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__

Sumit Jha

Srisailam fire: Officials died trying to save power plant, says chief engineer
Srisailam fire: Officials died trying to save power plant, says chief engineer

Hyderabad: A fire broke out at the Srisailam hydel power plant in Nagarkurnool on the night of 20 August, leaving nine people dead. By the time the...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 21 Aug 2020 5:20 PM GMT


No pandals, no mass gatherings: COVID dampens Ganesh Utsav celebrations in Hyderabad
No pandals, no mass gatherings: COVID dampens Ganesh Utsav celebrations in Hyderabad

Ganesh Puja celebration will start on August 22. Can devotees install pandals? How should people celebrate the festival in the time of COVID?...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 21 Aug 2020 5:31 AM GMT


Pandemic hits vehicle registrations in Telangana, decline by 27.8%
Pandemic hits vehicle registrations in Telangana, decline by 27.8%

Hyderabad: Vehicle registrations in Telangana have declined in the last seven months reflecting the adverse impact of Covid-19 in the automobile...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 20 Aug 2020 12:02 PM GMT


Telangana tops country with maximum drinking water tap connections
Telangana tops country with maximum drinking water tap connections

Hyderabad: Telangana tops the list of tap connections given for drinking water in rural areas, according to the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti. Over...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 20 Aug 2020 10:01 AM GMT


Huzurabad inspector and team stood hours in the night to rescue stranded man from floods
Huzurabad inspector and team stood hours in the night to rescue stranded man from floods

Karimnagar: Heavy rainfall created havoc in Karimnagar's Huzurabad on 14 August. Local rivers and canals overflowed flooding the area, disrupting...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 18 Aug 2020 2:35 PM GMT


From RGV to MLAs, GHMC fines 18 offenders in 1 month for defacing Hyderabad
From RGV to MLAs, GHMC fines 18 offenders in 1 month for defacing Hyderabad

Hyderabad: When Ram Gopal Verma (RGV) put up a poster of the soon-to-be-released film ā€˜power starā€™ on a street corner in Hyderabad, little did he...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 18 Aug 2020 4:54 AM GMT


34 patients, 10 staffers of Erragadda Mental Hospital test COVID positive
34 patients, 10 staffers of Erragadda Mental Hospital test COVID positive

Hyderabad: Over 34 patients tested positive for Covid-19 at Erragadda Mental Hospital this week. Ten staff members of the same hospital tested...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 17 Aug 2020 9:55 AM GMT


Hyderabad: Layers Clinic asked to pay Rs 30K compensation for defective hair treatment
Hyderabad: Layers Clinic asked to pay Rs 30K compensation for defective hair treatment

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Layers Skin & Hair Clinics, Himayath Nagar, to pay Rs 30,000 to a customer...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 16 Aug 2020 11:28 AM GMT


Chittoor youth takes initiative to feed migrants, needy in Bengaluru
Chittoor youth takes initiative to feed migrants, needy in Bengaluru

Chittoor: Every common man would dream of a decent flat and car where his family can live happily but for Varun Kumar, the perspective changed when he...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 16 Aug 2020 8:59 AM GMT


Caste-based freedom to love becomes ambiguous in Telanganas Sircilla
Caste-based freedom to love becomes ambiguous in Telangana's Sircilla

Rajanna Sircilla: While the country celebrated yet another Independence day guaranteed to uphold our fundamental rights and intolerance to...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 15 Aug 2020 6:46 PM GMT


Hundreds of PILs are pending in the court delaying judgement: Hyderabad NGO
Hundreds of PILs are pending in the court delaying judgement: Hyderabad NGO

Hyderabad: An activist of the Forum against Corruption staged a protest at the Koti Crossroads against the arbitrary extensions given by the Telangana...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 15 Aug 2020 10:41 AM GMT


Fact Check: Claims that 40 victims of Kerala plane crash tested +ve for COVID-19 is FALSE
Fact Check: Claims that 40 victims of Kerala plane crash tested +ve for COVID-19 is FALSE

Hyderabad: An Air India Express flight overshot the tabletop runway while landing at Kerala's Kozhikode International Airport on 7 August killing 18...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 13 Aug 2020 4:00 AM GMT


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