Special Correspondent There comes a point when silence itself becomes evidence. For decades, the Hyderabad Cricket Association has hidden behind one towering credential — that it is among the oldest cricket bodies in India, a founding-era institution that predates Independence and helped shape Indian cricket itself. That legacy once commanded respect. Today, critics allege it…
Special Correspondent The delay by the Telangana government in constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the deep-rooted financial and administrative irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), despite a clear directive from the Telangana High Court nearly two weeks ago, is now raising uncomfortable and unavoidable questions. Why has the SIT not yet…
MS Shanker Indian politics rarely gives voters the luxury of clarity. Most elections are fought on emotion, identity, slogans, and carefully manufactured outrage. Governance usually enters the conversation only after the oath-taking ceremony — and often exits just as quickly. That is why the early signals emerging from two politically distinct corners of India —…
Objective Accomplished, Vigil Must Continue — Editor For more than a year, Orangenews9 stood virtually alone in asking uncomfortable questions about the steady decline of the once-glorious Hyderabad Cricket Association. At a time when many preferred silence, compromise, or convenient neutrality, this platform chose the more difficult path — relentless scrutiny backed by documents, facts,…
Special Correspondent For months now, this publication’s relentless exposés on the murky functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association have consistently flagged deep-rooted concerns—ranging from opaque administration to alleged manipulation of opportunities. Those concerns have now found a powerful, if unusual, reinforcement in a series of anonymous whistleblower emails sent under the name “Robo Run” to…
Special Correspondent Hyderabad is once again at war with itself. On one side stands the familiar promise of “development”—flyovers, elevated corridors, and ever-expanding metro infrastructure. On the other stands one of the city’s last surviving ecological lifelines: the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park (KBR Park). This is no longer a quiet policy debate buried in…
Special Correspondent In a decisive and long-overdue intervention, the Telangana High Court has directed the state government to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT), to be led by a senior IPS officer, to probe a wide spectrum of allegations surrounding the Hyderabad Cricket Association. The order marks a critical institutional response to concerns that have…
Special Correspondent Another day, another anonymous cry for help from within the murky corridors of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. But, this one reads less like a complaint—and more like an indictment. A so-called “robo mail,” now circulating among club secretaries and media houses, may be dismissed for its anonymity. But strip away that label, and…
Special Correspondent The recent move by the state Crime Investigation Department (CID), directing the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) not to extend the courtesy of issuing passes to 18 clubs—originally under the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation but allegedly taken over by private interests—has triggered more questions than it has answered. At first glance, the directive appears to…
Special Correspondent Let’s stop pretending the rot in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) is recent, accidental, or administrative. It is not. It is structural. It is deliberate. And, if one traces it back honestly, it begins with what can only be described as HCA’s original sin — the sub-lease agreement with Visaka Industries. This is…
