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An enormous ledger with 420 empty checkboxes sits between piles labelled schemes and chargesheet in a Telangana Assembly records room, while an unidentifiable reader waits with an empty receipt tray.
Reality

420 promises, one missing audit

A giant gold collection poster is stamped by a printing press outside a Hyderabad multiplex while a small ledger is pushed aside and a sparse ticket queue waits nearby.
The ColumnTollywoodSatire

Tollywood’s Biggest Blockbuster Is the Collection Poster

The film opens once; the PR machinery keeps celebrating until arithmetic applies for leave.

A police barricade outside the Telangana Assembly blocks blank black T-shirts, while an empty cabinet labelled “ANSWERS” and detention paperwork sit beside the cordon.
Politics

Black T-shirts stopped; Congress’s answers still missing

In a Telangana transport office, a 2021 rulebook is pushed backward toward an open 1994 rulebook while a gate made of engineering certificates is removed from an administrative promotion counter.
Government

High Court sends Telangana’s RTO rule back to 1994

A cartoon outside the Telangana Assembly shows a water pipeline labelled with two irrigation projects pouring water beneath a protest banner, while an empty chair and an uncertain attendance register sit beside an unattended podium; a small group waits behind a police barrier.
Politics

KCR’s protest plan has water; attendance does not

Issue Heatmap

What public concern indicates Telangana is flagging as its problems, by district. Pin your own soon.

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Telangana Stories

A large file marked “FIR?” sits on a police desk in front of the Telangana Assembly gate, where generic figures and a video monitor suggest a disputed confrontation being reviewed.

Two BRS MLCs arrested after Assembly gate clash

#LUB launches with three debuts

Reality —

The Telugu film’s September 7 puja ceremony introduced director Manikanta Pedamallu and lead pair Pavaan Kesari and Pramukhya.

A decorated film camera, ceremonial lamp and flower garlands stand in the foreground at a Hyderabad film launch, with guests gathered behind them.
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Tender Watch

A magnifying glass examining a stack of government tender and contract files

A tender without competition is just paperwork with extra steps.

Everyone was invited. Sometimes, only one bidder showed up.

Every Telangana government works tender is published publicly. Almost nobody has the time to examine them all. We track the contracts that are published, awarded and quietly forgotten — and count the things the announcements leave out.

321

tenders awarded this month

184

received exactly one bid

Follow the money

Beyond the Narrative

Words Gone Wild

An empty public ground with folding chairs and a waste bin is shown behind a police desk holding a sealed file labelled “ZERO FIR” and two separate papers labelled “ALLEGATION” and “DENIAL”.
Reality

BJP’s ‘garbage’ defence meets a Zero FIR

A Bengaluru complaint alleges a caste-based message behind the Haldwani ritual. Uttarakhand BJP chief Mahendra Bhatt says it was about garbage and slogans. The police have registered a Zero FIR; the motive remains disputed.

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Featured Stories

At the Telangana Assembly gate, a security official scrutinises a giant black T-shirt while a dusty stack of files labelled with deadlines, jobs, houses and guarantees towers unattended beside a 1,000-day banner.
The ColumnTelangana

A Thousand Days, Defeated by a Black T-Shirt

Revanth Reddy’s government has discovered that cotton is more threatening than questions about its promises.

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A long queue of faceless visa applicants and paperwork approaches a tall wall labelled EB-1 limit, beside an almost empty box of visa numbers and a calendar marked 30 Sep.

US warns India EB-1 may hit the visa wall

The Outside World —

The September bulletin sets India’s EB-1 final-action date at October 15, 2022 and warns the category may become unavailable before September 30.

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At the Telangana Assembly gate, generic police officers awkwardly wheel an oversized chair labelled Speaker toward legislators in black clothing, while an empty Speaker’s chair and a rulebook remain inside and scales favour the rulebook.

Black shirts, police stop: High Court intervenes

BRS legislators were stopped and detained during a protest at the Telangana Assembly. The High Court said House-rule enforcement belonged to the Speaker, not the police.

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An empty factory job marked by a joining letter sits behind a leaking promise pipe, while applicants wait beside a police file and a betting box.

Job promises, fake letters, one arrest

Sports

A film-production desk with blank announcement cards, a clapperboard, storyboards and a reel in front of an empty cinema announcement board.

Mokshagna enters cinema; title remains missing

Sports —

Nandamuri Mokshagna Teja’s Telugu-film debut has been announced, with Mallidi Vassishta directing for Mythri Movie Makers. The film still has no title, cast list or release date.

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