Overview

• The Telangana High Court directed manual re-evaluation of Group‑1 mains within two months or fresh exams, while the State government is preparing to challenge the order before a higher bench.
• BRS leaders demanded cancellation of the Group‑1 mains, a re-exam and a judicial inquiry, and urged withdrawal of police cases against students after arrests during protests seeking enforcement of the court ruling.
• In the defections case, eight of the 10 accused BRS MLAs told the Speaker they never left the party, the Speaker sought responses from BRS complainants within three days, and TPCC chief Mahesh Kumar Goud said the MLAs joined Congress for a ‘specific purpose’.
• K.T. Rama Rao challenged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to have the 10 MLAs resign and face by-elections, asserting that a verdict from voters is inevitable despite the legislators’ denials to the Speaker.
• BRS escalated pressure on education finances, with T. Harish Rao alleging fee reimbursement arrears threaten about 13 lakh students as private professional colleges plan an indefinite shutdown from September 15.