Talking pointOctober’s cyclone plot twist
Stories that have aged off the front pages. Still here, still readable — just no longer the news of the day.
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At a Hyderabad seminar, K. T. Rama Rao said the Congress government is racing to legislate ‘hate speech’ while its own leaders keep testing the microphone. The bill is real and in committee; the censorship claims are his — and the Nalla Balu court record backs the free-speech warning more than the government’s sales pitch.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan reportedly asked why recent collegium appointment notes say who, not why. The Court’s own PDFs back the first half of that sentence.
The Prashanth Neel-presented Telugu horror was announced for a July 31, 2026 theatrical release. The posts are on record; the screenings aren’t — yet.
Aha, Netflix and ZEE5 line up Telugu titles for July 30–31. Early access fine print included.
Hyderabad’s Metro takeover is done. Phase II is still sitting with the BJP-led Centre, while Bengaluru, Chennai, Jaipur and others got Cabinet nods with dates and kilometre counts attached.
Day 10 at Glasgow 2026 puts 10 Indian boxers into Commonwealth Games finals. First Indian action is at 2:30 pm IST, with the boxing finals block running from 3:30 pm IST. The numbers come from NDTV’s live blog; the Games run July 23–Aug 2 per Commonwealth Sport.
NDTV reports Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage took Commonwealth Games javelin gold with 89.75m, ahead of India’s Neeraj Chopra (85.83m) and Yashvir Singh (85.41m). The official Glasgow 2026 results page isn’t serving the sheet yet; the sport did run on the programme.
A report says the Telangana High Court told Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar to examine Malakpet PS CCTV for a 24-hour window after a goldsmith alleged custodial violence. The allegation is his; the order is yet to be seen on court pages.
eTimes lists six Telugu titles on July 30–31. That proves schedules, not ticket buyers. Summer’s slump, per an exhibitor, is a separate story — and not audited.
Hyderabad district put 87 vacant commercial shops in 2BHK colonies up for open auction on July 31 and August 1. The notice has the addresses, sizes and upset prices. What it doesn’t have, yet, is how any of it ended.
ECI’s revised SIR calendar puts Telangana’s draft rolls on August 10. Parties can posture all week; the actual claims window hasn’t opened yet.
BRS says Congress is cooking the books and the tenders; Congress swears the numbers add up. Everyone wants a debate. Nobody brings the files.
Ten boxing finalists named and six medals reported for India at Glasgow 2026 — strong signs, thin official paperwork.
Telangana High Court slammed HYDRAA’s conduct in the Lothukunta land row and told the Chief Secretary to relieve commissioner A.V. Ranganath and name a replacement. HYDRAA is “not super cops of governance,” the court said, after repeated run‑ins over a private property the agency entered despite prior court orders, according to multiple reports.
A report says Vigilance checks at three Jagtial mills flagged about 34,400 tonnes of paddy “diverted”, worth roughly ₹80 crore. The documents that would prove it are not public yet. The mills haven’t answered — and neither has the state put the papers out.
Draft rolls now on August 10; claims window shifts too. The BJP-led Centre’s Commission says urban lag; the Congress in Telangana says conspiracy. One of those comes with dates attached.
ECI moves Telangana’s SIR draft to August 10 and final roll to October 12. More time to check names — and fewer excuses from the BJP and Congress when they pretend a spreadsheet ate the electorate.
Gundumal’s tahsildar says invalid Kalyana Lakshmi cheques were handed out in Kodangal — CM Revanth Reddy’s own seat — and blames “no time from Congress leaders”. Beneficiaries wait; replacements now promised.
NDTV says Tejaswin Shankar scored 7,976 for a historic Commonwealth Games decathlon bronze. The IOA’s tally didn’t list it when fetched. We’ll cheer — after the record says it happened.
Protests in Khammam and Mahabubnagar pressed the Congress-run Telangana government to clear long-pending fee-reimbursement dues. The number doing the rounds is ₹8,000 crore — an estimate widely cited by colleges and politicians, still not put on the record by the state.