Analysis
Railways meet, answers missing
Telangana MPs say they took a long list to South Central Railway. The BJP-led Centre and SCR still haven’t bothered to say where the projects stand.
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Draft out, deadline ticking
Telangana’s draft electoral rolls are up. About 2.65 crore electors are reflected after enumeration; claims and objections run till September 16, with final rolls due October 19. The scare about “21% deleted” is still an estimate, not a verdict.
Analysis
Turncoats in court; Congress plays dumb
Telangana HC is hearing challenges to the Speaker’s cleanup job that let 10 BRS MLAs walk. The case is simple: switch teams in public, you switch under the Tenth Schedule. The Congress would prefer nobody noticed.
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Premalu vanishes, Hyderabad stays
As the Hindi remake rolls out its teaser, reports say the Malayalam original briefly “disappeared” from JioHotstar. The Telugu dub on Aha — the Hyderabad chapter — stayed put.
Analysis
Irumudi’s US count: pick a number
Sacnilk tracks $129,477 from 251 locations; the distributor said $125K, then $175K. The arithmetic moves; the audit doesn’t.
Analysis
Parliament sat. Debate didn’t.
19 sittings, 15% Lok Sabha time, nine Bills rushed with only the minister speaking. The BJP shouts “foreign powers”; the record says “no discussion”. Telangana needs scrutiny, not theatre.
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Big Cine Expo puts ‘affordability’ on agenda
The Chennai trade show’s programme slotted a panel on making cinema affordable. The industry talking point is written down; the outcomes aren’t.
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Polytechnic protests meet SHAKTI silence
Students across Telangana hit the streets over GO 97 and the SHAKTI–YISU rejig. The state says admissions aren’t hit; students want their diplomas and ECET path guaranteed on paper, not in vibes.
Analysis
HC flags Article 162 ‘typo’. Typo?
A single-judge reportedly rapped the Telangana government over an affidavit on Kalyana Lakshmi/Shaadi Mubarak, refused to lift stay, and asked top officials to explain the legal basis and finances. The Centre’s “federalism when convenient” chorus can take the day off — this was the State’s own paperwork tripping it.
Analysis
BJP waves files, wants CBI; evidence later
BJP’s Alleti says he has “complete evidence” on 102 shell firms and Rs 15,000 crore ‘illegal’ land transfers linked to Revenue Minister Ponguleti — and will send it to central agencies and Rahul Gandhi. Documents were not shown.
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Hyderabad crash, Jana Sena link
Madhapur police booked Sanjush Lingamaneni under BNS 106(1) after a fatal collision near Inorbit. He is the son of Jana Sena Rajya Sabha MP Lingamaneni Ramesh. The law is clear; the rest is now on the investigation to show its work.
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‘I’m Game’ skips Aug 20, goes Sep 3
Dulquer Salmaan’s film moves to a five-language rollout on September 3. Telugu joins the party then, not earlier.
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Section 22A: blocked by a typo
Telangana’s own land portal admits entire survey numbers were frozen “by mistake” when only a slice was acquired. Corrections are promised; delivery is the part still missing.
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GHMC’s appeals timed out, twice
Telangana High Court throws out GHMC’s writ appeals after 820 and 794 days of drift; says election duty isn’t an excuse and GHMC’s own LRS and permissions leave “little scope” for a fraud case.
Analysis
Show your 22A homework
Harish Rao wants a white paper on every property the Congress government put on the Section 22A prohibited list since 7 December 2023. The ask is basic: count it, justify it, and fix the mistakes the government already admits exist.
Analysis
Wanaparthy Congress fights itself, again
Complaint, slogans and a “we’ll examine it” later, the Congress in Wanaparthy is still arguing with itself while pretending it’s discipline.
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Indiramma event, one question: 3,500 where?
At an Asifabad Indiramma houses function, BRS MLA Kova Laxmi asked how many of the 3,500 first‑phase houses in her constituency exist outside a file. Minister Jupally Krishna Rao said the scheme is for the poor and asked for written complaints if ineligible got in. The Congress government has yet to publish who got what.
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Yash’s Toxic sets Aug 26 date
Six languages, two overseas tracks, and a Telugu-rights holder you’ve heard of. Screens? Still a trade guess.
Analysis
Defection case crawls; court gives ‘final’ chance
Telangana High Court told Congress-side respondents to file counters in the BRS disqualification challenge. ‘Final opportunity’, two weeks — a deadline national parties usually treat as advice.
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Court pause on wedding aid; politics doesn’t
Telangana High Court has stayed further payments under Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak till the next hearing, on a petition questioning the schemes’ legal footing. The Congress government now has to defend a flagship welfare promise it said it would keep.