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 The Congress government says it’s modernisation; students want the order withdrawn, not a speech.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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Chandrayangutta tenders raise roster flags
Contractors allege GHMC Circle‑23 bent reservation rules on a 78‑work batch and want vigilance on it. The law says 24 of every 100 works are reserved; the roster behind this batch is not public. GHMC should show its register — today, not after award.
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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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30 families out, bill sent to CMC
After the Anjaiah Nagar collapse, residents’ body asks the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation to house 30 evacuated families for a month and pay Rs 2 lakh each. The civic side says the seven-storey build was unauthorised; two workers died.
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Khammam worker dies on duty; answers don’t
A local report says a 55-year-old municipal worker died while cleaning a city road in Khammam. The police and corporation have yet to put the basics on record: FIR, what happened, what help her family gets.
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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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UoH hunger strike paused, promise pending
AISA says the Vice-Chancellor will place menstrual leave at the Academic Council. The university’s own pages are silent so far.
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Centre’s “not appropriate” tour guide
UK okay, US “not appropriate”. Telangana’s Chief Minister flew back from London after the BJP‑led Centre blocked his US leg — and still hasn’t shown the rulebook it used.
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House arrest for visiting students? Sure
Two reports say BRS’s Harish Rao was stopped at home before he could meet Warangal polytechnic students protesting the Congress government’s GO 97. No police order shown, just a convenient lock on the door.
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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.