Talking pointTelangana's cyclone reality check
Stories that have aged off the front pages. Still here, still readable — just no longer the news of the day.
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A report says the KRMB called a three‑member committee meeting on August 13, after Andhra Pradesh’s request, to discuss Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar water use. Telangana’s consultation is unclear. The BJP‑led Centre’s board moves; Telangana watches the calendar.
Officials at a village meeting said 300 acres would be taken for Future City. The record that actually does that is still not on the table.
Sun Pictures says Arun Matheswaran’s DC, starring Lokesh Kanagaraj and Wamiqa Gabbi, hits theatres worldwide today with an A certificate. AP–Telangana release handled by Asian Suresh Entertainment.
Petitions over alleged BRS-to-Congress switches are alive in the Telangana High Court. The law is clear; the foot-dragging isn’t.
Harish Rao presses the Congress government to fund, fix and monitor Telangana’s drinking-water network. The state’s own budget shows an O&M head exists — the fight is over adequacy and delivery, not existence.
Telangana okays solid-waste facilities at Siddapur on 86 acres. Locals and BRS leaders warn of water and farm risks; the Congress government in Telangana has not explained the safeguards — or why this site.
A cheque-distribution event in Secunderabad turned into a Congress–BRS shove-fest over “protocol”, with police stepping in before leaders resumed handing out money meant for temples. Telangana gets the festival; the Congress gets in its own way.
Residents say the 2025 My Home Bhooja Ganesh laddu winner took crores as “investments”. The police paperwork isn’t public; the auction bill is.
Harish Rao wants the BJP-led Centre to rein in a Central board he says is set to reopen Telangana’s Godavari project approvals. The law puts GRMB under Delhi; the agenda papers are not public.
The Paradise said “no reshoots” and circled August 21. Trade reports now say it’s off that date, with no new one named — while Ravi Teja’s Irumudi has locked it in.
Hyderabad’s Annapurna Studios and EPIC Studios roll out Pallaburusu — first look out, release date set. Claims about scale and “universal” appeal are the makers talking; the poster does the verifiable work.
The makers say Korean Kanakaraju will “grand release worldwide” in cinemas this Friday. Scheduled is the word to underline.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.