw the cases immediately.
The Steering Committee also demanded scrapping of Teachers' Eligibility Test. According to Prof Kodandaram, thousands of students who have qualified for the B Ed would lose relevance due to TET. Therefore, the government should scrap the TET while restoring the importance of B Ed for the recruitment to the posts of teachers in the State, he said.
Prof Kodandaram said that the district JAC's would be communicated about the Steering Committee's decision and a final decision on future programmes would be taken on Saturday. (INN)
2012/2/23 3:12:24 Hyderabad, Feb 23 (INN): Minister for Law and Courts Erasu Prathap Reddy on Thursday stated that the government would complete the process of lifting of police cases against students and other activists, who took part in the statehood agitation, in two-three days time.
Talking to media persons at Assembly media point, the Law Minister said that the government has already lifted 500 cases on students and had issued a GO in this regard. He said remaining 200 cases on students would be lifted soon. He said that the matter got delayed as the government has to issue orders after studying them on case-by-case basis.
However, the process of lifting of all the remaining cases would be completed within three days, he claimed. He appealed to students to prepare for the competitive examinations without worrying about the cases. He said that the decision to lift police cases on students was taken after consulting Home Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy.
2012/2/23 5:31:44 Minister for Law and Courts Erasu Prathap Reddy on Thursday stated that the government would complete the process of lifting of police cases against students and other activists, who took part in the statehood agitation, in two-three days time.
Talking to media persons at Assembly media point, the Law Minister said that the government has already lifted 500 cases on students and had issued a GO in this regard. He said remaining 200 cases on students would be lifted soon. He said that the matter got delayed as the government has to issue orders after studying them on case-by-case basis.
However, the process of lifting of all the remaining cases would be completed within three days, he claimed. He appealed to students to prepare for the competitive examinations without worrying about the cases. He said that the decision to lift police cases on students was taken after consulting Home Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy. (INN)
The Lok Satta chief Jayaprakash Narayana is now the target of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the OU JAC.
The reason is the comments made by Narayana in the assembly today. JP alleged that the TRS is extorting money in the name of separate Telangana movement. JP also took objection to the proposal by the government to consider lifting of the cases against the students booked for violence in the T agitation.
JP said that those students who only have some minor cases against them can be let off but not those students who have criminal cases against them.
The TRS and the OU JAC is furious at the statement of JP. They have announced that they will not allow JP to move anywhere in Telangana and even in Hyderabad. The police has increased security at the residence of JP as a precautionary measure.
2012/2/25 4:01:31 Hyderabad, Feb 25 (INN): Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy stated that the State Government has lifted 843 police cases on students and other activists, who participated in the statehood agitation across the state so far.
Talking to media persons after emerging out of a review meeting held at the State Secretariat here on Saturday, the Home Minister said that 383 GOs were issued with regard to lifting of police cases against the students. She said that the government was seeking legal opinion while lifting the cases classified as category-5 based on their nature. However, the government would announce its decision once the legal experts give their suggestions, she said.
Stating that 824 cases were still pending with the government, she said, as promised, the government was committed to lift all the cases against the students.
The Home Minister also said that the government was also considering lifting cases against the Muslim youth which were registered during the communal clashes in the Old City.
Minister for Marketing and Warehousing M Mukesh Goud, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, City Police Commissioner A K Khan nd other top police officials were present in the review meeting.
2012/2/10 15:34:36 Telangana Rashtra Samithi will boycott the address of Governor ESL Narasimhan on the inaugural day of budget session of Legislative Assembly and Council.
Briefing the media about the decisions taken during the party's politburo and legislature party meetings held at Telangana Bhavan here on Friday, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao said that the party has decided to boycott the Governor's address as it would not have any mention of separate Telangana or other issues related to the region.
Chandrasekhar Rao said that the party would also stall the assembly proceedings demanding till the Telangana Bill gets introduced in the House. Further, the party would also raise issues including cases against Telangana students. He alleged that despite giving assurances the government has not withdrawn all the cases and the process of registering cases was still on. He said the police has opened rowdy sheets of several students who participated in the Telangana agitation.
The TRS chief said the party would draw its strategy once in every two during the budget session of the legislative assembly.
Reacting to the comments made by Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu asking him to change the behaviour, KCR said that Naidu should not speak about morals in politics as he has encroached upon power by backstabbing his father-in-law NT Rama Rao. (INN)
2011/10/22 0:38:42 US authorities have approved the transfer of 435 Indian students of the Tri-Valley University to other institutions, indicating some progress in addressing the plight of nearly 1,800 Indian students affected by its closure.
