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Sircilla’s 5.5‑metre saree, 2.5 or 2:50?
A Sircilla handloom artist says he wove a 5.5‑metre silk saree in under three hours and is chasing record‑book validation. The timing—and the verification—still need a loom-side stopwatch, not a slogan.
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Anganwadi send-off, still at ₹1 lakh
Unions say Congress promised ₹2 lakh/₹1 lakh. What retirees are getting matches a 2023 BRS-era order: ₹1 lakh for teachers, ₹50,000 for mini-teachers and helpers.
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NIMS hits 1,000 robot ops; 90% free
Hyderabad’s NIMS says it crossed 1,000 robotic surgeries in under three years, with over 90% done free under Aarogyasri and the CM Relief Fund. The expansion to MNJ, TIMS, Gandhi and the new Osmania is “planned” — dates and budgets not provided.
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SC date reported; clarity missing
Petitions against the Union’s 2026 changes to the transgender law are reportedly listed this month. The paperwork we can see shows what’s being challenged; it does not show what the Centre has actually done to protect people who already hold ID cards.
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Telangana nurse stuck; Delhi has a fund
A Suryapet ICU nurse injured in Saudi is seeking help to come home. Her family’s petition says a bank loan has led to a travel bar; that part isn’t independently confirmed. What is confirmed: the Union’s own schemes say such cases can be helped — if someone in Delhi moves.
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SC to states: drop NEET protest FIRs
Chief Justice Surya Kant’s bench heard the NEET-UG protest cases again. The Solicitor General told the Court the BJP-led Centre won’t pursue student FIRs barring those with “grave, heinous” criminal antecedents. Listing is for August 18.
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Jobs promised: 7,437. Demand: 19,000
Unemployed police aspirants staged a flash dharna in Hyderabad, saying the Congress-run government must hire for all posts they say are lying vacant — not just the 7,437 the board has talked up.
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70,000 jobs? Show the list
KTR throws down a public marker: prove the Congress’s headline jobs number or admit the spin. The BJP and TDP can keep the popcorn; this one is Telangana’s ledger, not their timeline.
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Mirabai’s third CWG gold. Fourth medal.
The record is simple enough without the spin: Mirabai Chanu won women’s 48kg gold at Glasgow 2026 — her third straight CWG gold and fourth CWG medal overall, per Commonwealth Sport and the PMO. The rest of the noise can wait for sources.
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Voter rolls scrubbed; keep your Form 6 handy
Telangana’s SIR ends August 3. The ‘uncollectible’ pile moved from 13.34 lakh mid‑July to about 27 lakh by late July, per reports quoting the CEO. Draft rolls are due August 10 with a formal window to fix errors.
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HC tags Owaisi campus to lake case
Status-quo shield reported recalled; Fatima Owaisi campus row now rides with Salkam Cheruvu encroachment proceedings. The Congress-run state has plenty to explain; it hasn’t bothered yet.
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Perapalla ‘benamis’? Show us the papers
NKLIS land list shows 61.47 acres in Perapalla. A report screams 371.10 acres and a looming 100 more — with “benami” payouts. The documents don’t back that leap yet. The Congress government owes Narayanpet a straight answer, not slogans.
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Bahadurguda: protest warned, protest resumes
Police turned up in Bahadurguda on Sunday morning, pulled down farmers’ protest flexes and cited Section 144. The farmers restarted their hunger strike anyway. The land itself? Still disputed — even in court.
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Paradise–Shamirpet flyover moves on paper
Hyderabad district has pushed the elevated corridor up a land-acquisition notch. Concrete, not yet.
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‘418’ shuts the door on July 31
A Prashanth Neel-presented Telugu horror, announced for July 31, is now reported as postponed — with no new date on record yet.
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Fourth, 39 medals. Job done.
India finish Glasgow 2026 in fourth place with 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze. The next stop is hosting the Centenary Games in Amdavad — which gives Delhi fewer excuses and a clock that won’t stop.
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Kaleshwaram facts, not Congress spin
BRS leaders point to the record; the BJP–Congress chorus points to each other. The CAG lays out what the project set out to do; Harish Rao calls out the numbers games. Telangana’s side has paperwork. The national parties have a script.
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₹4,000 promise, ₹2,016 on paper
Congress sold Cheyutha as ₹4,000 a month. Two years on, government pages still show ₹2,016 for most pensioners and ₹4,016 for disability. The BJP won’t help, the TDP won’t care — but the Congress in Telangana wrote this promise itself.
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DC shifts a week, aims worldwide
Sun Pictures moves DC to August 7, says CBFC “A” is in and AP–Telangana distribution is locked with Asian Suresh Entertainment. The reason stays off the record, as usual.
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EC shifts SIR dates; voters wait
Telangana’s voter-roll revision is still in house-to-house checks. The draft list now lands on August 10 — not July 31 — after the ECI revised the timetable on July 15.