The Telangana High Court upheld the local candidature of an Assistant Executive Engineer aspirant, ruling that early schooling outside Telangana does not negate local status. In a separate case, the Court rejected an LRS plea for land earmarked as a road in a layout.
In Jagtial, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials caught Sangem Anil Kumar, an Assistant Executive Engineer in the Vigilance and Quality Control Wing of the Panchayat Raj Department, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 7,000 from a contractor.