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Educational institutions shutdown: Telangana student union leaders lay siege to ministers’ residential complex
Boat ferrying over 30 Indian tourists capsizes near Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island, 15 dead
Manhunt underway for POCSO accused who went on killing spree in Telangana

US court seeks clarification from Gautam Adani on quid pro quo allegations in bribery case
Savariya case: Crime Branch to investigate; re-post-mortem report due Tuesday
Out on bail, POCSO accused goes on killing spree in Shabad; violent crimes rise in Ranga Reddy district
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 11 July
Telangana engineer arrested for allegedly murdering wife in US
‘I am the sovereign’: Litigant issues ‘order’ to Supreme Court Bench, hurls papers during hearing
Telangana Assembly polls likely to be deferred? CM Revanth hints at ‘One Nation, One Election’ plan rollout
Bengaluru students experience democratic leadership at Young Indians Parliament 2026
Reclaim Footpaths: Stability check in Hyderabad — ‘Marked territory’ not safe
Madras HC stays by-poll notification to 5 TN Assembly seats over pending election petitions
Union MoS Shobha Karandlaje urges Amit Shah to intervene against Karnataka’s PRC
Madras HC allows TN govt to issue provisional appointments to kin of Karur crowd crush victims
One more body recovered from Wayanad twin-tunnel collapse site; death toll rises to seven
Karnataka Minister Krishna Byre Gowda defends ‘Safe Footpath’ campaign, cites public safety as the primary concern
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 10 July
The politics behind Kerala’s government pleaders
Savariya death case: Family says Kerala student refused to convert, tortured before murder in Uzbekistan
Reclaim Footpaths: No storage space in Bengaluru? No issue. ‘Swalpa adjust maadi!’
High Court respite for former TN minister EV Velu in vigilance case
Actor Rajesh Sharma hospitalised following suspected insect bite on the sets of ‘Fauji’
Contraband phones, proxies and social media: How Lawrence Bishnoi allegedly ran a global crime syndicate from behind bars
NFDC restores Malayalam classic ‘Kireedam’ in 4K; 1989 masterpiece to re-release on 10 July
Train services hit after century-old Clock Tower collapses at Kozhikode Railway Station in Kerala
Kerala government’s appointment of Senior Standing Counsel for Supreme Court triggers controversy
Karnataka Lokayukta raids against 10 govt officials uncover assets worth Rs 49.83 crore

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DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin has called for the scrapping of the SIR of electoral rolls — DMK calls for scrapping SIR, restoration of ballot paper voting

Abhijeet Dipke, founding president of the Cockroach Janata Party. — CJP founder Dipke released on conditional bail: No ‘breach of peace’ for one year

Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls — Goa MLA alleges illegal transfer of voters from Curtorim to Fatorda, seeks probe

KPCC president Sunny Joseph revealed the details of the funds following LDF criticism. — SC Bar Association office-bearer seeks explanation from KPCC president over anti-CJI tweet

Test results showed Suhail's blood alcohol level was 5.3 times the permissible limit of 30 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood. — ‘Does that mean one is permitted to hit them?’: Court denies bail to Suhail Sajeev, three others

ED officials pasted a summons notice at Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan's rented house at Bakery Junction, Thiruvananthapuram. — ED plasters summons at Pinarayi Vijayan’s residence, asks him to appear on Friday

Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission issues directives — Andhra Pradesh Local body polls: After Punganur, clashes continue in Kadapa and Tirupati

R. Rajagopal, Murukan Kattakkada and P. Rajeev, along with other prominent personalities — From Jewish Gandhi’s lonely speeches to a chorus for democracy: Inside Kochi’s ‘Chalo Jantar Mantar’

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Delhi protests — Six US lawmakers urge Rubio to raise protest crackdown, SIR concerns with India

Kavya Kalanithi Maran and Anirudh Ravichander wedding — Anirudh Ravichander to wed Kavya Maran; CM Vijay, MK Stalin and even PM Modi said to be on guest list

Veteran music composer Deva, popularly known as Thenisai Thendral — Tamil cinema loses its Thenisai Thendral: Vijay, Stalin lead tributes for Deva

Farhana and Muhammed Aslam — ‘They were so close’: Friends struggle to make sense of Malayali couple’s deaths in Gurugram

Rohith Vemula. — Telangana sets three-month deadline for Rohith Vemula Bill draft

Bodies of Malayalis killed in Germany fire likely to reach Kochi by Monday

Neha Bora released from detention — AISA’s Neha Bora released from detention; CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke to be produced before court

Currency movements also matter, as a weakening rupee can eat into even good returns. — Why India’s bond market can no longer be considered in isolation