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Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy gestures toward blank allocation charts while K. T. Rama Rao points at a huge locked ledger beside a switched-off irrigation pump.TelanganaPolitics

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Revanth’s 76-day pump gap has no public ledger

KTR’s 750 TMC and 250 TMC claims remain unverified, but the Congress government has still not published the daily water-and-pump record that could settle them.

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Governance13.3 crore voters vanish from draft rolls. ECI shrugs.The ECI says omitted voters can seek inclusion before the final roll. It has not shown how many names will actually come back.PoliticsAndhra polls reach Supreme Court after 87 obstruction claimsThe court told the State Election Commission to examine complaints and hold back the final candidate list. It has not found election rigging, but the nomination process now needs more than official confidence.DebateThe 13-crore voter claim has one inconvenient detailThe ECI’s figure is a draft-stage count of absent, shifted, dead or duplicate entries—not proof that 13 crore eligible voters were permanently deleted.
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A large film-reel machine produces three conflicting box-office sheets while a small locked ledger marked “AUDIT” sits untouched beside a Hyderabad cinema frontage.The Paradise has three box-office totals and no auditProducer S. Naga Vamsi theatrically presents a large October 9 calendar leaf while pulling it down to reveal a wobbling film reel on a post-production workbench behind it.Aadarsha Kutumbam’s October 9 date lasted four daysA caricatured Telugu film actor points dramatically at an oversized open clapperboard labelled “PROOF”; the board is blank, while an empty strip of film spills from a reel beside him on a Hyderabad launch stage.Vijay names 50 accounts; proof remains off-screenA caricatured film producer cuts a ribbon beside a giant number 9 countdown board while a small unfinished film reel remains stuck in a doorway filled with editing and certification materials.Naga Vamsi’s October 9 promise lasted four daysA caricatured film producer gestures confidently beside a cinema marquee as its large October 9 date panel slides loose, while a small audience waits and neighbouring release dates are hurriedly rearranged in the background.Naga Vamsi moved AK47 after four daysA Fauzi film poster is displayed outside a brightly lit Hyderabad multiplex beside a cinema marquee.Fauzi loses December; producers keep the mysteryA cartoon cricket scoreboard shows India 169 for seven and Sri Lanka 45 all out beside toppled stumps, while a final gate stands open with a gold medal and a calendar.India win by 124; Pakistan awaitAn unidentifiable archer stands beside a compound bow as two gold medals and a team trophy outweigh a scoreboard showing 143 beside 144 on a seesaw at an archery range.Two golds, one 143: Chikitha exits singles
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A huge eraser wipes names from a wall-sized electoral roll while an Election Commission official holds out a small re-enrolment form and points a long queue of voters toward a Hyderabad street.
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130 Million Voters Vanish, Delhi Calls It Housekeeping

The government has perfected a new democratic service: delete citizens first, then ask them to prove they exist.

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