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A political row has erupted with the opposition BRS targeting the Congress government and accusing the police of dragging the protesting students by their hair and thrashing them.

Tension erupted at the University of Hyderabad yesterday after the police clashed with students protesting against the Telangana government’s plan to redevelop 400 acres of land next to their campus. This has led to a political row with the opposition BRS accusing the police of dragging the protesting students by their hair and thrashing them.

Several students, who alleged bulldozers and earthmovers were brought as part of the redevelopment plan, were detained but they were released later.

The state government, which plans to set up an IT park on the land bordering the varsity campus, reportedly issued a proposal to auction the land. Raising environmental concerns, a section of the students opposed the move and staged demonstrations.

The government claimed its goal was to promote investment in the state and that the land had nothing to do with the university. The students said they rushed to the site after noticing bulldozers arriving there – they climbed atop the heavy demolition machines while raising “go back” slogans. A group of marching students were also seen raising “police raj murdabad” slogans.

Multiple videos showed the police clashing with the students and dragging them into police vans. 

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), led by former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, said dozens of bulldozers were brought to flatten the land under police protection and the students who opposed were beaten with batons and dragged by their hair.

“Girls were crying that their clothes were torn, but they ignored them and took them to the police station. About 200 people were arrested. On Sunday, when the police officers started work to level 400 acres of land belonging to the university, they showed such harshness on the students who tried to stop them,” the opposition party said.

Targeting Congress and Rahul Gandhi, it said, “This is a market of betrayal and not mohabbat ki dukaan (shop of love)”. The phrase is a reference to Mr Gandhi’s iconic dialogue that he had used as part of his campaign against the BJP in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections last year. 

“The Congress’ “Mohabbat ki Dukaan” has now reached the Hyderabad Central University. Rahul Gandhi goes around holding a constitution in hand and preaching while his government is doing exactly the opposite,” the BRS added.

The police, however, said only 53 students were taken into preventive custody for obstructing government officials from doing their work. An official alleged some of them even assaulted the police. Police cases will be filed against them, he said.

Condemning the police action, the university’s students’ union claimed they had only staged a peaceful rally in the area. The students have a democratic right to protest, they said, accusing the police of forceful detentions and “manhandling” the students.

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy had earlier denied the students’ claims and alleged they were being instigated. He had said the land falls under the city’s IT hub and has no connection to the university. A university official too said the land’s ownership has been with the government since 1974.

Actor Dia Mirza has given a call to save the forest in Hyderabad’s Gachibowli, backing the students of Hyderabad Central University.

Actor Dia Mirza has come out in support of the students protesting against the redevelopment of 400 acres of land adjacent to the Hyderabad Central University. Calling for a sustainable future, she has given a call to save the forest in Gachibowli.

Development at the cost of biodiversity is destruction, said Ms Mirza, who is from Hyderabad.

“Students are raising their voices for a future where nature thrives. Forests, not IT parks, offer young people a chance at a sustainable tomorrow. ‘Development’ at the cost of biodiversity is DESTRUCTION. Save Kancha Forest in Gachibowli, Hyderabad,” her post read.

The Telangana government plans to set up an IT park on the land and has asserted it has nothing to do with the university. Raising environmental concerns, the students claimed the construction plan threatened the forest’s flora and fauna.

The students, who have been protesting the auction of the land, have announced an indefinite boycott of classes until their demands are met.

The situation escalated on Sunday when bulldozers arrived to flatten the land. A confrontation ensued and the students were thrashed by the police, who accused them of obstructing government officials from doing their work.

A political row erupted with the BRS and BJP targeting the Congress government over their manhandling of the students.

PSR Anjaneyulu, who was the intelligence chief in the previous YSRCP government, is already under suspension.

An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer has been arrested by Andhra Pradesh police for the alleged harassment and wrongful arrest of a Mumbai-based actor. PSR Anjaneyulu, who was the intelligence chief in the previous YSRCP government, is already under suspension. The 1992-batch IPS officer was arrested in Hyderabad and is being taken to Vijayawada.

