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Ram Temple embezzlement case: RSS demands stringent action against those found guilty, reforms at temple trust
Alarming decline in groundwater levels in Telangana; situation in Hyderabad ‘critical’

DMK moves SC to restrain CM Vijay, three Ministers from commenting on Karur stampede case
Opposition parties write to CJI, SC judges alleging government hijacked electoral processes
Citizens aren’t slaves, police aren’t servants of CM or PM, reminds Bombay HC’s Justice Jamdar

As Telangana signs MoU with Alex Kipman, BRS flags past sexual misconduct charges
Operation Toofan nets ₹30 crore worth of drugs in first month, over 5,700 arrested
CPI urges TN government to withdraw land allocation approval for atomic mineral mining project in Kanniyakumari
No respite despite securing bail twice: Andhra Pradesh police arrest ‘Prashna’ Raavan for the third time
Rumblings within Telangana Congress over challenges to welfare schemes; BRS gets free publicity
Villas, gold, farmland: Sprawling asset trail of Telangana DSP nabbed by ACB
Some files are more important? Kerala Governor’s speed in approving SEC posting raises eyebrows
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 3 July
After launching scheme, Telangana to legally challenge VB-GRAM G
Unidentified gang kills 5-year-old boy, father in Tirunelveli
‘RSS recognised as an identifiable body’: Bengaluru court rejects Priyank Kharge’s point that RSS isn’t registered
KC Venugopal urges PM Modi to order SC-monitored probe into alleged Ram Temple donation theft
Congress vs Congress over Mekedatu: TNCC attacks Karnataka govt, vows to oppose project
Amid Priyank Kharge-Sangh face off, RSS to hold annual Pracharak meet in Belagavi
Seven workers crushed to death by massive boulder at stone quarry on Bengaluru outskirts
Rs 35 crore offer and a threat: What the FIR on the alleged attempt to poach TVK MLAs reveals
Locked in washing machine, water pipes in mouths: Five Bengaluru daycare employees booked for abusing toddlers
Telangana police file FIR against Andhra police personnel who arrested YouTuber KV Reddy; Raavan gets bail
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 2 July
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay writes to PM Modi raising concerns over VB-GRAMG scheme
Security concerns: India asks Meta to pause WhatsApp username feature launch
KTR challenges CM Revanth Reddy to an open public debate
Lie! cry netizens as clip of Attorney General calling Ethanol Blending an experiment surfaces
Cockroaches, rodents found at Zepto store; rotten chicken, hygiene violations found in Hyderabad
Yadagirigutta Trust Board row rocks Telangana Congress, complaints reach Delhi

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Ex-Editor of The Telegraph, R Rajagopal — Interview: Beyond dispatched passport — R Rajagopal questions policy failing lakhs of citizens

The newly formed Greater Bengaluru Authority assumed charge on 2 September, replacing the now defunct BBMP. — Karnataka govt to set up GBA executive committee to curb repeat road digging, improve civic coordination

Anitha R Radhakrishnan — DMK MLA Anitha R Radhakrishnan arrested for remarks against CM Joseph Vijay

K. Sudhakaran MP interacting with alleged gang members — Divided by drugs, united by power! The story of Kochi’s ‘Goondas’ who backed Operation Toofan

MSC's container vessels at the Vizhinjam port. — Adani-MSC deal rekindles questions over who benefits from Vizhinjam, arms Left against UDF

India has more than 101 million people living with diabetes. (iStock) — For men in rural Telangana, the road to diabetes and heart disease may begin before 30, study finds

Governors vs state governments: Can this 36-hour “constitutional fiction” from Brussels help?

Bachalakuri Joseph, aka Raavan. — Political commentator ‘Prashna’ Raavan re-arrested soon after getting bail

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KV Reddy was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh police in Hyderabad. — Two incidents and how they raise serious questions about Telangana government and police

Telangana SIR — The silent test of Telangana’s democracy: How villages and cities are handling SIR

The Constitution of India — The Constitution protects dissent, not digital abuse

Several former AIADMK legislators joined the TVK on 2 July 2026. — BJP is passé; in Tamil Nadu, TVK is turning into the new political ‘washing machine’

A heart attack is caused by total or near total blockage of one or more of the three coronary arteries. (Creative Commons) — Smoking, comorbidities and severe COVID-19—not vaccination—behind heart attacks in young Indians: ICMR study

The trial exposed how Manu systematically weaponised his authority to exploit aspiring athletes from 2012 to 2024. — It started with one cry: How survivors of a Kerala cricket coach’s sexual abuse brought down a predator

Workers in Munnar waiting to weigh the tea leaves. — Nobody’s people: Munnar’s Tamil tea workers struggle for identity and dignity

Twelve years after statehood, Telangana’s government job aspirants are running out of patience