Analysis
Polytechnic protest, leaders picked up
BRS’s Harish Rao was taken into custody in Hanamkonda after heading to meet students opposing GO 97. The Congress government says it’s modernisation; students want the order withdrawn, not a speech.
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Kavitha says Harish plotting BRS takeover
She alleges BJP links, hush meets and a Medak whip count — but shows no documents. The Congress-run state government and the BJP are welcome to deny it on the record any time; neither has.
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Hanamkonda custody, democracy “seventh guarantee”
Police took BRS’s T. Harish Rao into custody at the Hanamkonda Collectorate during a TNGO protest and moved him to Subedari PS. The Congress government in Telangana has yet to explain what law that served, beyond the inconvenience of dissent.
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Harish Rao taken to station. ‘Arrest’? Source hedges
A report says police took the BRS deputy leader to Subedari station in Hanamkonda after he backed an employees’ protest. The Congress-run state’s paperwork, charges and police version are nowhere to be found.
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BJP chief says ‘stopped at home’ en route to polytechnic
N Ramchander Rao alleges police blocked him from leaving Tarnaka to meet students protesting GO 97 at Ramanthapur. Student unrest over the merger plan is documented; the “house arrest” is his claim, unconfirmed by police.
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BJP’s ‘lakhs of crores’ math class
Telangana BJP plans Sep 5–6 protests alleging a “lakhs of crores” 22-A land scam. The Congress government admits clerical errors and promises fixes; an actual scam figure remains a BJP slogan, not a record.
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22-A errors, 0 accountability
BRS wants a sitting-judge probe, a white paper and the Revenue Minister sacked. The Congress government admits mistakes, promises fixes, and hopes that is the end of it.
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Read the rolls out loud
Telangana’s election office is taking the draft rolls to every booth on August 27, reading names aloud and fixing mistakes on the spot. After weeks of noise, here’s the part where voters actually get put back in.
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KRMB on pause, AP on play
As KRMB kicked the can to September 4, Andhra Pradesh opened Nagarjuna Sagar’s Right Canal. Telangana opened the Left to match. Harish Rao says AP is bypassing approvals; AP officials say KRMB okayed it. The KRMB paper that settles it is still missing.
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Congress ‘invisible hand’ meets high command
TPCC panel sends report on Minister Konda Surekha and Planning Board vice‑chair G. Chinna Reddy; multiple reports say it wants “strict” action, up to removal. The Congress high command will now do what it does best: keep Telangana waiting.
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Week to count Congress IOUs
BRS will spend seven days from September 2 taking the Congress government’s “1,000 days” to the doorstep — with receipts, and with the Baaki Card back out.
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Banakacherla wants 200 TMC. Telangana says no.
Andhra Pradesh has filed a plan to lift 200 TMC from Polavaram to Banakacherla. The BJP-led Centre’s own appraisal committee sent it back. Telangana says it will fight it — in Delhi and in court.
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22A list row: open the files
BRS wants a sitting-judge probe, a white paper and the full Section 22A prohibited-lands list online. The Congress government has waved away questions; the records it actually owes the public are still not on the table.
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Employees up, Congress quiet
State staff unions will hit Indira Park and district collectorates on August 27 over EHS, PRC, DA and pensions. BRS says it backs them. The Congress government has yet to explain why deductions are on while hospitals say no.
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Sagar dispute, KRMB silence flows
Reports say Andhra Pradesh drew ~2,000 cusecs from Nagarjuna Sagar’s right canal as Telangana opened 500 cusecs on the left for drinking water. The question is the paper trail — and the board Delhi runs still hasn’t shown one.
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PMAY-G for others, wait for Telangana
Ponguleti says the Centre hasn’t sent “a single rupee” for rural Indiramma houses. The Union’s own tables list releases to 12 states. Telangana isn’t on them. The BJP-led Centre hasn’t explained why.
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22A ‘under review’, anger very public
Harish Rao warns of a Delhi‑style Gen Z protest if the Congress government doesn’t scrap the flawed Section 22A prohibited‑lands list. The administration has already admitted “mistakes”; the High Court wants the list online. The land‑to‑CM’s‑brother charge remains an allegation — the Congress has yet to answer it, only to say “don’t worry.”
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Publish the list. All of it.
BRS asks for a sitting-judge probe, a white paper and the full Section 22A list. The Congress government admits errors — then asks everyone to trust the fix they won’t publish.
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Red light for Telangana, green for Gujarat
MEA blocks Revanth Reddy’s US leg citing an ‘inappropriate’ programme. A tentative Zohran Mamdani meet drew BJP heat. Telangana’s pitch to investors can wait; Delhi’s gatekeeping did not.
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GO 97 gets a deadline
Harish Rao gives the Congress government till September 7 to scrap GO 97 or face a Secretariat protest with polytechnic students. The state says nothing is being privatised; students aren’t buying it.