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Congress slams Union government over high fuel prices; demands rollback of hike
Kerala HC sentences 12 to life in Madhu lynching case, mother awarded Rs 30 lakh relief

Eight dead, three missing after group collecting mussel shells swept away in Uttara Kannada
BJP slams Telangana government over ‘non-serious’ approach to Godavari basin projects
Police teams formed to probe Hyderabad advocate’s murder; Waqf dispute under lens
Telangana heatwave claims 16 lives; govt announces Rs 4 lakh relief
Shock and outrage over sexual assault, brutal murder of girl, 10, in Coimbatore; two held
Hyderabad lawyer fighting Waqf land cases dies in suspected hit-and-run
Fuel prices hiked thrice in 10 days: Petrol hits Rs 108 in Bengaluru, diesel Rs 112 in Hyderabad
ED writes to Tamil Nadu government seeking sanction to probe former DMK minister Anitha Radhakrishnan
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 23 May
KTR alleges Bandi Bageerath was hidden for nine days at hospital linked to CM’s relatives
Debt, hunger and bondage: Over 400 workers, including 100 children, rescued from Telangana brick kilns
Heatwave tightens grip on Andhra Pradesh as temperatures climb beyond 48°C
RSS distances itself from BJP affairs in Telangana after POCSO case against Bandi Sai Bageerath
VCK MLA Vanni Arasu, IUML MLA AM Shahjahan take oath as Tamil Nadu ministers
State Of Play: Clamour for clarity in Karnataka Congress
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 22 May
VCK to join Vijay government in Tamil Nadu, says Thirumavalavan
CM Revanth rejects Bandi Sanjay’s ‘surrender’ claim in son’s POCSO case, slams BRS for ‘politicising issue’
After Dubare tourist death, Karnataka to replace open camper vehicles used for wildlife safaris
How fraudsters from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh set up ops in Bengaluru to scam American citizens
BRS demands Cabinet discussion on procurement crisis in Telangana, demands ₹25 lakh ex gratia for deceased farmers’ families
‘Amaravati project an ATM for corruption’, Jagan renews attack on Naidu
Telangana revises minimum wages for unskilled workers from ₹12,750 to ₹16,000
Days after UoH student suicide, student groups allege assault and harassment by ABVP members
S Gurumurthy’s open letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay

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A suicide note and BJP MP offer: 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