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Old City Metro: papers move, pillars wait
Hyderabad’s Old City corridor is sanctioned on paper and stuck in court-ordered specifics. The Congress government in Telangana promised zero harm to 103 sensitive sites; now it has to show exactly how — with drawings, distances and permissions, not slogans.
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GHMC ‘double payments’ claim needs documents
A Telugu report alleges nearly 200 duplicate-payment cases worth over ₹140 crore in GHMC — and ₹50 crore recovered. The records behind those numbers are not public yet.
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Perapalla acres, plenty of claims
NKLIS land acquisition at Perapalla is on record. The alleged Congress-era record-fixing isn’t — yet.
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EHS cut lands in court, meter runs
Telangana HC listed a challenge to the compulsory 1.5% EHS deduction; the state was told to file its reply. No order staying the cut is on the record yet.
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Draft rolls on Aug 10. Check yours.
House-to-house checks are over. The draft voter list lands August 10; you get till September 9 to fix mistakes. ‘Uncollectible’ isn’t deletion — yet.
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Voter roll draft on Aug 10. Fill Form 6
ECI moved Telangana’s SIR dates. The draft rolls now land on August 10; claims run till September 9. Missed the BLO form? The CEO says Form 6 will get you back on the list.
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Telangana officer takes Dubai post
Dr Emmadi Vishnu Vardhan Reddy is publicly identified as India’s Consul General in Dubai; formal MEA paperwork is still not on the record.
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Two donors, nine lives — reported
A report says two brain-dead youngsters’ families consented to donate organs under Telangana’s Jeevandan, helping nine patients. The programme exists and works; this specific case is yet to be confirmed by primary records.
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Gurugram’s ₹1 lakh scooty bill
A report says a scooter rider in Gurugram was stopped without a helmet and found with roughly ₹1 lakh in unpaid challans. The police crackdown there is real; this specific Rajiv Chowk case isn’t independently confirmed yet.
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Seven ‘approvals’ and one moving target
Harish Rao says Andhra moved to cancel clearances for seven Telangana projects and the GRMB even listed it. The paperwork that proves it isn’t public yet. What the record does show: PRLIS’s DPR was sent back, Sammakka Sagar still needs Chhattisgarh’s nod, and Congress-era “no approvals at all” is a claim, not a register entry.
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Telangana dials 112. 100 still listed
The unified emergency line is live and run out of the Command Centre. Legacy ‘100’ hasn’t been formally retired on official pages yet.
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ASHA pay glitch? Workers say July unpaid
Union says July honorariums were ‘disbursed’ on August 3 but many ASHA workers report no credit. Demands for Rs 18,000 fixed salary and benefits are back on the table. The Congress-run state hasn’t explained the delay.
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Summer blockbuster season took a raincheck
April–May is when Telugu cinemas usually print money. This year, the calendar blinked. The releases came late, moved again, or headed for winter. The crowd is still waiting outside June.
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Mega DSC ‘fool proof’? The HC proof
Andhra’s TDP government swears its teacher recruitment was untouchable. The High Court had to remind it that merit beats convenience. Telangana is watching the neighbour’s ‘model’.
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T‑Fiber to offices: plug in, don’t grandstand
Telangana’s fibre grid was built to wire up homes and government institutions. The official brief says 97,115 public offices are on the list — but the fine print on deadlines, “sole provider” status and savings needs the government order the site itself cites and hasn’t posted.
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CMR mess is real. The audit? Show it.
Telangana has chased defaulting rice millers for years, recovered some money, and is still in court over tonnes of missing paddy. A sweeping 10–12-year audit is being talked up — but no official order is on the record yet.
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EAGLE is real. This specific bust? Unclear
Telangana’s anti-drug EAGLE force exists and alprazolam trafficking is documented. The claimed Rachakonda raid with six arrests and 1.18 kg seized hasn’t surfaced in an official note yet.
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Warangal’s 2,018 beds: finish line finally in sight
The Warangal Super Speciality Hospital is listed at 2,018 beds and “95% completed” in an official Telangana health presentation. The Health Minister says it will be opened to the public by end-2026. The “second-largest cancer hospital” line doing the rounds isn’t supported by the record yet.
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Spider-Man’s $927m ‘opening’? Read the fine print
A claimed record weekend did the rounds. It was a studio estimate, not scripture — and the settled tally crossed $1.05 billion anyway.