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Amid resignation plans, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accepts Caste census report
Nara Lokesh proposes TDP gives 33 percent reservations for women in 2029 election irrespective of Women’s Quota Bill
Supreme Court upholds Special Intensive Revision, says exercise serves free and fair polls

Karnataka government increases minimum wage of workers across 81 scheduled employments
ED raids residences of former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, others in CMRL-Exalogic probe
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 27 May
Former CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s gunman among five police personnel suspended in Nava Kerala assault case
Rs 5,000 reward for verified bribery evidence under Kerala’s Project Zero
Former MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly acquitted in rape case by Neyyattinkara Court as survivor turns hostile
TN CM Vijay urges Centre to halt Karnataka’s Mekedatu dam project
After Delhi meeting, Congress dismisses talk of Karnataka leadership change
BJP leader Annamalai disagrees with own government on CBSE’s three-language policy
Kerala High Court rejects CMRL plea in ED case linked to former CM’s daughter
Prof K Nageshwar denies reports of AP police arriving to arrest him
ECI releases Karnataka MLC election schedule; voting slated for June 18
Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar meet Congress top brass amid speculation over leadership, Cabinet reshuffle
Men throw kerosine-filled bottles at woman’s home in TN; women torch cop’s bike in Kerala
MoU signed for Toyota BizIntel Hub in KWIN City with investment of Rs 1,200 crore
Jothimani says Congress cannot support horse-trading politics; Manickam Tagore questions earlier silence
Post-poll celebrations turn violent; SFI-KSU activists clash in Thiruvananthapuram
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 26 May
Kerala paradox: A minister for approving and opposing the same project
Union Minister Bandi Sanjay files defamation suit, seeks Rs 1 crore in damages
AIADMK turmoil continues; Three MLAs resign and cross over to TVK
After receiving low marks, CBSE Class XII student alleges answer-sheet mix-up, gets called ‘Pakistani’
‘25 murders, 19 sexual crimes in 15 days’: LoP Udhayanidhi Stalin slams Vijay’s TVK government
Heatwave intensifies in Telangana; Dahegaon records highest temperature at 46.5°C
Greater Chennai City Police Commissioner ADGP Dr A Amalraj — the officer who once opposed the Left

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From State PWD to CEC: Gyanesh Kumar’s Keralam trail comes under scrutiny

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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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?

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