TSPSC employee held responsible for paper leak
1 year, 9 months ago

TSPSC employee held responsible for paper leak

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Investigation into a question paper leak for the post of town planning overseer, scheduled to be held by the TSPSC on Saturday, revealed the role of an employee in the TSPSC secretary's office. The Begum Bazaar police, who are investigating the case, said that a woman, who was seeking the question paper for her brother, approached the employee, who was her husband’s acquaintance. Identifying the woman as a senior official of the state education department, the police said they found evidence of a huge cash transaction between the parties. The police said the paper leak was revealed when the brother of the woman accused, wanting to make a quick buck, offered to share the paper with his acquaintances for a fee.

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NSUI comes up with leaked question paper' on BRS govt
1 year ago

NSUI comes up with leaked question paper' on BRS govt

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In an attempt to draw attention to the plight of unemployed students affected by the TS Public Service Commission question paper leaks and recruitment test cancellations, NSUI members visited several libraries here on Sunday and distributed a 'leaked question paper' related to the BRS government. "There's only one challenging question-identifying the ideal female leader between the ruling party MLC …

Supplementary Chargesheet Soon in TSPSC Scam, Will Name 69 Accused
1 year, 2 months ago

Supplementary Chargesheet Soon in TSPSC Scam, Will Name 69 Accused

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police’s special investigation team probing the TSPSC question paper leak scam will be filing the supplementary chargesheet soon. It will have the details of the investigation conducted against 69 accused persons, most of whom are candidates who had obtained the question papers illegally. The second chargesheet would include the name of former TSNPDCL engineer Pula Ramesh, who …

TSPSC paper leak case matter adjourned
1 year, 2 months ago

TSPSC paper leak case matter adjourned

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court directed appropriate steps must be taken to ascertain who the present Chief of Special Investigative Team in an alleged impartial investigation in the TSPSC paper leak case. Bakka Judson, a congress leader filed a PIL against the Home Department, CBI and the Telangana Public Service Commission to direct the Chief of …

TSPSC Question Paper Leak Scam: SIT Files Chargesheet, Names 37 Persons
1 year, 6 months ago

TSPSC Question Paper Leak Scam: SIT Files Chargesheet, Names 37 Persons

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The special investigation team probing the TSPSC question paper leak scam filed a preliminary chargesheet of nearly 150 pages in court on Friday, naming 37 persons and alleging that ₹1.64 crore had changed hands for the sale and purchase of the papers. The chargesheet names the main accused Pulidindi Praveen Kumar, assistant section officer and personal assistant to the …

HC declines to grant bail to accused in TSPSC DAO paper leak
1 year, 7 months ago

HC declines to grant bail to accused in TSPSC DAO paper leak

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The vacation court of the Telangana High Court headed by Justice Sambasivarao Naidu on Thursday declined to grant regular bail to the married couple, Sai Laukik and Sai Sushmita, both accused in the TS-PSC paper leak case. The petition was filed by Sai Laukik and Sai Sushmita, who were arrayed as accused 17 and 18 in the case registered …

Three more arrested in PSC paper leakage scam
1 year, 7 months ago

Three more arrested in PSC paper leakage scam

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Special Investigation Team of Hyderabad city police investigating the TSPSC question paper leakage scam arrested three more persons on Tuesday. The arrested are Raviteja, working as an assistant accounts officer in the Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s Bengaluru branch, a mediator Shashidhar and another candidate identified as Kranti, to whom Shashidhar has supplied the paper. Raviteja purchased …

TSPSC leaks: Exams after Group-I in focus, more arrests likely
1 year, 7 months ago

TSPSC leaks: Exams after Group-I in focus, more arrests likely

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The special investigation team probing the TSPSC question paper leak is focussing on candidates who appeared for entrance exams after the Group-I test in October 2022, with more arrests likely to be made shortly, sources said. Investigators told Deccan Chronicle that questioning of the accused continues to reveal new information, raising suspicions that the question papers were leaked en …

Not inclined to transfer TSPSC question paper leak case to CBI: HC
1 year, 7 months ago

Not inclined to transfer TSPSC question paper leak case to CBI: HC

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court said it was not inclined to transfer the probe into the TS Public Service Commission question paper leak to the CBI. Justice Reddy perused the status reports dated April 10 and 24 filed by the SIT and opined that it should draft a senior IPS officer into the investigation like the commissioner of police of …

Prashanth Reddy denies role in TSPSC paper leak scam
1 year, 8 months ago

Prashanth Reddy denies role in TSPSC paper leak scam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Software professional from New Zealand, Prashanth Reddy, an accused in the TSPSC Group I prelims question paper leakage scam, has denied any role in it. SIT claimed that they have strong evidence that Prashanth Reddy obtained the question papers from Rajashekar using a remote sharing application and prepared for the entrance using the same and had even qualified. The …

