Sumit Jha (@sumitjha_

Sumit Jha

3,156 posts

Sumit Jha

@sumitjha__

Writes about health and policy @TheSouthfirst Views are personal

Hyderabad, India

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Joined April 2017

Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Dec 4, 2024
#Hyderabad: Revathi came along with family to watch #AlluArjun movie #Pushpa2 at Sandhya Theatre at RTC Cross road. Didn't know that it will take her life. She lost her life in stampede, while her two sons aged 9 & 7 are hospitalised. Allu Arjun was watching the movie inside.
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Aug 7, 2025
Out of curiosity, I checked the electoralsearch.eci.gov.in website to see if what Rahul Gandhi said about a particular person was true. The person in question is Gurkirat Singh Dang, who appears to have four EPIC IDs: SVF1125525, SVF1124312, SVF1124627, and SVF1123017. Well, it's
Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka
@ceo_karnataka
Aug 7, 2025
Letter to Shri Rahul Gandhi, Hon'ble Member of Parliament and Hon'ble Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Expecting the signed declaration and oath @ECISVEEP
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Apr 2, 2025
Meet 18-year-old Boveni Yugendar, a first-year IMA Hindi student at the University of Hyderabad. Alone but determined, he has begun a hunger strike at the university’s main gate—to protest against the alleged destruction of forest cover at Kancha Gachibowli
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Mar 31, 2025
Yesterday, the world whispered in shades of green. Today, there are bulldozers.
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Aug 7, 2025
Replying to @shruti_nike and @AskPerplexity
If you can type this much, you can also visit this website: electoralsearch.eci.gov.in You can type these four EPIC IDs: SVF1125525, SVF1124312, SVF1124627, and SVF1123017, and select karnataka as state. By making @AskPerplexity work, you are wasting the energy.
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Mar 3, 2021
Rs 7.9 Cr in fake currency notes of Rs.500/- denomination seized on #AndhraPradesh #Odisha border.
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Apr 3, 2025
After days of protest, for the first time these students received news in their favour that SC has stayed the felling of trees for two weeks. And the rain can't even stop the celebration among the students.
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Apr 1, 2025
Brush and banner unite as University of Hyderabad’s students paint their protest in bold strokes.
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
May 17, 2025
Replying to @DEC4DENCEE
97 years yet to come
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Mar 30, 2023
Replying to @sumitjha__
And also celebrating Nathuram Godse in the rally.
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
May 14, 2025
India may be free, but colonial hangover still is there. In Telangana, women washing Miss World contestants’ feet wasn’t tradition—it was a masterclass in colonial hangover and white worship. All in the name of "culture".
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Jun 17, 2022
#Hyderabad: #AgnipathRecruitmentScheme protestors have burnt down the train coach in which India Post parcels were being sent at #Secunderabad railway station.
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Apr 4, 2025
Meet Erram Naveen. He’s a PhD scholar at the University of Hyderabad (HCU). Today, he’s behind bars. Why? Because he stood up against a bulldozer operation that was clearing vegetation on Kancha Gachibowli land, right next to the University. A few years ago, Naveen got
Praveen Baddam
@PraveenBaddam1
Apr 4, 2025
Relocate University of Hyderabad to Save Forests, Lakes & Green Soul - Sign the Petition! chng.it/Rb5bQGdCbL via @ChangeOrg_India
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Sumit Jha
@sumitjha__
Dec 5, 2024
Replying to @sumitjha__
A tragic incident has left a family shattered — the mother lost her life, the son sustained injuries, and his condition remains critical. What was supposed to be an evening of entertainment has turned into a lifetime of grief for them. Who is to blame — the theatre management,
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