The actor, whose name has been withheld, had last year accused the police officials of wrongfully arresting her and threatening her to withdraw a sexual assault case filed against a top executive of a Mumbai-based corporation.

Last year, when the YSRCP was still in power, the actor and her parents were arrested over a land-related cheating complaint filed by Kukkala Vidyasagar, a ruling party leader. The instructions reportedly came from Mr Anjaneyulu to the two other officials.

After a change in regime, the actor lodged a police complaint alleging that the officials conspired with Mr Vidyasagar to target her and her family. The forgery case filed against her is false, and she was mentally and physically harassed, she alleged.

She claimed she and her elderly parents were picked up without prior notice and were subjected to humiliation for over 40 days in judicial custody.

Acting on her complaint, the government had in September suspended three officers, including Mr Anjaneyulu. The two others were former Vijayawada Police Commissioner Kranti Rana Tata and then Deputy Commissioner of Police (Vijayawada) Vishal Gunni.

The suspended officials are accused of acting under political pressure while not adhering to the protocols.

While Mr Anjaneyulu has been accused of abusing authority, Mr Tata has been charged with failing to properly supervise the probe. The former Vijayawada Commissioner had reportedly issued orders for the arrest based on oral directions from his superior. Mr Gunni reportedly failed to thoroughly examine the complaint before arresting the actor.

In a video, Shaikh Maryam Ali alleged the saleswoman mocked her when she walked into the store. This angered Ms Ali, who then threw coffee at the employee.

A Hyderabad influencer allegedly threw coffee and yelled at a store employee in a mall after the staff laughed at her.

In a video, Shaikh Maryam Ali alleged the saleswoman mocked her when she walked into the store. This angered Ms Ali, who then threw coffee at the employee and left the store.

In the clip going viral on X, Ms Ali was heard screaming at the staff; the visuals showed coffee spilt all over the counter and floor. The employee looked shocked. Ms Ali said: “That girl is stupid; it was totally the worst experience, and she is so arrogant.”

Later, she also used a cuss word for the employee.

She added that she was “angry” because of the woman’s behaviour, which “ruined” her mood.

“How does the company even hire such people? They have no idea how to behave with customers,” Ms Ali continued.

Ms Ali also spilt some coffee on herself while throwing it at the staff. She kept berating the employee until the very end of the video.

The video was shared on X with the caption, “This is just stupid. Girls like these should be banned from malls and sent to mental institutions. Shaikh Mariyam Ali thinks she owns the whole world and everyone works for her.”

People on X backed the salesperson and chastised the influencer for her disrespect. Others even demanded that Ms Ali be prohibited from entering the mall.

One X user said, “Look at her behaviour. Should have gone there without information at home.”

“You can earn money not class, this mall should slap a defamation case on this creature, look at her language,” a third user asserted.

Last month, a Delhi-based content creator tried to sneak into a five-star hotel in Chanakyapuri for a free breakfast but ended up paying Rs 3,600 for the meal. Nishu Tiwari, dressed up in pyjamas, pretending to be a hotel guest, entered the hotel. In the video, she is seen providing staff with a random room number, tricking them into leading her right to the breakfast buffet area. She indulged in a lavish breakfast before getting caught and paying Rs 3,600 for the meal.

The searches were undertaken on Monday at five locations in Hyderabad under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the federal probe agency said in a statement.

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has seized 45 old cars, including some vintage ones, apart from Rs 23 lakh in cash and some foreign currency during searches in Hyderabad in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal sale of government land.

The searches were undertaken on Monday at five locations in Hyderabad under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the federal probe agency said in a statement.

The ED case stems from an FIR registered by Telangana Police against private persons and government officials in connection with “illegal” sale of government land involving forgery of documents and manipulation of revenue records.

Describing the case, the agency said government land or ‘Bhoodan’ land at Nagaram village under the Maheshwaram Mandal (Ranga Reddy district) was “falsely claimed” by a woman named Khaderunissa as her ancestral property.