They were among more than a thousand students, who were being considered for transfer to other universities, US officials told Indian embassy representatives Friday during a meeting to discuss the issues relating to Indian students of the allegedly "sham" California-based university.
They also informed the embassy that 145 Indian students were denied transfers and about an equal number were issued with Notices of Intention to Deny (NOIDs). The remaining cases of transfer are still under examination, according to an Indian embassy press note.
The cases of Indian students have been examined individually after evaluating all the information provided by the students, officials said and advised that students who have received NOIDs should reply to the notices in stipulated time with required / additional information/documents.
Officials of the State and Homeland Security departments as also United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and its investigative arm Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attended the meeting.
Indian officials in turn impressed upon US officials that the Indian students of Tri-Valley University have undergone hardship since the closure of the University and that their cases should be viewed with understanding.
The Indian embassy is continuing its efforts with US authorities for addressing the plight of TVU students, the press note said.
In another positive development, sources said, US officials had also assured that in case anybody decides to opt out of the transfer process and go back to India and apply afresh from there , their cases would be considered on the basis of the quality of the fresh applications without any reference to the TVU situation.
TVU president Susan Xiao-Ping Su, 41, was indicted in May by a federal grand jury on allegations of visa fraud and money laundering to the tune of $3.2 million by issuing visa-related documents to students in exchange for "tuition and fees".
Some 85 percent of TVU students were Indian, mostly from Andhra Pradesh. (IANS)
2012/1/23 14:54:16 Telugu Desam Telangana Forum convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Monday stated the party would issue privilege notice against the government for not honouring the promise of lifting police cases against Telangana activists.
Talking to media persons at NTR Trust Bhavan, Dayakar Rao said that the government has failed to lift the police cases registered against students during the Telangana agitation. He alleged that the government was behaving irresponsibly and has been delaying the issue. Stating that students are losing their valuable career due to the imposition of police cases, he demanded that the government should lift all the cases immediately.
Dayakar Rao threatened to intensify the agitation against the government till it withdraws all the cases. He also slammed the government for its failure to honour its promises made to the employees during the general strike. He demanded that the government take steps to fulfil all the promises to the employees.
Apart from agitating for statehood, he said the party would focus on people’s problems in the region. He said the TDP would continue its agitation from Chevella seeking national project status to Pranahita-Chevella project. (INN)
2011/8/21 11:03:59 Extending moral support to people’s general strike, Telangana Rashtra Samiti Students wing on Sunday called upon students to organize a series of agitations across the Telangana region.
The students wing leaders in a meeting of district in-charges held at TRS Bhavan have decided to intensify the agitation from August 22 to August 29. The students would mount pressure on the elected representatives to submit their resignations for the cause of Telangana statehood.
On August 23, the students would take processions of effigies of elected members who failed to submit resignations. The students would write letters to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan singh appealing him to direct the state government to lift all police cases pending against students in the region on August 25.
On August 27, the students would stage dharnas in front of District collectorates and Revenue divisional Offices and submit a memorandum seeking action on police highhandedness. The students would sit in for Deeksha on August 30 seeking all sections of people support for general strike. (INN)
2011/10/19 3:59:44 All the employees' unions and private associations on Wednesday have withdrawn from the Sakala Janula Samme, the general strike demanding separate Telangana which entered 37th day on Wednesday.
Minister for Higher Secondary Education K Parthasarathy has announced that the Inter Education JAC has called of their strike after holding successful negotiations with Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at the State Secretariat. He said that the government has agreed to pay salaries to the employees for the 26 days when they were on strike. He also assured that the government would also consider all the demands made by the JAC.
The Minister announced all educational institutions, both in government and private sector, would resume normal functioning from Thursday onwards. He hoped that the institutions would make up to the loss of 26 days due to the general strike.
However, Inter Education JAC leaders said that they have withdrawn the strike in the interest of students and their parents. They assured that they would complete the syllabus on time by conducting special classes. They said that they would ensure that no student loses this academic year.
The JAC leaders clarified that they have not withdrawn from the Telangana agitation. They said they would continue to participate in all the programmes conducted by the Telangana Political Joint Action Committee. (INN)
2012/1/28 10:37:37 Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy on Saturday warned that the government would act sternly against those who were desecrating the statues of national leaders in the state and causing law and order problem.
Talking to media persons here, after having the darshan of Goddess Padmavathi Ammavaru at Tiruchanur, the Home Minister said that the government would not spare anybody, however high and mighty they were and take stern action against the guilty. She said that the police arrested three persons in this connection and that others would be traced soon.
Mrs Indira Reddy said the situation in Amalapuram had returned to normal and the additional police, deployed to maintain law and order, would be withdrawn in a phased manner.
