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Srinivasa Mangapuram dated: Jul 30
The makers said July 30, the listings say July 30. For once, a date in Tollywood isn’t a moving target — at least on paper.
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Telugu film lands in US a day early
Cinemark lists Srinivasa Mangapuram for July 29 in the US, a day before the reported worldwide date. Tickets are up; details are not.
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Kazipet wants 90% local jobs. Centre silent
BRS’s Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar has pressed Delhi to keep the Kazipet rail manufacturing unit fully public and reserve 90% of jobs for locals. The BJP‑led Centre has talked up trains; it has not said who gets the work.
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Switch on Kannepalli, answer later
BRS’s Jagadish Reddy says the Congress government is starving fields of water and power. The data we found shows risk of a dry kharif; the Congress’s answer is missing because it hasn’t given one.
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‘Criminal waste’? Prove it, Chief
Harish Rao says Revanth Reddy insulted engineering students. The BJP’s favourite CM in Hyderabad can clear it up in one minute — with the tape he hasn’t shown.
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Batwara 1947 drops, August 14 date set
Aamir Khan Productions puts out the official trailer for Rajkumar Santoshi’s Partition drama. Release is pegged to 14 August, 2026 — a Friday night the BJP can’t spin into “New India” without checking the calendar first.
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‘1.5 lakh crore’ meets a contempt bench
Congress wants applause for HYDRAA’s haul. The High Court just asked the government to replace its chief over a 40-acre contempt row. The number doesn’t answer the order.
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Pallaburusu sets Aug 14 date
Annapurna Studios says its Telugu comedy, written and directed by Uday Chauhan and co-produced with EPIC Studios, will hit cinemas on August 14, 2026.
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Aha drops Azadi 501. Credits, TBD
A Telugu crime series “inspired by” the Freedom 251 phone mess lands on Aha — the date is clear, the director credit isn’t.
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Flooded streams, unanswered questions
Heavy rain swelled Sammakka Sagar and Medigadda and cut roads in Bhupalpally–Mulugu. One driver is reported missing in Jampannavagu; police searches were said to be on. The figures and the incident all come from a single report and lack an on-record bulletin.
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SC wants RAF ammo log kept
Court flags pellet-round claims from Delhi’s July 20 NEET protest. The BJP-led Centre is told to preserve the Rapid Action Force’s ammunition record while a ban plea is heard.
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Rahane signs off; IPL bat stays
Ajinkya Rahane, 38, has retired from international cricket. The Test vice-captain who steadied India in 85 Tests says the timing is right. The franchise calendar, predictably, is still open.
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Ramayana drops at 4:15 am. Of course
Namit Malhotra set the Brahma Muhurat; the trailer for Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana: Part 1 landed July 30 at 4:15 am IST, a week after the Sony tie-up pushed it from July 24.
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10 medals on the cards, say reports
India’s boxers are reported to have secured 10 guaranteed medals at Glasgow 2026 — already more than the seven from Birmingham. Official bout-by-bout confirmation for all six quarterfinal wins on July 29 is still awaited on Games pages.
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Gavit 10.71. Record. Job done.
NDTV’s results board has India going 1–2 in the men’s 100m T47 at Glasgow: Dilip Gavit in a Games Record 10.71, Mohammed Morssinganakath 10.83. England third. We’ll take the medals; the Centre can keep the speeches.
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SC tosses PRLIS cost jab
Supreme Court dismisses a 2019 plea targeting PRLIS estimate revisions. The project still needs MoEFCC clearance for irrigation works — that’s law, not a favour. Delhi’s chorus can stop pretending PIL theatre is scrutiny.
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TDP says ‘upheld’; show the order
YSRCP hit the streets on July 28 over Andhra’s Mega DSC-2025. The TDP government waved “High Court clearance” and moved on. Telangana doesn’t need sermons on transparency from a neighbour that can’t cite the page number.
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High command ‘review’, low command delivery
Delhi is ‘reviewing’ Telangana Congress again. The only on-record thing is that there was a meeting; the rest is anonymous thunder. Telangana gets the churn, not the governance.
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21 to contest? Delhi, over to you
Revanth says let 21-year-olds run for MLA and MP. That needs a constitutional change — which means the BJP-led Centre has to stop pretending youth are only for selfies.
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Azadi 501 hits Aha. Overseas? Shrug
Release guides say July 29 on Aha for the Telugu thriller series Azadi 501. Whether your cousin in Dallas can actually press play is the part nobody has said out loud.