Sarcasm as a Social Service. The SaaS Telangana didn’t ask for but needs.
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BRS arrests, police-state theatrics
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BRS shuts Narsampet over the removal of former MLA Peddi Sudarshan Reddy’s statue/pedestal. One outlet says police picked up Errabelli Dayakar Rao en route; the Congress government in Telangana hasn’t bothered to explain either the demolition or the detentions.
A report says Nalgonda polytechnic students confronted Komatireddy Venkat Reddy over the SHAKTI merger, fearing their diplomas and ECET route could be diluted. The government says nothing changes. The order itself is still not public here.
Telangana High Court throws out GHMC’s appeals on two Kondapur plots after a two-year nap; “elections” is not an excuse, the Bench says. The civic body had itself regularised the shortfall and taken the money.
Telangana MPs say they took a long list to South Central Railway. The BJP-led Centre and SCR still haven’t bothered to say where the projects stand.
Telangana’s draft electoral rolls are up. About 2.65 crore electors are reflected after enumeration; claims and objections run till September 16, with final rolls due October 19. The scare about “21% deleted” is still an estimate, not a verdict.
Telangana HC is hearing challenges to the Speaker’s cleanup job that let 10 BRS MLAs walk. The case is simple: switch teams in public, you switch under the Tenth Schedule. The Congress would prefer nobody noticed.
A single-judge reportedly rapped the Telangana government over an affidavit on Kalyana Lakshmi/Shaadi Mubarak, refused to lift stay, and asked top officials to explain the legal basis and finances. The Centre’s “federalism when convenient” chorus can take the day off — this was the State’s own paperwork tripping it.
BJP’s Alleti says he has “complete evidence” on 102 shell firms and Rs 15,000 crore ‘illegal’ land transfers linked to Revenue Minister Ponguleti — and will send it to central agencies and Rahul Gandhi. Documents were not shown.
Madhapur police booked Sanjush Lingamaneni under BNS 106(1) after a fatal collision near Inorbit. He is the son of Jana Sena Rajya Sabha MP Lingamaneni Ramesh. The law is clear; the rest is now on the investigation to show its work.
Telangana’s own land portal admits entire survey numbers were frozen “by mistake” when only a slice was acquired. Corrections are promised; delivery is the part still missing.
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.
Harish Rao wants a white paper on every property the Congress government put on the Section 22A prohibited list since 7 December 2023. The ask is basic: count it, justify it, and fix the mistakes the government already admits exist.
Complaint, slogans and a “we’ll examine it” later, the Congress in Wanaparthy is still arguing with itself while pretending it’s discipline.
At an Asifabad Indiramma houses function, BRS MLA Kova Laxmi asked how many of the 3,500 first‑phase houses in her constituency exist outside a file. Minister Jupally Krishna Rao said the scheme is for the poor and asked for written complaints if ineligible got in. The Congress government has yet to publish who got what.
Telangana High Court told Congress-side respondents to file counters in the BRS disqualification challenge. ‘Final opportunity’, two weeks — a deadline national parties usually treat as advice.