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Miffed over portfolio allocation, Ramalinga Reddy resigns as Karnataka Minister
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 5 June
Portfolio allocation: DK Shivakumar keeps Finance, Priyank Kharge gets Home, Krishna Byre Gowda in charge of Bengaluru

Veteran Congress leader Ramachandra Rao dares Pawan Kalyan to prove charge against YSR
Telangana BJP chief attacks ‘Cockroach Janata Party’, alleges urban Naxal, foreign links behind campaign
After meeting BJP leaders with resignation plan, Annamalai to make public statement on Friday
Congress picks Mallikarjun Kharge, Mansoor Ali Khan, Pawan Khera for Rajya Sabha from Karnataka
DMK to skip INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi citing Congress ‘betrayal’ after Tamil Nadu polls
Kerala man dies after surgery, family accuses doctors of operating on wrong kidney
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 4 June
BK Hariprasad succeeds DK Shivakumar as Karnataka Congress president
BK Hariprasad among four Congress nominees for Karnataka MLC polls
Congress rule a disaster, says KTR; lashes out at Pawan Kalyan for his remarks on Telangana
The DK Shivakumar Cabinet: Experience, caste balance and the ministers at a glance
TVK allots vacant Rajya Sabha seat to Congress; Praveen Chakravarty’s name emerges in political circles
Shivakumar sworn in as Karnataka Chief Minister, 13 others take oath as ministers
India urged to arrest touring Israeli soldier over Gaza war crimes by pro-Palestine NGO
Deadly blaze in Delhi restaurant kills 21, many Africans among victims
13 MLAs set to take oath as Karnataka ministers; G Parameshwara to be Deputy Chief Minister
Husband slits wife’s throat to death in front of children in Kerala; absconds after murder
Zero accountability! Rail accidents, terror attacks, exams — Modi government continues to shirk responsibility
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 3 June
Karnataka Valmiki Corporation case: CBI files chargesheets against ex-Minister Nagendra
DK Shivakumar to take oath as CM of Karnataka on Wednesday, Congress discusses new KPCC chief
40 years later, Kozhikode cold case finally has a name; evidence remains the biggest challenge
OSM row: Clamour for minister’s resignation but CBSE chairman, secretary transferred instead
Andhra sealed, Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan announces Jana Sena’s poll foray into Telangana
No immediate ED summons to Veena in CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case

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Poll panel orders review of ECINet amid SIR row; BLOs to visit voters issued notice

CEC Shri Gyanesh Kumar with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi — Why CEC Gyanesh Kumar should resign, and why the appointment process needs to change too

Black flag-waving Youth Congress workers managed to get close to Amit Shah's convoy. — SIR row: Black flags greet Amit Shah in Kollam; five Youth Congress activists held

Researchers described the current El Niño event as a preview of conditions climate change might usher in within 20 years. (iStock) — Super El Niño: Karnataka may lose 1,870 lives, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala 1,680 each

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

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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?

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

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