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An unequal burden: Why the latest fuel price increase is unfair to consumers
DMK leader Dr P Thiaga Rajan announces break from public life, reflects on his works

TGSPDCL lineman held for Rs 35,000 bribe in Yadadri-Bhongir
Ramesh Chennithala to meet Kerala DGP after high command reportedly accepts demand for Home portfolio
POCSO case: Telangana police arrest Bageerath, MoS Bandi Sanjay says son surrendered
Chandrababu Naidu announces population incentive scheme: To give Rs 30,000 for third, Rs 40,000 for fourth child
MK Stalin tells DMK field study committee to be ‘his ears’ across 234 constituencies
BJP to attend Kerala CM-designate VD Satheesan’s oath ceremony on 18 May
SIR of electoral rolls: Here’s how you can join voter list update
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 16 May
No HC respite for Bandi Bageerath in sexual assault case, order likely during next sitting
Telangana CM Revanth denies delay in probe; asks Bandi Sanjay to turn son over to police
Bengaluru’s Arjun Maini outpaces Max Verstappen in Nürburgring 24 Hours Qualifying 2
Southwest monsoon likely to reach Kerala by 26 May: Orange and yellow alerts issued in various districts
Bandi Bageerath POCSO case: Telangana Police finally act against social media doxxing of survivor
Women and trans persons’ body demands immediate arrest of POCSO case accused Bageerath
‘The third member should be neutral’: SC questions inclusion of cabinet minister on EC selection panel
Former seer of Lingayat mutt Vachanananda Swami interrogated in POCSO case
Adani Group to pay $18 million to settle civil fraud lawsuit with US SEC
NTA to conduct NEET (UG) 2026 re-exam on 21 June
Union government hikes petrol, diesel prices by Rs 3 per litre
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 15 May
Pinarayi Vijayan to be the Leader of Opposition in 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kerala CM race contender Ramesh Chennithala to not attend CLP meeting
Karnataka: Vachanananda Swami booked under POCSO Act for alleged sexual harassment of minor
POCSO charges, age row dominate Bandi Sai Bageerath’s bail hearing in Telangana HC
ECI announces SIR Phase III across 16 States, 3 UTs including Karnataka, AP and Telangana

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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