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Rahane signs off; IPL bat stays
Ajinkya Rahane, 38, has retired from international cricket. The Test vice-captain who steadied India in 85 Tests says the timing is right. The franchise calendar, predictably, is still open.
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Ramayana drops at 4:15 am. Of course
Namit Malhotra set the Brahma Muhurat; the trailer for Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana: Part 1 landed July 30 at 4:15 am IST, a week after the Sony tie-up pushed it from July 24.
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10 medals on the cards, say reports
India’s boxers are reported to have secured 10 guaranteed medals at Glasgow 2026 — already more than the seven from Birmingham. Official bout-by-bout confirmation for all six quarterfinal wins on July 29 is still awaited on Games pages.
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Gavit 10.71. Record. Job done.
NDTV’s results board has India going 1–2 in the men’s 100m T47 at Glasgow: Dilip Gavit in a Games Record 10.71, Mohammed Morssinganakath 10.83. England third. We’ll take the medals; the Centre can keep the speeches.
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SC tosses PRLIS cost jab
Supreme Court dismisses a 2019 plea targeting PRLIS estimate revisions. The project still needs MoEFCC clearance for irrigation works — that’s law, not a favour. Delhi’s chorus can stop pretending PIL theatre is scrutiny.
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TDP says ‘upheld’; show the order
YSRCP hit the streets on July 28 over Andhra’s Mega DSC-2025. The TDP government waved “High Court clearance” and moved on. Telangana doesn’t need sermons on transparency from a neighbour that can’t cite the page number.
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High command ‘review’, low command delivery
Delhi is ‘reviewing’ Telangana Congress again. The only on-record thing is that there was a meeting; the rest is anonymous thunder. Telangana gets the churn, not the governance.
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21 to contest? Delhi, over to you
Revanth says let 21-year-olds run for MLA and MP. That needs a constitutional change — which means the BJP-led Centre has to stop pretending youth are only for selfies.
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Azadi 501 hits Aha. Overseas? Shrug
Release guides say July 29 on Aha for the Telugu thriller series Azadi 501. Whether your cousin in Dallas can actually press play is the part nobody has said out loud.
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Jurala canals on, figures still hush
A local report says Jurala opened its canals and lifts on July 29 with cusec counts for each scheme. The Congress government in Telangana has yet to publish the order, the log, or even the day’s storage — but it did find 27,199 cusecs to push downstream for power.
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7,437 uniforms, one exam board
TSLPRB drops four notifications for police and allied services: 7,437 posts across Police, Special Protection Force, Fire and Prisons. Dates later; documents ready now.
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IPS trainee booked; remand reported
A Hyderabad police-academy trainee faces a sexual‑harassment case filed by a woman batchmate. A local daily reports a 14‑day remand; primary orders are not yet public.
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SC says after Yatra. Then, another Yatra
Supreme Court okays animated film Mahaprabhu Jagannath for an all‑India release after Rath Yatra; on July 28, the temple administration knocked again and Odisha said it asked CBFC to review the certificate. Telugu version is certified; actual post‑July 28 release isn’t established in the record we have.
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IFFI’s OTT prize is open. Again.
Entries for IFFI 2026 are live — Indian Panorama plus a ₹10 lakh Best Web Series award that’s been around since 2023. Telugu teams have a hard 6 p.m., 10 August clock.
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Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ sails past ₹122.59 cr
Trade puts The Odyssey at ₹122.59 crore net in India after 12 days — the first Hollywood title of 2026 to cross ₹100 crore here, according to trackers. Not audited, not studio filings; still a number the spin machines in Delhi can’t take credit for.
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Kaleshwaram pumps hum; Congress finally notices water
Telangana has restarted Link‑II pumping from Yellampalli through Nandi and Gayatri towards Mid Manair — a workable route the Congress government could run without touching the damaged Medigadda link it keeps citing. The drought did not wait for talking points.
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SC bail claim needs the order
Delhi terror case appellants were listed in Supreme Court; a report now says they got bail after nearly 12 years in custody. Until the order shows up, that’s a claim, not a fact.
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36 days to blink. Then quit.
Gen Z sat 36 days at Jantar Mantar. The BJP-led Centre waited 36 days — then let Dharmendra Pradhan go. Now, per a report, even inside the BJP the line is: we stretched it and showed the cracks. Telangana students were watching; the message was heard in every exam hall.
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Karnataka’s five-acre headache returns
BJP accuses Congress chief Kharge’s family over a KIADB land allotment. The documents? Still missing. Telangana’s interest here is simple: when the Congress runs Karnataka, water policy isn’t the only thing that needs sunlight.
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Ram Charan’s wrist surgery done, rehab next
Multiple outlets report the Peddi star had right-wrist surgery in Coimbatore led by Dr S. Rajasekaran; rehab before return to sets, no official word yet on schedules.