Sumit Jha
Sumit Jha is currently a multimedia journalist with NewsMeter. An alumnus of the University of Hyderabad and Amity University. He is specialised in Video Production. He was also a contributor at PARI network. Hailing from rural Bihar has spent his childhood shifting from places and people. Growing up he felt the need to document the lives and dreams of rural India. A lover of visual storytelling goes around the cities to search for Stories. He primarily reports on civic, consumer, health, human interest and data stories. You can follow Sumit on Twitter @sumitjha__
Disha encounter case: Commission recommends trying 10 TS cops for murder
“In our considered opinion, the accused were deliberately fired upon with an intent to cause their death and with the knowledge that the firing would...
By Sumit Jha Published on 20 May 2022 10:09 AM GMT
Centre owes GHMC Rs. 371.2 cr in property taxes; SCR highest defaulter
The Central government properties and its undertakings owe around Rs. 371.2 crores as property tax to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation...
By Sumit Jha Published on 18 May 2022 1:29 PM GMT
Hyderabad records highest net absorption of office space in 2022: Report
Hyderabad recorded the highest net absorption of office space amongst the top seven cities in the country in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, according...
By Sumit Jha Published on 18 May 2022 1:13 PM GMT
TS govt owes property tax of Rs.5258 Cr; Medical & Excise department are top defaulters
For its properties in Hyderabad, the Telangana State Government owes around Rs.5258 crores property tax to Greater Hyderabad Municipal...
By Sumit Jha Published on 16 May 2022 1:41 PM GMT
Lifestyle directed to pay Rs. 20K to customer for charging Rs. 5 for bag
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Lifestyle, located at CCM Mall in Banjara Hills, to pay Rs. 20,000 compensation to a...
By Sumit Jha Published on 15 May 2022 5:05 AM GMT
Photos: World's largest Buddhist theme park to open in Nalgonda
The largest Buddhist heritage theme park in the world, Buddhavanam, at Nagarjunasagar in Telangana's Nalgonda district is set to be open to the public...
By Sumit Jha Published on 14 May 2022 5:15 AM GMT
How SBI's mistake left Lotus Hospital technician in deep financial crisis
An employee of a State Bank of India, Rangareddy District collectorate branch at Lakdikapool inadvertently transferred around Rs 1.5 crore into the...
By Sumit Jha Published on 13 May 2022 7:29 AM GMT
How engineering dropout hacked Hyderabad-based PayG and stole Rs 52.9 lakh
On March 17 an employee of Xsilica Software Solutions, the parent company of PayG complained that their account was hacked on March 15 and 16, and...
By Sumit Jha Published on 12 May 2022 6:52 AM GMT
Digital divide among TS men and women; more men use internet: Report
Only 26.5% of women in the age group of 15-49 years have ever used the internet in Telangana where as 50% of men in the age group of 15-49 years have...
By Sumit Jha Published on 10 May 2022 3:45 AM GMT
High, not dry: TS records 2nd-highest consumption of alcohol among male household
Also, in the state, 6.7% of women household population above 15 years consumes alcohol, the third-highest in the country.
By Sumit Jha Published on 9 May 2022 1:49 PM GMT
COVID-19, under-reporting behind low birth, death registrations in TS: Report
The birth registration in Telangana has decreased from 8,41,268 in 2019 to 6,69,320 while death registration decreased from 2,28,294 in 2019 to...
By Sumit Jha Published on 9 May 2022 1:07 PM GMT
Poaching: 6 arrested for killing two deer in Kamareddy's Polkampally forest
The Kamareddy police on Saturday arrested six persons from Hyderabad for killing two deer in the Polkampally forest. The gang tried to flee in a car...
By Sumit Jha Published on 8 May 2022 11:29 AM GMT