Praveen planned sale of TSPSC question papers meticulously
1 year, 8 months ago

Praveen planned sale of TSPSC question papers meticulously

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Investigations into the scam revolving around TSPSC question paper leak have revealed that more than 8,000 candidates, who have appeared for the Group I prelims, erred while bubbling in their OMR sheets. The main accused, Pulidindi Praveen, aspiring for a police job following the footsteps of his father, was also among them. Praveen, with a degree in engineering, secured …

BJP demands probe by HC Judge over TSPSC question papers leakage
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP demands probe by HC Judge over TSPSC question papers leakage

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP state vice-president N.V.S.S. Rama Rao a “leak master” for failing to prevent the leakage of question papers of the Telangana State Public Service Commission. He demanded immediate dismissal of Rama Rao from the state Cabinet and instituting a probe by a High Court judge into the question papers leak. Speaking to reporters at the state party headquarters here, …

17 of 18 accused arrested in TSPSC paper leak scam: SIT tells HC
1 year, 8 months ago

17 of 18 accused arrested in TSPSC paper leak scam: SIT tells HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The special investigation team probing the TSPSC question paper scam told the Telangana High Court that out of the 18 accused, 17 had been arrested. The SIT told the High Court that it had seized key electronic evidence and submitted for forensic testing, while making submissions on a writ petition seeking a CBI probe into the case. After perusing …

Freed from jail, Bandi demands judicial probe into SSC paper leak
1 year, 8 months ago

Freed from jail, Bandi demands judicial probe into SSC paper leak

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Shortly after walking out of the Karimnagar jail after being granted bail in the SSC Hindi question paper leak case on Friday, Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar vowed to expand the party's demand for a probe by a High Court judge to include the leak of SSC exam papers, along those of the TSPSC. Sanjay, speaking to the …

TSPSC scam: District accounts officer question paper also leaked, 2 techies held
1 year, 8 months ago

TSPSC scam: District accounts officer question paper also leaked, 2 techies held

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In yet another sordid development in the TSPSC question paper leak scam, the city police SIT, which is investigating the case, found that the district accounts officer question paper was also leaked. The main accused Pulidindi Praveen Kumar had sold the paper, the exam for which was held in February, to a techie from Khammam for Rs 6 lakh, …

Telangana SSC Paper Leak Case: BJP President Sanjay Kumar Released from Jail After Securing Bail
1 year, 8 months ago

Telangana SSC Paper Leak Case: BJP President Sanjay Kumar Released from Jail After Securing Bail

News 18  

Telangana BJP President Bandi Sanjay Kumar who was arrested in a case related to class X exam paper leak was release from jail after a court in Hanumakonda granted him bail on Thursday night. Speaking to reporters after being released from jail, Kumar demanded that the state government inquire into the SSC paper leak case with a sitting judge and …

SSC Telugu paper leaked, officials say no need for re-test
1 year, 8 months ago

SSC Telugu paper leaked, officials say no need for re-test

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Even before the dust over the Public Service Commission question paper leaks has settled, lakhs of students appearing for the SSC examinations and their parents were in for a shock on Monday over an alleged leak of the Telugu question paper. However, state officials, including director of school education A. Devasena, maintained that the "integrity of the exam has …

SIT questions IAS officer in Telangana paper leak case
1 year, 8 months ago

SIT questions IAS officer in Telangana paper leak case

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad The SIT authorities have so far arrested 15 people in the Telangana State Public Service Commission question paper leak case. The Special Investigation Team of Hyderabad police probing the leakage of question papers of various recruitment tests conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission on Saturday questioned senior IAS officer and secretary of the commission Anita Ramachandran related …

TSPSC employees qualified Group-I prelims
1 year, 8 months ago

TSPSC employees qualified Group-I prelims

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Special Investigation Team investigating the TSPSC question paper leak uncovered that a total of 26 TSPSC employees took the Group-I prelims, with eight of them qualifying and three scoring above 100 marks. Further, the investigating officials discovered that several of the family members of the candidates who were previously caught in the fraud, as well as their relatives, …

Telangana: SIT Begins Questioning Three Accused In TSPSC Paper Leak Case
1 year, 8 months ago

Telangana: SIT Begins Questioning Three Accused In TSPSC Paper Leak Case

ABP News  

The Special Investigation Team of Telangana Police probing the Telangana State Public Service Commission question paper leak case on Wednesday began questioning three more accused. The questioning of the trio began a day after the police custody of four accused, including Praveen Kumar and Rajasekhar Reddy, both TSPSC employees, came to an end. On Monday, the SIT arrested the 15th …

TSPSC leaks: confidence shattered, job aspirants expect quick justice
1 year, 9 months ago

