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Bengaluru on high alert after finding gelatin sticks ahead of PM Modi’s visit
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Groomed, exploited by son; pressured by Bandi Sanjay’: Survivor’s mother alleges in POCSO complaint

‘Historic’: TVK President C Joseph Vijay takes oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
POCSO case against MoS Home Sanjay‘s son; not a peep by Telugu media or Congress in Telangana
Vijay to take oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Sunday; TVK-Congress coalition gets majority

Hyderabad puts India on aerospace map as Skyroot becomes sector’s first unicorn
EPS greets party that will form government, names none
POCSO case against MoS Home and BJP leader Bandi Sanjay’s son
TVK denies horse-trading charges, says AMMK MLA Kamaraj backed party voluntarily
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 9 May
Retired IPS officer’s wife killed in Hyderabad, Nepali domestic worker key suspect
CPI, CPI(M) back TVK, adding VCK will make majority mark; Vijay meets Governor
Congress cracks down on Kerala CM campaigning as district units witness internal churn
TN poll fallout: DMK seeks separate seating for party MPs in Lok Sabha
Karnataka to approach Supreme Court to continue implementation of MGNREGA
One woman killed six injured after multi-vehicle collission in Thiruvananthapuram
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 8 May
Why is Bengaluru not hosting IPL finals? BCCI blames KSCA’s ‘huge’ complimentary ticket ask
Female genital mutilation ‘an aberration’, cannot be compared to circumcision, SC observes
From Goa to Karnataka: Four times Governors let parties short of majority form governments
‘That PIL should have been thrown in the dustbin,’ SC on Sabarimala case; hearing to continue
SC probes independence of ECI; hearing on 2023 Appointment Act to resume next week
Undercover police Commissioner faces 40 sexual harassers in 3 hours in Hyderabad
‘Requisite majority not established’: Tamil Nadu Governor Arlekar tells Vijay on forming TVK government
Andhra High Court judge orders judicial custody of young advocate, SCBA expresses concern
Hung verdict, reluctant governor, anxious parties: DMK sits back as Vijay struggles to muster numbers
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 7 May
Telangana: Fake ‘critical care specialist’ found treating patients at Siddipet hospital; arrested
IUML leader PK Kunhalikutty gains edge in Kerala Deputy CM discussions
After ‘shock defeat’, CPI(M) launches statewide introspection drive; Govindan promises ‘sincere review, strong comeback’

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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