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Auto strike ends; order still missing
Auto unions stood down after talks with Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. A fare hike is promised “soon”; the only fare on record is still a 2014 order.
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Gachibowli collapse: officer benched
Two workers are dead. The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation has suspended its Circle 50 Town Planning Building Officer for “failing to stop” an unauthorised seven-storey build in Anjaiah Nagar. The files on what enforcement actually happened are the part that matter now.
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GHMC budgets Rs 50cr to de‑silt; proof, please
Hyderabad’s drains get Rs 50 crore on paper this year. Allegations say bills outran brooms; the documents that would prove it are not yet public.
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Auto strike: Congress promise meets road
Hyderabad’s auto unions say they’ll park their vehicles and wait — for the Congress government’s own promise to show up.
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GHMC’s appeals timed out, twice
Telangana High Court throws out GHMC’s writ appeals after 820 and 794 days of drift; says election duty isn’t an excuse and GHMC’s own LRS and permissions leave “little scope” for a fraud case.
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Hyderabad’s ghee check, 36 tonnes paused
H-FAST and Food Safety hit 130 units in one day. Lab results now decide how much of that “ghee” was actually ghee — a sentence that shouldn’t need saying in 2026.
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Dandupalli waits. Paperwork doesn’t
A field report says “around 45 houses” in Dandupalli rely on stream water, kerosene lamps and a cot for an ambulance. Official records first disagree on the district. Then go silent.
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Cantonment fixes promised, specifics missing
Secunderabad Cantonment’s “misc. works” tender hit its bid‑opening date. Roads and footpaths may be in line; the who, where and when are not on the record yet.
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BC Study Circle’s 125-day coaching: list due today
Free foundation course across Telangana’s BC Study Circles was scheduled to name selected candidates on August 18. The department’s site didn’t load; the notification itself isn’t on the public page. The programme exists; the fine print still hides.
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E-auto push: ₹200cr, 18,766 autos, big questions
Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar says a scheme to convert or replace petrol/diesel autos in Hyderabad’s CURE region with EVs has Cabinet’s nod — up to ₹1.5 lakh per auto, ₹200 crore total. The math and the paperwork will need to show up next.
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Hyderabad’s “fire tax”? Show us the Gazette
A viral post says Telangana just slapped a fire tax on Hyderabad. The law allows it — but there’s no notification, no rate, no date, and no paper trail in the state’s own records.
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Gurukul sanitation bills ‘stuck’; Congress shrugs
A Telugu daily says sanitation contractors at Telangana’s gurukuls haven’t been paid for five to eight months, with pests reported on campuses. Official documents to back that are not on the record yet. What is on record: the Congress government previously sat on other gurukul dues and had to release Rs 163 crore last year after the pile-up.
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Autos threaten bandh from 24th — if
Union leaders say they’ll stop autos statewide from midnight Aug 23–24 unless “problems” are fixed. The free-bus scheme is their main grievance; the evidence they offered was slogans, not data.