Revenue records were “fraudulently” mutated and the land was sold to various entities in association with several middlemen. These middlemen, in connivance with government officials, “forged” the documents and changed the land revenue records, resulting in de-notifying the said land from the prohibited list and its subsequent sale to some private parties, the ED alleged.

Residences and farmhouses, including that of Khaderunissa, Mohd Munawar Khan, Mohd Lateef Sharfan, Mohd Akhtar Sharfan and Mohd Sukoor, were searched and “incriminating” documents related to fraudulent sale and purchase of government land, Indian currency worth Rs 23 lakh and 12,000 UAE Dirhams were seized, the agency said.

Forty-five used cars, including several vintage makes, were also seized from the farmhouse premises of Mohd Munawar Khan, it said.

Ms Sabharwal, who had appeared before Cyberabad police a week ago, had questioned the “selective targeting”.

Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Smita Sabharwal, who was recently summoned by the police for reposting an AI-generated Ghibli image on social media regarding the cutting of trees on 400-acre land near Hyderabad Central University, is among 20 officers transferred by the Telangana government on Sunday.

Ms Sabharwal, who had appeared before Cyberabad police a week ago, had questioned the “selective targeting”. The 2001-batch IAS officer had asked if the same action was initiated against 2,000 individuals who reshared the same post.

Ms Sabharwal, currently Special Chief Secretary, Youth Advancement, Tourism & Culture (YAT&C) and Director, Archaeology, has been transferred and posted as Member Secretary, Telangana Finance Commission, a post she was holding before her transfer to YAT&C in November 2024.

As the secretary to the Chief Minister, she was a powerful officer under the previous BRS government. After the Congress came to power, she was transferred out of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) and posted as Member Secretary, Telangana Finance Commission.

Jayesh Ranjan, Special Chief Secretary, ITE&C and Sports Department, has been transferred and posted as Special Chief Secretary & CEO, Industry & Investment Cell in the CMO and Smart Proactive Efficient and Effective Delivery (SPEED).

The 1992-batch IAS officer has also been given additional charge of the post of Special Chief Secretary, YAT&C Department and Director, Archaeology.

Sanjay Kumar, Special Chief Secretary, Labour, Employment, Training & Factories (LET&F) Department is transferred and posted as Special Chief Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department and ITE&C and Sports Department.

Dr. Shashank Goel, Director General, Dr MCR HRD Institute, has been transferred and posted as Vice Chairman, Centre for Good Governance. He is also placed in full additional charge of the post of Director General, EPTRI, relieving Ahmad Nadeem from full additional charge.

M. Dana Kishore, previously Principal Secretary of the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Department, has been posted as Principal Secretary of the Labour, Employment, Training & Factories Department. He has also been placed in full additional charge of Commissioner, Labour; Director, Insurance Medical Services; and Director, Employment & Training.

Dana Kishore will continue in full additional charge of the post of Principal Secretary to the Governor.

Ilambarithi K., who was the Commissioner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), has been posted as Secretary, Metropolitan Area & Urban Development Department, which covers the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) limits.

RV Karnan, Director of Health and Family Welfare, will take over as the new Commissioner of the GHMC.

TK Sreedevi, Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, has been posted as Secretary in the Municipal Administration Department for areas outside HMDA limits. She will also continue to hold full additional charge as Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration for municipalities and corporations outside the Outer Ring Road (ORR) area.

EV Narsimha Reddy, Director, School Education, has been posted as Additional CEO, Industry & Investment Cell & SPEED. He is also placed in full additional charge of the post of Managing Director, Musi River Development Corporation Ltd (MRDCL), relieving Dana Kishore.

She took over as the judge of the Telangana High Court in 2022. She was 16th in seniority and was set to retire next year.

Telangana High Court’s sitting judge Justice Maturi Girija Priyadarsini passed away here on Sunday following a brief illness. She was 61.

The judge breathed her last in the morning.

The body has been kept at her residence in Hafeezpet. The last rites will be performed on Monday at Mahaprasthanam, Jubilee Hills.

Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, other judges of the High Court and lawyers have condoled the death of Justice Priyadarsini. She took over as the judge of the Telangana High Court in 2022. She was 16th in seniority and was set to retire next year.