She assured people that the government was taking all necessary steps to withdraw cases booked against students and activists who participated in the separate Telangana agitation. Cases would be lifted based on their nature and severity, she added.
Earlier, police arrested dalit activists at Leela Mahal Centre in the town, who obstructed her convoy demanding action against culprits responsible for desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar’s statues in Amalapuram. (INN)
Repressive govt out to foil OU students’ protest: Etela
2011/7/10 9:25:51 Telangana Rashtra Samithi Floor Leader in the Assembly Etela Rajender on Sunday alleged that the state government and police department are resorting to repressive measures and illegal arrests to foil the mass hunger fast of Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee to start from Monday at Arts College.
Talking to media persons at Telangana Bhavan, Etela Rajender said that the students of Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee are launching the hunger fast ‘peacefully and democratically’ to press for the deletion of Clause 14 F from the Presidential Orders of 1975 and the introduction of the Telangana Bill in Parliament.
“However, the government is making efforts to foil the hunger fast and is resorting to illegal arrests. A heavy contingent of police forces has been deployed outside the campus they are not allowing the students inside the campus,” Mr Rajender said.
He warned Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy of serious consequences if the students who have been arrested illegally are not released and the forces withdrawn from outside the campus.(INN)
YS.Jagan Mohan Reddy's Odarpu Yatra is continuing for the 30th day. Today he starts his Yatra from Challapalli in Krishna district, where he told the students that character and credibility is more important than anything else. He said students are the backbones of the country. He didn't pass any comments on state or Central Congress party during this schedule.
During the last few days there was noticeable change in his speeches. He is more concentrating on TDP and its president Nara Chandra babu Naidu than the Congress party in his speeches now.
Ever since, he returned from New Delhi after meeting Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, he softens his language on Congress party and in return, CBI also slows down on his cases, as if it got instructions from Center not to go ahead with his cases. DL. Ravindra Reddy, the minister for health has denied that CBI slows down its investigation and interrogation on Jagan's cases. He said CBI is busy with Gali's case and that's why it appears slow down of Jagan's cases.
But, all this proves that the Congress party has really used CBI to harass Jagan Mohan Reddy and it was stopped only after he surrenders before it.
Let us see, whether this young leader will be able stick to his word or one day he also merges his party into Congress party like Chiranjeevi did few weeks ago.
2010/12/11 8:13:32 Loksatta party president Dr.Jayaprakash Narayan suggested the government that, the cases filed by the police against those who creates law and problem in the name of agitations should not be withdrawn and they should be dealt with according to law of the land. He alleges that, some political leaders and their parties are collecting huge amounts from business houses and industrialists in the name of agitations. He questioned is it not the government’s responsibility to protect the business houses and others from such people? He said ministers who are voicing for withdrawing the cases against the antisocial elements are not entitled to do so. If, in case they wants to withdraw the cases on their discretion then they should be considering themselves as they were above the law of the land otherwise they need to change the constitution to facilitate their demand. He said law and order problem shouldn’t be taken lightly, otherwise it will be an encouraging for the anti social elements in the society.”
Jaya Prakash’s pinching statement annoys the pro Telangana activists, OU students and especially TRS leaders who feel guilty of carrying the blame of collecting the ransoms from the industrialists and business houses. KCR’s son and the senior leader of TRS party, the vociferous K.Taraka Rama Rao reacting to JP’s statement said “We want to know whether, so called self styled intellectual JP can prove his allegations in the assembly? If, he continues this kind of practice, we will chase him out of Hyderabad. He is insulting the 4 crores of Telangana people and their agitations with his statements. We demand him for an unconditional apology for this. Otherwise, we warn him to face consequences.”
Its to be observed that, Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan suggested the Government not to be lean on withdrawing the cases whether its about Telangana or Seemandhra regions. He demanded that all the culprits irrelevant of their place should be brought to book. Though, he didn’t specifically named any person or party, TRS and its leaders who feel guilty with his statement came first to counter him. But, why?
2010/12/28 7:28:29 Telangana Congress MPs who starts an indefinite hunger strike drama on Monday, demanding the withdrawal of all cases filed against the students, have concluded their two day long hunger strike drama in the evening, as the Government has agreed in principal to withdraw all the cases filed against the students. Nowadays, it become an obligation for all the politicians and their parties to play this hunger strike drama to claim the credit over certain matters for themselves, otherwise they fear it will be hijacked by some other parties. Telangana TDP leaders, who were obliged to wait until 30th December to start hunger strike on this subject, have lost the opportunity to made their claims over this issue, as its now debited into Congress account.
