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Telangana reviews plans for 2026 Khelo India Youth Games, but specifics still missing
A government review meeting for the 2026 Khelo India Youth Games in Telangana focused on coordination—while details on venues and readiness remain vague.
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BRS’s Harish Rao tours power substation, slams Congress for farm supply cuts
BRS deputy leader accuses Congress government of slashing farm electricity hours, failing on water and insurance; Congress has not responded on record.
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SIO Telangana Demands Resignation of Education Minister Over NEET Leak at Charminar Protest
Hyderabad students join nationwide outcry, call for Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and scrapping of NTA after NEET paper leak—police pull down protest posters at Charminar.
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Wangchuk Ends 26-Day Hunger Strike, Government Promises Safety for Protesters—But the Main Demands Wait
After nearly a month without food, Sonam Wangchuk broke his fast with written assurances on protester safety and vague pledges on NEET reforms and compensation. The Cockroach Janta Party is pressing on for the education minister’s resignation—and real action.
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One theatre in Hyderabad went housefull. The rest is claimed, not shown.
Chennai Love Story's makers say business is picking up. The only documented housefull is a single 70MM screen — everything else is trade estimate and fan chatter.
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Congress ministers marched against police lathi-charge. Their own police did the same thing.
Left student unions shut down Hyderabad demanding Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over the NEET paper leak — while the Congress government's own police lathi-charged marchers headed to Lok Bhavan for the same cause.
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Reigning champions Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali headline India's Olympiad defence
India names five-plus-five squads to defend both Chess Olympiad titles won in Budapest, with the event in Samarkand doubling as Gukesh's last stop before his world title defence.
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India names its defending champions for Samarkand — with Sarin in, Harikrishna out
World champion Gukesh, Norway Chess winner Praggnanandhaa and Candidates champion Vaishali headline India's title-defence squads for the Chess Olympiad, FIDE's own announcement shows.
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Court brands arrested doctor an 'active conspirator' in NEET paper leak, rejects bail
A Delhi court has rejected the bail plea of paediatrician Manoj Bhagwanrao Shirure, ruling that he played a key role in circulating leaked NEET-UG examination papers to medical candidates for money.
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Student's pellet-gun injury puts pressure on Education Minister Pradhan
A Delhi University student allegedly hit by pellets during a July 20 protest over exam irregularities may lose vision in one eye. Rahul Gandhi has seized on the injury to demand the minister's removal.
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Government introduces bill to criminalize disrespect to Vande Mataram; Left parties walk out
Union Home Ministry tabled legislation to give the national song the same legal protection as the national anthem. Left parties opposed the move as unconstitutional, preventing parliamentary discussion.
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Telangana HC says HYDRAA chief has become 'law unto himself', orders apology
The High Court criticised the HYDRAA commissioner for repeatedly violating judicial orders in a property dispute, comparing his conduct to that of a habitual offender and demanding an unconditional apology.
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Kishan Reddy says a mistake was made on NEET 2026, then spends the rest of it blaming Congress
The Union minister and Telangana BJP chief acknowledged the cancelled medical entrance was botched — while defending the government's handling and turning the fire on Revanth Reddy. His arrest count does not match the one on the record.
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KTR accuses Revanth Reddy of dodging Centre, targeting BRS instead
Speaking at a BRSV protest over the Delhi student crackdown, BRS working president KT Rama Rao accused the Chief Minister of deflecting from the NEET-UG paper leak row by attacking BRS. Revanth Reddy has not put his original allegation, or a response, on the record.
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Station Ghanpur's MLA tells his farmers not to sow paddy: he cannot promise them water
Kadiyam Srihari joins the Agriculture Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister in urging Telangana farmers to switch to less thirsty crops this kharif, as an El Niño-driven rainfall deficit hits reservoirs and groundwater. The MLA delivering the message won his seat on a BRS ticket before joining Congress.
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Bonalu 2026 is under way. KCR's newspaper says the bills behind it aren't paid.
The Ashada Bonalu festival opened at Golconda on July 16 with the state government reporting its arrangements complete and Rs 20 crore sanctioned. A newspaper owned by the BRS says contractors are unpaid since December and tenders were never floated in most zones — a claim no independent outlet has carried.
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Jana Nayagan sold a million tickets — on one platform, in one country
The pre-release record is real if you read the footnotes: it is BookMyShow, it is overwhelmingly Tamil, and the two outlets calling it a hat-trick cannot agree which three films are in it.
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Ashok Sharma, 24, makes India debut in Harare after a family split one cricket career in two
The Rajasthan fast bowler earned a first India cap against Zimbabwe on the back of a breakout IPL 2026 and a domestic season as the country's leading T20 wicket-taker. The story behind him is an elder brother who stepped away from the game.
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Cricket Australia boss floats an England-Australia Test in India, then says it isn't being planned
Todd Greenberg told a BBC podcast the idea was 'open for consideration' — which is a long way from a fixture, and neither of the two boards who would have to agree has said a word.
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Iyer wins one at last: India beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets in Harare
Shreyas Iyer's first win as India's T20I captain arrives at the seventh attempt, powered by a 15-year-old's world-record 18-ball fifty.