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Microfinance and data capture pushes Tamil Nadu’s most disadvantaged into debt distress

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ED alleges that Balaji "misused" his office for illegal gratification and "engineered" a job racket scam in the state transport undertakings during 2014-15. (Supplied) — Cash-for-jobs scam: ED writes to TN Chief Secretary seeking sanction to prosecute former minister Senthil Balaji

POCSO case — The POCSO reckoning: Grassroots fury that will haunt Telangana’s political giants

Second and third-born children are five percentage points less likely to be delivered in an institutional facility. — CM Naidu promises ₹30,000 for third child; pregnancy care costs more than twice that amount

Kerala rains — Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 19 May

The incentive arrives once, at birth. The child arrives for a lifetime. — Andhra Pradesh announces cash for more children but women pay with their health

Edappadi K Palaniswami — EPS dismisses DMK-AIADMK government rumours as ‘false news’, asks cadres to stay united

HD Deve Gowda. — HD Deve Gowda at 93: A life tied to farmers, politics and power

Signal, warning or invitation? Decoding Modi’s “mere se jud jao” message to Revanth

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Transport workers' unions have called for an indefinite strike from 20 May. — Why Karnataka transport employees are striking work from 20 May

Kerala CM VD Satheesan — Kerala CM VD Satheesan’s government unveils first two guarantees in maiden Cabinet meeting

Inspector Alex Raj and constables Satheesh, Ravi, and Ravichandran have been sentenced to undergo jail term. — Karnataka police issue SOP for investigation into custodial violence and deaths

Rahul Mamkootathil — Politically in or conveniently out? Congress yet to make Rahul Mamkootathil’s status clear

Newly sworn-in Kerala Cabinet with Governor Rajendra Arlekar. Credit: x.com/INCKerala — UDF’s Kerala comeback: Meet the veterans and fresh faces in CM VD Satheesan’s Cabinet

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Office allocates portfolios among senior IAS officers

Supreme Court stays tree felling in eco-sensitive zone around Hyderabad’s KBR National Park

Screenshot of Cockroach Janta Party's X handle. — ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ crawls out of CJI’s ‘parasitic youth’ remark, goes viral