Telangana colleges see two ragging complaints every month Hyderabad: Telangana’s higher education campuses have reported nearly two ragging complaints every month over the past five years, with 101 cases received between 2022 and July 22, 2026.While the number is lower compared to several southern states, experts and students caution that the official figures may not…
Olympiad exams exempt from service tax: Tribunal U.Sudhakarreddy@timesofindia.comHyderabad: The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Hyderabad, has ruled that services provided to schools for conducting Olympiads and talent search examinations are exempt from service tax, as they are directly linked to the educational process.The tribunal set aside a service tax demand of ₹1.9…
Hyderabad: Escalating the war of words with the BRS, AICC secretary SA Sampath Kumar on Wednesday dared senior BRS leader T Harish Rao to respond to the Congress’ allegations instead of issuing legal notices, asserting that the party would produce evidence to back its claims if the former irrigation minister responded to the allegations.Addressing a…
Hyderabad: Nearly 56 lakh voters have been flagged for deletion from electoral rolls under the special intensive revision (SIR), with five days remaining for digitisation of enumeration forms. The identified electors constitute 16.5% of the state’s 3.38 crore electorate.The figure could rise as nearly 19 lakh enumeration forms, representing 5.6% of the electorate, were yet…
Hyderabad: A four-year-old boy is battling for life after his father allegedly assualted him by repeatedly smashing his head against a pillar of the PVNR Expressway, hitting his head with a stone and flinging him to the ground near Pillar No 104 in Gudimalkapur on Wednesday morning, following a marital discord.The accused, 25-year-old Salman, a…
Hyderabad: In a major overhaul of Telangana’s emergency response network, the state on Wednesday operationalised ‘Dial 112’ as a single-point emergency helpline, bringing police, ambulance, fire, women and child safety, disaster response and other emergency services under one unified platform while bringing Dial 100 into the new system.Modelled on the 911 emergency system in the…
Hyderabad: Despite a state order barring schools from using labels such as ‘Model’, ‘International’, ‘Techno’, ‘Olympiad’ and ‘Talent’ in their names, more than 600 schools across Hyderabad and Rangareddy continue to carry at least one of these prohibited titles.A TOI analysis of the School Education Department’s official database found that of the 3,697 schools across…
Hyderabad: Women now outnumber men in Telangana’s higher education classrooms, but the same is not true of the people teaching them. The All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24 shows 9,13,216 women enrolled in higher education institutions against 8,74,244 men, with a total enrolment of 17,87,460. Among faculty, however, 46,360 of the state’s 84,568…
Chief minister A Revanth Reddy with US ambassador to India Sergio Gor in New Delhi on Wednesday. Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy has requested US ambassador to India Sergio Gor to simplify the H-1B visa processing, renewal, and stamping procedures, and appealed to provide information in advance regarding any changes in the visa…
Hyderabad: Mancherial MLA K Prem Sagar Rao on Wednesday denied corruption allegations levelled against him, challenged his rivals for an open debate and asserted that he will produce documentary evidence to back his claims. The Congress leader, who is Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd chairperson, said he was prepared to submit evidence if a…