TSPSC leaks: confidence shattered, job aspirants expect quick justice

The Hindu  

The mother of a 26-year-old girl rushed home from her school duties as soon as news of the Telangana State Public Service Commission paper leak was splashed in the media. Some call it a honeytrap given the involvement of a Gurukul School teacher Renuka, who apparently enticed the TSPSC employee Pulidindi Praveen Kumar to sell the papers. After an uproar …

Summon KTR in paper leak case, Revanth tells SIT
1 year, 9 months ago

Summon KTR in paper leak case, Revanth tells SIT

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy, who appeared before the Special Investigation Team probing the Telangana State Public Service Commission exams paper leak, demanded that the investigation team also summon minister K.T. After leaving the SIT office in Himayatnagar, the TPCC president noted that, in addition to himself, state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Rama Rao responded to the …

TSPSC paper leak: Raj Bhavan writes to govt, again
1 year, 9 months ago

TSPSC paper leak: Raj Bhavan writes to govt, again

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Raj Bhavan on Thursday, for the second time in just 10 days, has written to the state government seeking details about the TSPSC question paper leaks case. The first such letter, on March 14, sought a “thorough” report about the case from the state “within 48 hours.” On Thursday too, the Raj Bhavan in its letter to the …

Three more TSPSC employees booked in paper leak case
1 year, 9 months ago

Three more TSPSC employees booked in paper leak case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The police on Wednesday booked three more employees of the Telangana State Public Service Commission in connection with the question paper leak case. The trio, including a woman, scored over 100 marks in the Group I exam conducted in October 2022 after procuring the question paper from the main accused P. Praveen Kumar and A. Rajashekar, the police said. …

Constable helped two aspirants get TSPSC papers
1 year, 9 months ago

Constable helped two aspirants get TSPSC papers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Kethavath Srinivas, a police constable from Medchal in Cyberabad, who was arrested in the TSPSC paper leak, helped two aspirants procure question papers to make a quick buck, officials said. The police said that accused Renuka, a government teacher, and her husband, Lavdyavath Dhakya, a technical assistant with DRDA in Vikarabad, procured the question paper from the TSPSC workers …

Telangana HC asks SIT for update on paper leak probe, rules out CBI probe
1 year, 9 months ago

Telangana HC asks SIT for update on paper leak probe, rules out CBI probe

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed the special investigation team probing the TSPSC question paper leak to submit a status report on the investigation done so far, by April 11. A single-judge bench of Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy also issued notices to the Principal Secretary of the Home department, Hyderabad police commissioner, DCP, secretary of the Telangana State …

Accused first attempted to steal question papers in June
1 year, 9 months ago

Accused first attempted to steal question papers in June

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Pulidindi Praveen Kumar and Atla Rajashekar, the main accused in the TSPSC question paper leak scam, had first attempted to get access to question papers as early as in June 2022, but could not succeed. It was learnt that the accused told cops that they used to access the computers in the confidential section, only after the section incharge …

TSPSC leak: Accused wife alleges custodial torture
1 year, 9 months ago

TSPSC leak: Accused wife alleges custodial torture

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The wife of Atla Rajashekar Reddy, the main accused in the Telangana State Public Service Commission question paper leak case, approached the Telangana High Court on Monday seeking a probe by an independent agency, body or commission, alleging that her husband was being subjected to third-degree treatment by the police. The petitioner, A. Sucharita, said her husband started limping, …

TSPSC cyber flaws exposed, past exams also under scanner
1 year, 9 months ago

TSPSC cyber flaws exposed, past exams also under scanner

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The TSPSC question paper leak has exposed a glaring lapse in the commission’s workings, as computers and software used to store question papers were not protected by firewalls, making all sensitive information vulnerable to exploitation by cybercriminals, according to sources in the SIT that is probing the case. Sources said that the computers used in the commission, including in …

Group I prelims exam paper leaked to 20 persons: Police
1 year, 9 months ago

Group I prelims exam paper leaked to 20 persons: Police

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The question paper for the Group I prelims examination conducted by the TSPSC in October 2022 was leaked to at least 20 people across the state, who secured over 100 marks, the police said. Investigators probing the Telangana State Public Service Commission question paper leak scam, suspect that the two accused Pulidindi Praveen Kumar and Atla Rajashekar sold the …

Government announces sops for TSPSC exam takers
1 year, 9 months ago

Government announces sops for TSPSC exam takers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Facing attack from all quarters over the TSPSC question paper leaks, the Telangana government on Saturday announced a slew of decisions to soften the blow on job aspirants. Rama Rao told a press conference, include not levying any additional fee on those who were to take the four cancelled exams, keeping study circles open round-the-clock, making coaching material available …

