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Varun Tej’s ‘KOKA’ set for Aug 7
The makers say Korean Kanakaraju will “grand release worldwide” in cinemas this Friday. Scheduled is the word to underline.
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NEET-PG bar hits zero, seats don’t
With Delhi cutting the NEET-PG cut-off to the floor, KNRUHS ran a mop-up in February. A report says even a 1-mark scorer was allotted an MS Orthopaedics seat in Hyderabad. The NBEMS notice makes that math possible; the specific allotment needs the KNRUHS PDF to confirm.
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Detain first, puja later
A local report says four BRS men were picked up in Chigurumamidi ahead of Minister Ponnam Prabhakar’s bhoomi puja. No police record has surfaced to back it — and the Congress government isn’t explaining it either.
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One boss for Hyderabad roads? File under ‘proposal’
A PTI report says CM Revanth Reddy wants all city roads — from flyovers to the ORR and proposed RRR — under a single administrative system covering land, loans and management. The Telangana government hasn’t published the underlying release; so far it’s an announced intent, not a created authority.
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Telangana to audit its own works. Finally, the basics.
A July 29 report says the state set up a Vikas Raj–led panel to review how public works are planned and paid for. The BJP-led Centre didn’t think to help with this; the Congress and TDP will think to grandstand when the bills arrive.
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One lakh by June? Show the ledger
Revanth Reddy promised one lakh government jobs by June 2026. The deadline is past; the numbers don’t match; the paperwork that would settle it is still not public.
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EC’s dates move; Telangana waits
Draft roll now due August 10, claims from August 10–September 9, final list on October 12 — after the Election Commission pushed Telangana’s SIR timeline. Voters get clarity; the national parties can save the theatrics for later.
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Naseer at Locarno. Not a drill.
Gurvinder Singh’s Punjabi film Rehmat, led by Naseeruddin Shah, is in Locarno’s main Golden Leopard race — a real competition slot, not a PR ‘gala’. The world premiere was slated for August 6.
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Gig workers set a deadline
App-based drivers warned of an indefinite strike if demands aren’t met after August 8. Organisers named Ola, Uber, Rapido, Swiggy, Zomato and more. The date itself is doing what the Centre’s “guidelines” did — shifting.
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Women Safety Wing steps in at NPA
Hyderabad’s Women Safety Wing recorded the complainant’s statement inside the National Police Academy in a case against trainee IPS officer M. Uday Krishna Reddy. The accused later denied the charges; police say his statement will be taken, too.
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New uniforms stuck, old promises ironed
Narayanpet’s government-school kids are 50-plus days into the year without new uniforms. The Congress government promised one set on day one, a second within a month. District officials now say: maybe by August 15.
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Fake fire NOCs: Board stalls, proof doesn’t
Reported allegations say junior colleges used fake fire-safety certificates to get affiliation. The rule is clear; the paperwork isn’t. Students need clarity, not rumours.
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Gig workers set August 8 strike
Organisers say autos, cabs, lorries and app deliveries will stop statewide from Saturday. The ask is basic: minimum fares, notified rules, and the welfare board the draft bill promised on paper.
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Report says HC bailable warrant
A Telugu daily reports a Telangana High Court bailable arrest warrant against senior IAS officer Sandeep Kumar Sultania in a contempt case. We have not seen the order. Here’s what’s on record, and what isn’t.
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‘Six lakh purged’? Show the roll
Telangana’s SIR has gaps in form returns, especially in Hyderabad’s urban belt. That supports one claim: miss the form, risk missing from the draft roll. It does not prove a six-lakh permanent purge. Bring the maths or stop selling fear.
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Danam’s seat, Congress ticket, court notice
Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender won on a BRS ticket in 2023, then fought Secunderabad Lok Sabha on a Congress ticket. Disqualification petitions were dismissed by the Speaker in March; the fight is now in the Telangana High Court.
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Harish says skip GRMB or fix it
BRS’s T. Harish Rao wants the Congress government to either boycott an upcoming GRMB meeting or force a rewrite of its agenda, which he says targets Telangana’s Godavari clearances. The state’s on-record line has been to oppose AP’s Banakacharla link; Harish alleges a quiet surrender — a charge the Congress has not bothered to answer with documents.
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Nani plants flag: Aug 21
The Paradise shifts from March to August; makers now say eight languages, worldwide. Announced, not audited.
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Gig strike call from Aug 8
Hyderabad’s app-based drivers say they’ll go indefinite from Saturday if fares, minimums and welfare rules aren’t fixed. The BJP-led Centre wrote Codes, the Congress loves photo-ops — neither set a meter that pays. Telangana passed a welfare Bill; workers want it implemented, not framed.
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ACB alleges; Congress cheers
Telangana’s ACB says Rs 44 crore in electoral bonds linked to Greenko were bought for BRS months around the October 25, 2022 Formula E agreement — an allegation, not a verdict. The BJP-led Centre’s broken bond regime made this fog possible; the Congress would like the fog to count as proof. It doesn’t.