Analysis
Two Telangana families, Rs 13 crore away
Hyderabad’s diaspora math in Saudi Arabia: Rs 12.5 crore demanded to waive a death sentence in one case, Rs 84 lakh ordered in another — and Delhi’s help is a pamphlet about “legal guidance.”
Archive
Stories that have aged off the front pages. Still here, still readable — just no longer the news of the day.
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Illegal 7-storey fell; officer suspended
Two workers died in the Gachibowli collapse. Police booked the named builder and contractor; the civic body suspended its town-planning officer and pulled down what was left.
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IMD flags heavy rain risk today
Low-pressure over NW Bay triggers Telangana rain alerts; stick to IMD’s own advice, not WhatsApp’s.
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Hyderabad SIR: 12.54 lakh on watch
Election officials have opened the notice phase of the 2026 Special Intensive Revision. Hyderabad’s rolls flag 5,80,908 ‘unmapped’ and 6,72,678 ‘anomaly’ electors — verification first, not deletion by slogan.
Analysis
Box-office ‘verdicts’, fine print optional
A Tollywood tracker presents estimates as settled numbers, stamps films “Flop” and “Losing” on its own parameters — and says, in the small print, it hasn’t verified the figures.
Analysis
Irumudi’s “opening” moves, the number doesn’t
A tracker’s Day 1 figure for Shiva Nirvana’s Irumudi has changed mid-run. The film released August 21; the “₹7.94 crore opening” doing the rounds isn’t on the page now, and no producer or distributor has put a number on the record.
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Auto strike ends; order still missing
Auto unions stood down after talks with Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. A fare hike is promised “soon”; the only fare on record is still a 2014 order.
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Paradise flyover: the clock, extended
Hyderabad extends the shelf life of its prelim land notices for the Paradise Junction–Dairy Farm Road elevated corridor by 12 months. Paperwork moves; concrete does not.
Analysis
BRS sets date; Congress sets excuses
KTR readies a 7‑day state tour from September 2 as the Congress government hits the 1,000‑day mark it would rather not talk about. The promises will travel too — this time on placards.
Analysis
BRS backs staff stir; Congress ducks
Employees plan a statewide protest on August 27 and a Hyderabad mahadharna on September 10 over EHS, PRC, DA and pensions. BRS says it will stand with them. The Congress government of Telangana hasn’t bothered to explain why deductions began before delivery.
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Dil Raju floats a Yash Telugu plan
At Toxic’s Hyderabad event, the producer said he’s up for a Telugu film with Yash. It’s interest, not an announcement — and the calendar is Yash’s, not his.
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Zombies back, hype to Nxt Lvl
People Media Factory marks Teja Sajja’s birthday with a sequel announcement, seven-language ambitions and a 2027 date circled in pencil.
Analysis
22A errors, BRS heat, Congress hush
Harish Rao says withdraw the “22A” prohibited list or the Assembly stops. The BJP-led Centre wrote the rulebook; the Congress government in Telangana is now hiding behind it and tripping citizens anyway. The portal itself admits whole survey numbers got blocked by mistake — but the fixes are still a press line, not a dataset.
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Gachibowli collapse: officer benched
Two workers are dead. The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation has suspended its Circle 50 Town Planning Building Officer for “failing to stop” an unauthorised seven-storey build in Anjaiah Nagar. The files on what enforcement actually happened are the part that matter now.
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GHMC budgets Rs 50cr to de‑silt; proof, please
Hyderabad’s drains get Rs 50 crore on paper this year. Allegations say bills outran brooms; the documents that would prove it are not yet public.
Analysis
CWPRS says ‘decide’; Congress says ‘case closed’
Jagadish Reddy says CWPRS cleared Annaram and Sundilla, exposing a Congress–BJP hit on Kaleshwaram. The CWPRS paper in public view does not say that — it flags low-velocity zones at Sundilla and leaves the “store water or not” call to the authority. The BJP-led Centre’s own report shows NDSA is very real, not a “bogey”. So who’s spinning whom?
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Irumudi’s numbers arrive before the audit
Ravi Teja’s Irumudi is touting North America pre-sales and week-one milestones. They’re claims — with authors — not audited accounts.
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Irrigation cash stuck in transit, again
Minister Uttam orders a “war-footing” clear‑out of bottlenecks so compensation reaches farmers, not PD accounts. The claim: thousands of crores released, a fraction actually paid. The verification: still missing.
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Zombie Reddy 2 levels up, bites 2027
People Media Factory unveils Zombie Reddy2 NXT LVL – Dead Or Alive with Teja Sajja back, Upendra on board, and Shanaya Kapoor stepping in. The makers list seven language versions and tease Hyderabad in the title glimpse. 2027 is the target.
Analysis
Day 1,000. Still waiting.
BRS will mark 1,000 days of the Congress-run Telangana government with a week-long, ground-up campaign from September 2 — taking the ‘guarantees’ ledger to every village and ward, and asking where the delivery is.