Etala demands KCR\'s resignation over TSPSC paper leak
1 year, 9 months ago

Etala demands KCR\'s resignation over TSPSC paper leak

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BJP MLA Etala Rajendar on Saturday met Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on the TSPSC paper leak and in a press conference after, demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao take moral responsibility over the TSPSC paper leak by resigning from his post. “Unemployed youths and their families are worrying over faulty job recruitment,” he said. “Each student spent lakhs of …

TSPSC cancels Group-I and two other exams after paper leakage
1 year, 9 months ago

TSPSC cancels Group-I and two other exams after paper leakage

The Hindu  

The Telangana State Public Service Commission has cancelled the Group-I, Divisional Accounts Officer and Assistant Executive Engineers exams after the leakage scandal broke out. A statement from the TSPSC on Friday said that a special meeting of the Commission convened on Friday examined the report of the Special Investigation Team and also the internal enquiry of the Commission and decided …

Probe finds 15 TSPSC question papers allegedly leaked
1 year, 9 months ago

Probe finds 15 TSPSC question papers allegedly leaked

The Hindu  

The probe into the Telangana State Public Service Commission question paper leak reportedly stumbled upon shocking evidence that as many as 15 competitive examination papers were allegedly leaked by Pulidindi Praveen Kumar, the prime accused working in the Commission. Sources said in their preliminary investigation into the sensational case it was found that 15 question papers of different examinations held …

TSPSC paper leak: Job aspirants set to face 5-month delay
1 year, 9 months ago

TSPSC paper leak: Job aspirants set to face 5-month delay

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Public Service Commission exams, for hiring engineers, that was put off due to paper leaks are likely to be held only around August, after competitive entrance tests, such as Eamcet, Lawcet and UPSC prelims, are held in April and May. The TSPSC on Wednesday, in an official statement, said that based on the FIR registered by the …

Main accused had question papers of all TSPSC exams: Police
1 year, 9 months ago

Main accused had question papers of all TSPSC exams: Police

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: City police investigating the TSPSC question paper leak have prima facie found that in addition to the question paper for the post of assistant engineer, the main accused Pulidindi Praveen was in possession of question papers for the recruitment tests of at least three more posts. However, while he managed to leak the question paper for the AE exam, …

Telangana BJP chief demands judicial probe by HC judge into TSPSC question paper leak
1 year, 9 months ago

Telangana BJP chief demands judicial probe by HC judge into TSPSC question paper leak

India Today  

Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday demanded a comprehensive judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the Telangana State Public Service Commission question paper leak case. TSPSC QUESTION PAPER LEAK NOT THE FIRST CASE: BANDI SANJAY Bandi Sanjay pointed out that the latest episode of leaking question papers pertaining to assistant engineers was not …

SIT to probe TSPSC question paper leak
1 year, 9 months ago

SIT to probe TSPSC question paper leak

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad police commissioner C.V. Anand on Tuesday issued orders directing that the Special Investigation Team, a specialised unit, would investigate question paper leak at the TS Public Service Commission. Elsewhere, the TS Public Service Commission said it would take a decision on Wednesday on cancelling the recruitment exam for assistant engineers, following the question paper leak. “The commission will …

Governor seeks report in 48 hours on question paper leakage
1 year, 9 months ago

Governor seeks report in 48 hours on question paper leakage

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Tuesday directed the TS Public Service Commission to conduct a thorough inquiry into the question paper leakage and submit a detailed report within 48 hours, even as political parties demanded action. Elsewhere, BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar demanded a judicial inquiry into the leakage of question papers. He claimed that Group-1 question papers …

BJP wants probe by HC judge into TSPSC paper leak
1 year, 9 months ago

BJP wants probe by HC judge into TSPSC paper leak

The Hindu  

TS BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday demanded a probe by a sitting High Court judge into the TS Public Service Commission question paper leak and expressed fear over the leak of papers of the previously conducted examinations, including Group 1. The main accused in the town planner examination paper leak and personal assistant to the secretary, Praveen, had …

Himachal recruitment: HPSSC clerks, drivers, peons sold papers to relatives
1 year, 10 months ago

Himachal recruitment: HPSSC clerks, drivers, peons sold papers to relatives

Hindustan Times  

For three years, clerks, drivers and peons of the now-disbanded Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission, Hamirpur, were hand in glove with kingpin Uma Azad, a senior superintendent in the secrecy branch, and leaked question papers for recruitment exams to close relatives for monetary gains. These revelations are a part of the Himachal Pradesh State Anti-Corruption and Vigilance Bureau interim report …

Telangana HC ridicules appointment of reporter, teacher as TSPSC members
2 years, 1 month ago

Telangana HC ridicules appointment of reporter, teacher as TSPSC members

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the government to furnish records pertaining to the appointment of members of the Telangana State Public Service Commission by November 14. The court said it was surprised to know that a media reporter, a retired deputy tahsildar, a retired primary school teacher and a private ayurveda practitioner were appointed as members of …

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