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Ranabaali plants flag: Oct 16
Vijay Deverakonda–Rashmika Mandanna’s Ranabaali locks October 16, 2026 worldwide. Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2 sits one day earlier. It’s a festival-weekend faceoff, not a same-day duel.
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Polytechnic protest, leaders picked up
BRS’s Harish Rao was taken into custody in Hanamkonda after heading to meet students opposing GO 97. The Congress government says it’s modernisation; students want the order withdrawn, not a speech.
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Kavitha says Harish plotting BRS takeover
She alleges BJP links, hush meets and a Medak whip count — but shows no documents. The Congress-run state government and the BJP are welcome to deny it on the record any time; neither has.
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Chandrayangutta tenders raise roster flags
Contractors allege GHMC Circle‑23 bent reservation rules on a 78‑work batch and want vigilance on it. The law says 24 of every 100 works are reserved; the roster behind this batch is not public. GHMC should show its register — today, not after award.
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Congress shouts ‘diversion’; record says ‘Gujarat’
Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy says BJP and BRS are blocking Telangana projects and “diverted” semiconductor units. The files we can see show Musi, RRR and Metro exist on paper — and chips went to Gujarat by formal approval. What’s missing is the bridge between the press line and the paperwork.
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Ranabaali picks Oct 16, not Dasara
Vijay Deverakonda–Rashmika’s period-action drama plants its flag for October 16 — squarely in the holiday window, not on the holiday. The makers, not Delhi, set this calendar.
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Extra ₹100, plus a lesson
Telangana okays a limited ticket hike for Yash’s Toxic — and, per multiple reports, asks the producers to put ₹1 crore into film workers’ welfare. Screens also have to run anti-drug and cybercrime PSAs. A state looking out for its own isn’t the scandal; the freeloading elsewhere is.
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Pay, health, promises; protests
Telangana’s employee unions hit the streets over DA arrears, the stuck PRC and cashless treatment gaps. The Congress government in Telangana has been “directing” reports; employees want decisions that show up in payslips and hospital desks.
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Hanamkonda custody, democracy “seventh guarantee”
Police took BRS’s T. Harish Rao into custody at the Hanamkonda Collectorate during a TNGO protest and moved him to Subedari PS. The Congress government in Telangana has yet to explain what law that served, beyond the inconvenience of dissent.
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30 families out, bill sent to CMC
After the Anjaiah Nagar collapse, residents’ body asks the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation to house 30 evacuated families for a month and pay Rs 2 lakh each. The civic side says the seven-storey build was unauthorised; two workers died.
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Ten newborns dead in a day, Kolkata answers with a ‘report’
A government hospital in Malda, West Bengal, recorded 10 infant deaths on a single day in August. The hospital says eight were critical referrals; the state health department asked for a report. Families get condolences; the Congress-run state gets paperwork.
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Khammam worker dies on duty; answers don’t
A local report says a 55-year-old municipal worker died while cleaning a city road in Khammam. The police and corporation have yet to put the basics on record: FIR, what happened, what help her family gets.
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Fauzi goes global. Date is Dec 3.
Prabhas’ next plants a flag overseas with Phars Film; the only on-record date is December 3, 2026. Reports say December 2 premieres abroad; the makers don’t say that — yet.
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Kaleshwaram ‘cleared’? Show the paper
Harish Rao says NDSA and CWPRS back lifting water. The documents we can actually see don’t say that — and the Congress government is hiding behind slogans, not filing the receipts.
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‘Toxic’ gets a court mask
A Bengaluru civil court has told the internet to keep false, malicious, defamatory or derogatory claims about Yash’s Toxic to itself — at least till September 28. The specifics of what triggered it? Not public.
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Nani’s next tune lines up, hold the hype
Reports say Anirudh–Kasarla Shyam reunite for The Paradise’s second single; Dallas stage tease on Aug 28, digital on Aug 29. Official posts? Still missing.
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Harish Rao taken to station. ‘Arrest’? Source hedges
A report says police took the BRS deputy leader to Subedari station in Hanamkonda after he backed an employees’ protest. The Congress-run state’s paperwork, charges and police version are nowhere to be found.
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BJP chief says ‘stopped at home’ en route to polytechnic
N Ramchander Rao alleges police blocked him from leaving Tarnaka to meet students protesting GO 97 at Ramanthapur. Student unrest over the merger plan is documented; the “house arrest” is his claim, unconfirmed by police.
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UoH hunger strike paused, promise pending
AISA says the Vice-Chancellor will place menstrual leave at the Academic Council. The university’s own pages are silent so far.
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Centre’s “not appropriate” tour guide
UK okay, US “not appropriate”. Telangana’s Chief Minister flew back from London after the BJP‑led Centre blocked his US leg — and still hasn’t shown the rulebook it used.