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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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‘418’ holds the door

Mythri’s horror bet skips its July 31 date; the poster says “later.” The wait, apparently, will be worth it.

Cinema

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August’s Telugu slate packs in

Seven titles are announced or listed across four Fridays. The dates are the makers’ posters and trade calendars, not sworn affidavits — and one big rumour, Nani’s The Paradise on Aug 21, is not on the latest chart.

Cinema

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Seven boxing golds. Saturday did the heavy lift

India’s Saturday haul at Glasgow — 16 medals with seven boxing golds — pushed the overall tally to 39 and fourth place, according to a day-end report. The ring did the work; the victory laps in Delhi can wait.

Sports

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7,437 police jobs. Dates when the Board says

Telangana Police Recruitment Board has notified 7,437 vacancies across police, fire, prisons and SPF. Applications will be online — the Board says dates will be put out via a press release.

Employment

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Rejinthal stay stands. ‘Final cancel’? Show order

A 2023 High Court interim stay halted NIMZ land acquisition in Rejinthal. A report now claims a final withdrawal covering 566.12 acres and 292 farmers. Until the order and the Collector’s withdrawal are on the record, this remains a claim — and the Congress-run state owes farmers the document, not a whisper.

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Only Brinda on OTTplay. That’s it.

OTTplay’s Telugu calendar shows one title for July 22–31. The hyped “seven-title” comparison to 123Telugu? Not backed by the live page we could check.

Reality

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Rolls delayed, spin on time

ECI pushes Telangana’s Special Intensive Revision by 10 days. Draft rolls now August 10; BLO door-to-door till August 3. Parties have turned it into a booth test — Congress and BRS mobilising; BJP features mainly as an allegation. The fix for a missing name is Form 6, not a rally.

Politics

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Four drops, one day, your weekend

July 31 put four new titles on Telugu OTT — one official, two trade-confirmed, one from a tracker. Here’s what’s actually live and what’s merely “set to”.

Cinema

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Muskaan XII: 6,307 kids, police say

Telangana Police say Operation Muskaan-XII rescued 6,307 children statewide. The month-long MHA-driven drive traces missing kids and pulls child labourers out of work; the full breakup and outcomes aren’t published yet.

Public Services

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Court said merit. TDP heard applause

Andhra’s TDP says Mega DSC-2025 was court‑cleared. The High Court’s actual order? Fix your selections by merit — not by box‑ticked preferences.

Reality

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Youth back Congress, data on leave

Revanth Reddy told his party bosses that Telangana’s youth are with Congress, have “completely” left the BRS, and won’t go near the BJP. The evidence stayed in Delhi too.

Reality

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Two deadlines, one day. Telangana showed up

Final-phase TG EAPCET registration and Phase-II Inter admissions both landed on July 31. The schedules are clear; the portals less so. Telangana’s students did their part on the clock — a concept Delhi’s parties remember only at election time.

Education

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ECI sets dates. Rumours set the rest

SIR-2026 is on; draft rolls were due July 31 and claims run till August 30, per the Election Commission’s own schedule. District-wise “1.5 lakh deletions” in Nirmal–Adilabad are a single-report projection with unnamed “officials” and no public document behind it.

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From fever to Glasgow gold

Jaismine Lamboria beat defending champion Michaela Walsh to win India’s women’s 57kg Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow — a month after saying she was hospitalised with high fever and had missed the Czech camp.

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