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From Smriti Irani to Dharmendra Pradhan: BJP’s education ministers and their controversial tenures
TDB appoints Brahmadathan as Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple’s chief priest

Cockroach Janta Party announces withdrawal of agitation after government “accepts all demands”
Priyanka Gandhi hails students for forcing Pradhan to resign, says “they won it”
Modi blinks as Dharmendra Pradhan resigns; Ex-Education Minister addresses youth on X

Pradhan must be sacked, PM must apologise to students, insists Rahul Gandhi; calls ‘Modi India’s past’
Delhi police detains students attending Jantar Mantar protests; UP Police target volunteer Junaid
SFI’s ‘Raat Jago Desh Jago’ at Jantar Mantar echoes across India even as food supplies blocked
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 25 July
Keeladi excavation unearths rare furnace, reinforcing evidence of early Tamil iron production
Pellet gun victim by his side, Rahul Gandhi slams Modi government for using brute force against protestors
No country for the young: The grim numbers fuelling the angst among India’s youth
Tamil Nadu records higher education gains amid continued NEP standoff, Centre tells Lok Sabha
After talks, CJP says Centre sought till Saturday to decide Dharmendra Pradhan’s removal
DU, JNU issue advisories warning students against participating in protests; ‘how dare you?’ asks Rahul Gandhi
Bandh over NEET paper leak: Educational institutions across Telangana remain closed on Friday
‘How to attack multiple people?’: Bengaluru triple-murder accused conspired with Chatbot
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 24 July
Wangchuk ends 26-day fast, CJP to continue stir, talks today at neutral venue
Reclaim Footpaths: Who do Lady Luck favour? Check this out!
In rare public rebuke, Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi criticises Modi govt response to student protests
KTR serves legal notice to Telangana CM Revanth over Globe Arena allegations, seeks unconditional apology
Rahul Gandhi, Opposition MPs reach Gandhi Smriti to ‘stand with students on the ground’
Telangana HC orders Army deployment to protect disputed Secunderabad land, warns HYDRAA chief of custody
More victims emerge in medical college morphing case; police to file additional FIRs
Nine migrant workers suffer serious burns in suspected LPG blast at PG in Bengaluru’s Hebbagodi
‘Have you questioned Modi, Amit Shah, Pradhan?’: Priyanka Gandhi fires back at media over Parliament deadlock
Tuticorin youth dies after hospitalisation; family alleges custodial torture, refuses to accept body
‘Will fix you with drugs if you head back’: Mumbai cop’s threat to protesters goes viral
Man dies by suicide in Rajanna Sircilla, note blames PM Modi

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DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi joined students and young activists protesting the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Egmore. — ‘BJP benefits from DMK-TVK rivalry’: Chennai youth urge united fight against SIR

CM Vijay in Coimbatore. — Heavy rain foils Vijay’s Keralam visit; Stalin takes a swipe at CM

Dr Sudha Yadav was sworn in as Karnataka's Governor on Friday, 16 October. — From Kargil War widow to Karnataka Governor: The political journey of Dr Sudha Yadav

Madras HC — Madras HC directs Tamil Nadu police to grant permission for RSS marches

Women alighting from a bus labelled as Priyadarshini bus in Thiruvananthapuram. — Private bus operators threaten indefinite strike from 3 November over ‘Priyadarshini’ scheme; Transport minister responds

KTR — KTR challenges Revanth Reddy to order judicial probe into alleged irregularities at SCCL

Suhail Sajeev — Nedumbassery Mini Cooper crash: Suhail’s blood test confirms he was heavily intoxicated, say police

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Gade Sai Krishna — Andhra Pradesh HC hands over Gade Sai Krishna case to CBI, orders compensation to his mother

Sajeev Joseph MLA handing over the ashes to Devika’s father, Prakashan. — Japan train accident victim Devika’s ashes handed over to family in Kannur

Four Keralites killed, over 30 injured as AC bus collides with lorry in Karnataka’s Mysuru district

YSRCP leaders' vehicles were attacked with stones and sticks, vandalizing and setting them on fire. — Tension on first day of local body polls nominations: Attacks and firing in air in Annamayya district

Telangana Congress MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy. — ‘CM’s aide told us not to bid’: Rajagopal Reddy’s bombshell claims over Rs 3,300-crore Telangana road project

Local body polls — AP local body elections: Seat-sharing finalised in NDA; YSRCP releases first list of candidates

‘Dear farmers, asking you for water too’: CM predicts tough 9-10 months for El Niño-hit Telangana

Women kidney donors — Keralam and Delhi: Different states, same story — women donate more kidneys but receive fewer