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Rao Bahadur hits OTT — reportedly
Trade reports peg the Satyadev–Venkatesh Maha film to a July 31 Netflix debut. No platform post yet — check your app, not a slogan.
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HC to HYDRAA: follow orders, not hunches
Two separate court orders in a week pulled up HYDRAA over entries on disputed lands — Lothukunta and Bahadurguda — and told the State to slow the bulldozers and show the paperwork. The BJP-led Centre is silent, as usual, on basic due process when it is not a headline in Delhi.
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Lovepreet lifts 388. Gold? One kilo north
India’s Lovepreet Singh took silver in Glasgow 2026 men’s 110kg with a 388kg total, a kilo behind New Zealand’s David Liti. A Birmingham 2022 bronze now upgraded — the margins are not sentimental.
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HYDRAA swings, court asks for the rulebook
A Kondapur demolition dispute lands in the High Court. The judge wasn’t impressed with how officials handled it, and wants dates, documents and the tahsildar in person. Next hearing: August 6.
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Harish wants apology. Over which remark?
A BRS leader demanded an apology from CM Revanth Reddy this month — on record. The separate claim doing the rounds about “criminal waste” and engineering grads isn’t verified by any primary source.
Analysis
‘Historic’ lift ruling? Show us the order
A report says the Supreme Court on 29 July made every lift accident a joint liability case for makers, maintainers and building owners. The primary record we can see doesn’t show that order exists.
Opinion
Narsampet Falls Silent for the Man It Voted Out: Peddi Sudarshan Reddy Is Gone at 52
He was there from the beginning — when Telangana was still a prayer, not a state. The town that turned him away in 2023 will bury him in garlands today.
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Sumanth locks Sep 11 — for now
Mahendragiri Varahi announces a theatrical date. The claims about “closed business” and a roaring teaser are the makers’ words — and theirs alone so far.
Analysis
Congress reviews, MLAs vent. Funds? “Sources”
AICC’s Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan held one-on-ones with ministers, MPs, MLAs and DCC presidents. The meetings are real; the headline complaint — stalled works over unpaid contractor bills — exists only as an anonymously sourced claim in one report so far.
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Srinivasa Mangapuram dated: Jul 30
The makers said July 30, the listings say July 30. For once, a date in Tollywood isn’t a moving target — at least on paper.
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Telugu film lands in US a day early
Cinemark lists Srinivasa Mangapuram for July 29 in the US, a day before the reported worldwide date. Tickets are up; details are not.
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Kazipet wants 90% local jobs. Centre silent
BRS’s Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar has pressed Delhi to keep the Kazipet rail manufacturing unit fully public and reserve 90% of jobs for locals. The BJP‑led Centre has talked up trains; it has not said who gets the work.
Analysis
Switch on Kannepalli, answer later
BRS’s Jagadish Reddy says the Congress government is starving fields of water and power. The data we found shows risk of a dry kharif; the Congress’s answer is missing because it hasn’t given one.
Analysis
‘Criminal waste’? Prove it, Chief
Harish Rao says Revanth Reddy insulted engineering students. The BJP’s favourite CM in Hyderabad can clear it up in one minute — with the tape he hasn’t shown.
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Batwara 1947 drops, August 14 date set
Aamir Khan Productions puts out the official trailer for Rajkumar Santoshi’s Partition drama. Release is pegged to 14 August, 2026 — a Friday night the BJP can’t spin into “New India” without checking the calendar first.
Analysis
‘1.5 lakh crore’ meets a contempt bench
Congress wants applause for HYDRAA’s haul. The High Court just asked the government to replace its chief over a 40-acre contempt row. The number doesn’t answer the order.
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Pallaburusu sets Aug 14 date
Annapurna Studios says its Telugu comedy, written and directed by Uday Chauhan and co-produced with EPIC Studios, will hit cinemas on August 14, 2026.
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Aha drops Azadi 501. Credits, TBD
A Telugu crime series “inspired by” the Freedom 251 phone mess lands on Aha — the date is clear, the director credit isn’t.
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Flooded streams, unanswered questions
Heavy rain swelled Sammakka Sagar and Medigadda and cut roads in Bhupalpally–Mulugu. One driver is reported missing in Jampannavagu; police searches were said to be on. The figures and the incident all come from a single report and lack an on-record bulletin.
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SC wants RAF ammo log kept
Court flags pellet-round claims from Delhi’s July 20 NEET protest. The BJP-led Centre is told to preserve the Rapid Action Force’s ammunition record while a ban plea is heard.