Talking pointSIR’s vote-chori showdown
Stories that have aged off the front pages. Still here, still readable — just no longer the news of the day.
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Bhu Bharati has a grievance route, the law bars assigned-land transfers, and the minister says wrongful entries will be removed. The louder claims — thousands of acres quietly flipped — are unproven on today’s record.
BRS hit the streets over Kalyana Lakshmi/Shaadi Mubarak. The Congress government says little in public; its own budget quietly keeps the schemes — and quietly skips the gold it sold in 2023.
Narsampet officials tore down the pedestal for former BRS MLA Peddi Sudarshan Reddy’s statue at night. On private land, opposite the government medical college. BRS hit the streets; the Congress-led administration has yet to explain what rule it used — or why it needed the dark.
Telangana’s roll clean-up has flagged around 89.88 lakh entries for anomalies after mapping 2.38 crore voters to the 2002 list. Notices and hearings follow the draft roll — correction, not purge. The BJP-led Centre’s spin and Congress’s shadow-boxing can wait; the schedule and the CEO’s words are on record.
A report says Andhra moved to reopen seven Telangana projects at the August 18 GRMB meet. Harish Rao says the Congress government here couldn’t be bothered to answer. The law is clear on process; the silence is on the Congress.
Telangana’s anti-defection fight moves in inches; the Congress narrative sprints in miles. The court record hasn’t caught up with the press bytes.
Trade says Chiranjeevi–Bobby’s #MEGA158 is lining up for Sankranthi 2027 with 40 shoot days done. The makers haven’t said so. Yet.
Harkins Theatres listed the Telugu drama as opening August 14 with subtitles, naming Prathyangira Cinemas LLC as distributor. Tickets and theatre count aren’t documented.
A Telugu daily says a Rs 1.17 crore dedicated 11 kV feeder is being laid from Murtuzaguda substation to Minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy’s farmhouse. Until TGSPDCL or the Congress minister shows the sanction and the bill, it’s a claim — and the onus is on the BJP-led Centre’s favourite “watchdogs” and the Congress-run energy setup to put the papers out.
One report says 4,60,000 elector entries didn’t make the draft rolls across Siddipet, Sangareddy and Medak — including 86,364 marked deceased. The ECI’s own schedule raises a first question: which draft, dated when?
Big Cine Expo 2026 puts “affordability” on stage in Chennai. Senior exhibitors will talk pricing models; nobody has promised a rupee off yet.
Free foundation course across Telangana’s BC Study Circles was scheduled to name selected candidates on August 18. The department’s site didn’t load; the notification itself isn’t on the public page. The programme exists; the fine print still hides.
Draft rolls are out in Telangana. Claims and objections run till September 16; the final list lands October 19. In between, expect national parties to shout “deletion” before reading the schedule.
A Telugu report says a bomb‑threat email targeted an IndiGo flight at Shamshabad. No airline, airport or CISF confirmation is on record yet.
Badminton’s Gayatri Gopichand and shooter Dhanush Srikanth have been named for the 2025 Arjuna Award, the Telangana CMO said — a win the state will happily claim while Delhi takes a bow months late.
Harish Rao wants Revenue Minister Ponguleti out over the Section 22A mess. The Congress government in Telangana still hasn’t put the prohibited-lands list online — the High Court had to nudge them to even answer for the delay.
Chennai’s cinema trade show runs Aug 18–19. Useful for exhibitors and distributors, yes. A Telugu-cinema announcement? The official schedule doesn’t list one.
Rishabh Pant becomes the first Team India men’s batter to reach 100 sixes in Tests, doing it in the Galle Test versus Sri Lanka. The BCCI confirmed it — which, for once, is enough.
ADR’s affidavit data puts Congress CM Revanth Reddy first for declared cases. A viral ‘ranking’ then makes a BJP MLA West Bengal’s chief minister. That’s not a detail; that’s the whole claim collapsing.
ECI’s SIR is live; Hyderabad’s exact counts are claimed in a report, not yet in an official list. The portal to answer a notice is up either way.