2007/4/19 6:18:54 This is perhaps for the first time in the history of the state when four students dragged their professors onto the street and bashed them up. The incident occurred at the Kakatiya University at Warangal. About 100 students gathered at the the Physics department and beat up four professors.
They alleged that about 14 students have been deliberately failed in MSc. Physics third semester by the professors. What is strange is that all of them are toppers and one of them is a university topper. The students allege that the Professors are showing undue favours on laggards and have deliberately failed the bright students.
One of the ‘failed’ students tried to commit suicide which triggered off the ugly incident.
2011/8/25 9:14:07 The City Traffic Police has booked as many as 1485 cases on vehicles belonging to government departments for violation of traffic rules.
According to Additional Commissioner (Traffic) CV Anand, in a Special Drive launched on government vehicles on Aug 19, the traffic police booked 62 cases for wrong-side driving, 75 cases of stop line violation, 50 cases of signal jumping, 244 cases of wrong parking, 20 cases of triple riding, 17 cases of cell phone driving, 878 cases of irregular number plate and 139 cases of driving without proper documents like driving license, RC or PUC. An amount of Rs. 3,11,600 has also been collected for these violations.
Meanwhile, the Traffic Police continued its drive against the police department vehicles and collected fine of Rs 3,53,300 from the drivers or police officers in 1569 different cases. According to CV Anand, most of the cases were booked for having improper number plate and wrong parking. (INN)
2012/3/13 6:02:07 As many as 82 students have been booked for malpractice during the intermediate examination held across the State on Tuesday.
A total of 10,24,345 students in General category and 88,271 vocational students appeared for the Physics – I and Economics Paper – I of the intermediate. However, as many as 86,505 or 7.77 per cent students abstained from the examination.
The Board of Intermediate Education has sent Observers to Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda and Ranga Reddy districts. (INN)
2011/10/26 21:28:40 (IANS) The United States has assured India that it was "continuing to work" on the issue of hundreds of Indian students affected by the "horrible visa scam" by California based "sham" Tri-Valley University. Some 85 percent of over 1500 TVU students were Indian, mostly from Andhra Pradesh.
US authorities are reviewing a letter sent by the Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao to the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking that the cases of Indian students should be viewed in a "fair and reasonable manner," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters Wednesday,
"She has (received), and we are reviewing that letter, and we intend to answer it," she said when asked if the treatment meted out to some of the Indian students affected by the closure of the university was justified.
"We had a pretty horrible visa scam, where a fake university petitioned and got visas for a bunch of students to come over and then actually turned out not to be a real educational institution," Nuland said.
"So we did take action, federal authorities closed down Tri-Valley University on January 11th, and we've also been working very hard, as we have told Indian authorities, to try to find other places in the US for these students who got scammed," she said.
As of Oct 19, 435 of the 1,500 former Tri-Valley University students were approved to be processed for transfer to other universities, she said. "And of the remaining cases, some students we're not going to be able place, but we're continuing to work on this issue."
Asked about the role of State Department officials in issue of visas to the students of the sham university, the official said: "Well, we issue visas on the basis of documentation that we get from institutions in the United States.
"So when we became aware of this, we turned it over for judicial review, and as I said, this scamming institution has now been closed down by US justice authorities."
The State Department in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and US Citizenship and Immigration Service, Nuland said, all "were involved in the busting of this group."
TVU president Susan Xiao-Ping Su, 41, was indicted in May by a federal grand jury on allegations of visa fraud and money laundering to the tune of $3.2 million by issuing visa-related documents to students in exchange for "tuition and fees".
The State Government has withdrawn as many 657 cases booked against students during the Telangana agitation.
The Telangana Political Joint Action Committee on Friday asked the State Government to withdraw the cases registered against the students who participated in the separate Telangana agitation.
Minister for Law and Courts Erasu Prathap Reddy on Thursday stated that the government would complete the process of lifting of police cases against students and other activists, who took part in the statehood agitation, in two-three days time.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi will boycott the address of Governor ESL Narasimhan on the inaugural day of budget session of Legislative Assembly and Council.
US authorities have approved the transfer of 435 Indian students of the Tri-Valley University to other institutions, indicating some progress in addressing the plight of nearly 1,800 Indian students affected by its closure.
Telugu Desam Telangana Forum convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Monday stated the party would issue privilege notice against the government for not honouring the promise of lifting police cases against Telangana activists.
Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy on Saturday warned that the government would act sternly against those who were desecrating the statues of national leaders in the state and causing law and order problem.
(IANS) The United States has assured India that it was "continuing to work" on the issue of hundreds of Indian students affected by the "horrible visa scam" by California based "sham" Tri-Valley University. Some 85 percent of over 1500 TVU students were Indian, mostly from Andhra Pradesh.
