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Stories that have aged off the front pages. Still here, still readable — just no longer the news of the day.

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KNRUHS posts new dates. Read the PDF

Twelve theory papers postponed on July 24 have fresh dates between July 29 and August 7, per KNRUHS’s exam wing. Colleges are told to inform students and get the logistics done.

Government

Analysis

27 lakh ‘uncollectible’. Draft when?

Telangana’s voter roll clean-up has flagged roughly 27.7 lakh electors as dead, shifted, absent or duplicated, the CEO has said on record. The Election Commission’s own timetable online doesn’t match the dates local officials and reports are quoting. Pick one, gentlemen.

Politics

News

Peddi’s “case study” flies economy

Hombale picked Peddi to launch its overseas distribution push. Eleven days in, the producer says overseas and Hindi markets didn’t meet expectations. The spin machines in Delhi can relax — this one needs receipts, not slogans.

The Outside World

Analysis

Dharani probes on loop, reports on mute

Committees, audits, ‘detailed studies’ — the Congress government in Telangana keeps announcing new scrutiny of Dharani and Bhu Bharathi. What it hasn’t done is publish the reports it keeps citing. When the facts are strong, you usually show them.

Reality

News

Auto drivers ask Congress to keep Rs 12k word

Karimnagar auto workers rallied to the Collectorate demanding the Congress government deliver what it put in writing for drivers: Rs 12,000 a year and a welfare board. The promise exists on paper; the government hasn’t bothered to explain the delay on the ground.

EmploymentKarimnagar

News

Court list is public; verdict isn’t

Two Sircilla election petitions against K.T. Rama Rao exist on the High Court record. A report says they were dismissed on August 4 — but the judgment isn’t on the court site yet.

Politics

News

Uyir streams Aug 4. Five languages.

Roshan Mathew’s Malayalam police procedural heads to JioHotstar on August 4, in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, per multiple reports. Telangana viewers get the Telugu track without waiting for a dubbed-afterthought window — which is rarer than it should be.

Rest of the Republic

Analysis

92 lakh forms pending. Then, silence

EC’s extended August 3 SIR deadline is over. The last published status said 92,25,211 electors hadn’t submitted forms. A post-deadline statewide count wasn’t publicly found as of August 4. The BJP and Congress are busy accusing each other; voters just want their names to show up on August 10, as promised.

Politics

News

Bhu Bharathi staff: maps made, pay missing

Field techs say 15 months unpaid; protest lands at Gandhi Bhavan asking for jobs back and salaries cleared. The Congress government in Telangana hasn’t bothered to explain why the people digitising land for the state are waiting for their own dues.

Employment

News

SC to RBI: mule SOP in 4 weeks

The Supreme Court has reportedly told the RBI to draft and circulate a standard operating procedure on mule accounts within four weeks, alongside faster rollout of existing cyber-fraud grievance and money-restoration systems. The Centre says those modules already exist; the Court appears to be saying: use them, everywhere, now.

Rest of the Republic

News

7,437 posts; 19,000 question mark

TSLPRB has notified 7,112 constables and 275 SIs. BRS MLA D. Sudheer Reddy says the Congress government is ducking 19,000 vacancies and wants fixes to age limits, fees and a long-jump rule. The 19,000 is his claim until the DGP’s paper shows up.

Employment

Analysis

Hyderabad’s minors at the wheel, RCs off

A reported fatal crash in Yousufguda has put underage driving back in the frame. The law already lets police hit guardians and owners with jail, fines and RC cancellation. The question isn’t powers — it’s using them, consistently.

InfrastructureHyderabad

Analysis

Musi gets dates. Documents, later

August 2026 to start, December 2027 to finish — the Musi plan has a calendar and a price. What it does not have in public view yet: the clearances, contracts or financing that make calendars real.

InfrastructureHyderabad

Analysis

Revanth says BJP–BRS are one coin

At a Kodangal meet, the CM alleged the BJP and BRS are plotting to scrub Congress votes during the Special Intensive Revision. The ECI says SIR is meant to add eligible voters and weed out ineligible ones. Proof of a conspiracy? Not published yet.

PoliticsHyderabad