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EC, Congress wronged Meenakshi Natarajan, says KTR on nomination row
From school to PG level: KSRTC begins issuing free bus passes; refunds for paid passes
‘Resistance works’: Rahul Gandhi urges INDIA bloc to abandon illusions and unite against BJP

Rebellion, realignment, and the uncertain road ahead for Mamata’s TMC
Chennai gets Major Mukund Varadarajan Road in honour of the Amaran of 2014 Shopian encounter
SC dismisses petition challenging rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination
Hyderabad-based supplier to Tejas programme, CEO booked for alleged bid to cheat HAL
ED issues fresh summons to T Veena in CMRL-Exalogic case; asks her to appear on 17 June
‘Ecological recklessness’: HRF demands withdrawal of green nod for Vizag data centre project
Lakshadweep repeals 47-year-old liquor prohibition; introduces regulated excise policy
Indian Navy safely recovers unexploded missile warhead from oil tanker MT Olympic Life
Who moved CM’s X handle? Vanishing act sends Kerala CMO searching
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 12 June
Cyber fraudsters exploit FIFA craze through bogus TV apps, Kerala police warns
‘Modi government failed to protect the lives of Indian sailors’: Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi
Stoic wife in Andhra, grieving father in Himachal: Human cost of Settebello tragedy emerges
US CENTCOM justifies deadly attack on Settebello, two other vessels; Indian seaman questions claims
Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination rejected, BJP wins all three Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha seats unopposed
Indian accused of $100-million fraud that funded “private jets and sex-fuelled parties” in US
Congress to launch nationwide agitation over price rise, NEET-CBSE controversies and alleged ‘seat chori’
Andhra Pradesh liquor scam: ED arrests Raj Kasi Reddy, Vasudeva Reddy; conducts searches at five locations
After backlash over FIFA World Cup 2026 streaming, Zee5 restores original plan
At 13, Bengaluru’s Srishti Kiran is the world’s top-ranked tennis player in her age group
Andhra MP behind TMC implosion in Parliament? Reality or self-promotion?
SC to hear petition challenging rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination; refuses interim relief
A bank goof and a Kerala professor stuck under the weight of US dollar
ED to issue fresh summons to T Veena in CMRL-Exalogic case after she seeks more time, citing health issues
Three Indian sailors dead after US attack on ship off Oman coast; MEA summons top US diplomat

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Local body polls — By-elections: 38 local body wards across Keralam to vote on Monday

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant at the Open House in Patna on Friday. — Judiciary committed to protecting students’ fundamental rights: CJI Surya Kant

Vadakara MDMA case's second accused stabbed — Vadakara MDMA case’s second accused stabbed outside police station by partner

CDSCO's NSQ section of the August alert contained 220 entries covering medicines, injections, medical devices and other products. — Fake drugs in the market? CDSCO flags blood pressure drug Telma AM ‘spurious’, 220 medicine batches fail tests

An image of the Hyderabad Municipal Solid Waste Energy Solutions Private Limited Waste-to-Energy Plant at Jawaharnagar — CURE Act doubles down on waste-to-energy plants despite violations, protests and environmental concerns

Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, The Hague Group — As Trump takes aim at ICC, Hague Group calls for ‘renewed UN body’ to defend international law

Keralam Chief Minister VD Satheesan. — Kerala police bar journalists from questioning CM Satheesan

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin stands with members of the Justice Kurian Joseph-led High-Level Committee after receiving the committee’s report at the Secretariat. — Does TN Law Minister CTR Nirmal Kumar want to end the Kurian Joseph Committee?

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Hema Committee Report — Another Mollywood storm brews as a book on Hema Committee set to expose fresh fault lines

The freedom of a university is ultimately tested not by its prospectus but by what happens when someone disagrees with authority. — Free to think? When public universities lose their freedom

File photo of billboards reading boycott of 2026 Tamil Nadu elections plastered in the village. (Supplied) — South First impact: Virudhunagar village caste-name issue moves towards renaming

Love your tea/coffee scalding hot? The habit might be tripling your risk of oesophageal cancer

INCOIS has warned of 1 to 1.5-metre-high waves and swell surge activity from 2.30 am on 26 September to 2.30 am on 28 September. — Swell surge threat: Red alert along Keralam coast

SIR row: NDA allies, YSRCP demand clarification to regain confidence

Madras HC — Madras HC restrains media, social media platforms from publishing videos linked to Gem Veeramani case

Ganesh Chaturthi — Hyderabad marks conclusion of 11-day Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations with Khairatabad idol immersion