She was born to Maturi Appa Rao, a Commercial Tax Officer in Telangana, and Nagaratnam. Soon after Intermediate, she got married to Dr. K Vijay Kumar and had two sons, Nikhil and Akhil.

Justice Priyadarsini pursued a Master of Arts in Sociology, a Master of Arts in Public Administration and a Master of Arts in Political Science from Andhra University. Later, she did her 3-year law course from N.B.M Law college, Visakhapatnam in 1995 and did her post graduation in Law (L.L.M) in Labour and Industrial Law from Andhra University in 1997. She stood first in Constitutional Law by securing the highest marks.

Justice Priyadarshini enrolled as an advocate on the rolls of the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in September 1995. After enrollment as an advocate, she joined the office of P. Uma Bala and worked for about 7 years.

She actively practised for more than 10 years at Vishakhapatnam and dealt with all types of cases in civil, criminal, labour law, and matrimonial matters and actively appeared in pro-bono cases referred by the District Legal Services Authority of Vishakhapatnam.

She was later selected as a District Judge by direct recruitment and joined the judicial service as an Additional District Judge on November 3, 2008. Justice Priyadarshini worked at various places in the then combined state of Andhra Pradesh.

She was elevated and sworn in as a judge of the High Court for the State of Telangana on March 24, 2022.

Namrata Chigurupati was arrested when she was receiving drugs via courier from a Mumbai-based supplier.

A doctor in Hyderabad has been arrested after she was allegedly caught buying cocaine worth Rs five lakh, the police said.

Namrata Chigurupati, who resigned as the CEO of the Omega Hospitals six months ago, was arrested when she was receiving cocaine via courier from a Mumbai-based supplier, Vansh Dhakkar.

She was caught along with Dhakkar’s aide, Balakrishna, who was delivering the drugs.

The police said that 34-year-old Chigurupati contacted Dhakkar via WhatsApp and placed an order for cocaine worth Rs 5 lakh. She transferred the amount online.

“A medical practitioner, Namrata, had ordered drugs from Vansh in Mumbai, who was known to her. A person called Balakrishna then came to supply (the drugs) and handed them over to her at Rayadurgam,” senior police officer Venkanna said.

“Police tracked and caught them. Rs 10,000 cash, 53 grams of cocaine and two cell phones were seized from them,” he added.

Cases under relevant sections have been registered against them, and they have been sent to judicial custody, Mr Venkanna said.

During interrogation, she reportedly confessed to spending about Rs 70 lakh on drugs over time.

According to police, the incident occurred around 10:30 PM at Good Day Bar, located under the Uppal police station limits.

A bar brawl turned deadly in Hyderabad’s Medchal-Malkajgiri district, leaving one person dead after being attacked with a beer bottle.

According to police, the incident occurred around 10:30 PM at Good Day Bar, located under the Uppal police station limits. A dispute broke out between groups at nearby tables, during which Sravan Kumar attacked Pawan Kumar.

The police said, “Yesterday night, around 10:30 PM, at Good Day Bar, a group of members were consuming drinks when a ruckus ensued with people at a nearby table. One man, Sravan Kumar, attacked the dead, Pawan Kumar, on the head, and he died on the spot.

The accused and the dead are natives of Amberpet, Hyderabad. The case has been registered, and the dead body has been shifted for post-mortem examination (PME). More details will be provided later.”

The Uppal police have registered a case and are currently investigating the incident.

The student, identified as Rusi, was reportedly found hanging on the top floor of his residence on Monday afternoon, officials said.

A 16-year-old student died by suicide after allegedly being scolded by his mother for failing in his 10th-class examination, police said on Tuesday.

The student, identified as Rusi, was reportedly found hanging on the top floor of his residence on Monday afternoon, officials said.

According to a police official, the incident took place around 2.30 pm.

“The boy had failed in an exam and was playing games on his mobile phone. His mother scolded him, following which he went upstairs and took the extreme step,” the official said.

Police have registered a case and sent the body for post-mortem examination. It was later handed over to the family.