Sarcasm as a Social Service. The SaaS Telangana didn’t ask for but needs.
Today's talking point
the Assembly gate clash
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BRS’ deputy floor leader threatened to stall the next Assembly sitting and “lay siege” to the Secretariat if what he calls genuine private lands aren’t taken off the Section 22A prohibited list. The Congress government has yet to explain the list or the numbers behind it.
Telangana BJP chief N. Ramchander Rao will sit on a two‑day hunger strike from August 24 over fee‑reimbursement arrears. The protest is certain; the numbers he throws aren’t.
A minister’s daughter questioned A Revanth Reddy and staked claim to Parkal; the Congress answered by hauling up the minister. The ticket fight is wide open. The discipline isn’t.
Statewide auto strike from midnight as unions press for a welfare board, ₹12,000 support and insurance. Hyderabad march today. Minister says a board is “being set up” and promises ₹1.5 lakh for retrofits — drivers say promises need dates, not posts.
TGEJAC set August 27 protests and a September 10 mahadharna over EHS, PRC, DA and pensions. BRS has now backed them. The BJP-led Centre is nowhere, and the Congress government running Telangana still hasn’t published the basics that would calm this down.
A minister’s daughter taunts the Chief Minister, the party serves a notice to the mother, MLAs demand her exit, and the TPCC says it’ll meet again. Telangana gets the spectacle; decisions can wait.
Jagadish Reddy alleges Andhra Pradesh siphoned Krishna water through Pothireddypadu; cites ‘floodwater-only’ rule and asks what the BJP-led Centre’s KRMB was watching.
TGEJAC has reported a state-wide protest plan for August 27, with a Hyderabad ‘mahadharna’ proposed on September 10 if demands aren’t met. One report says the BRS has backed them. The Congress government in Telangana has yet to address the programme on the record.
After the Congress government’s Speaker binned the last two disqualification pleas against Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari, BRS says it’s headed to the High Court and wants the ECI to explain how a BRS MLA fought a Lok Sabha poll on a Congress ticket without quitting first.
Telangana High Court has reserved verdict in two petitions over Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender’s disqualification — with September 16 set for judgment. The wider batch of alleged Congress crossovers waits its turn.
Twenty-eight years shut. The BJP-led Centre’s own company moved to value and tender the unit’s assets. Telangana asks for revival; Delhi sharpens the scrap knives.
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy’s US stop was scrubbed after the BJP-led Centre denied political clearance. The UK leg got a green light. The state says the university tie-ups go on — just without the person elected to sign them.
Telangana HC is hearing challenges to the Speaker clearing alleged BRS defectors. The law is clear on one thing at least: the Supreme Court told the Speaker to finish it fast. "Fast" met politics.
Harish Rao sets up a 10-lawyer legal cell at Telangana Bhavan for owners stuck in Section 22A. The BJP is nowhere, and the Congress government in Telangana has yet to explain how people are meant to get off a prohibited list the courts say must be transparent.
Telangana’s CM was set to pitch education ties in the US. The BJP‑led Centre reportedly nixed political clearance. The Congress CM’s deputy says it looks political; the Centre hasn’t bothered to explain why.
MEA says Revanth Reddy’s US programme wasn’t “appropriate to the office or purpose”. UK leg cleared. The specifics of what crossed the BJP-led Centre’s line remain undisclosed — and convenient.
MEA blocked CM Revanth Reddy’s US leg, saying the proposed programme wasn’t appropriate to his office or the visit’s purpose. Telangana says the trip was for universities, tech and jobs — and politics shouldn’t get to veto that.
About 20 Telangana Congress legislators lined up at the CLP office to demand action against minister Konda Surekha over her daughter’s remarks about the CM. The separate “Revanth camp” show-of-strength meeting some reports teased? Still unconfirmed, like most Congress discipline until Delhi decides.
At Rail Nilayam, MPs from Telangana pressed South Central Railway on Kazipet, Bhadrachalam and stalled works. The BJP-led Centre was told to stop dragging its feet; the file-and-forget routine showed up again.
A report claims “lakhs” of hostel students around Hyderabad were shifted out in SIR. The official record shows big deletions statewide — and zero student-specific counts.