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Bengaluru court issues gag order protecting Andhra DyCM Pawan Kalyan against lake encroachment allegations
Woman returning from South Sudan under observation for suspected Ebola in Kerala’s Kottayam
Tamil Nadu SEIAA revokes environmental clearance for housing project in Pallikaranai Ramsar marshland

125-day employment guarantee under VB-GRAMG Act lacks funding, feasibility: NREGA Sangharsh Morcha
ED raids Kerala hospitals in organ trafficking probe
Government land auction in Hyderabad raises serious questions on title and locus standi
Tamil Nadu government to conduct Social Justice Survey to ensure ‘due representation’
Polling for biennial elections to seven Karnataka MLC seats concludes with 100% turnout
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 18 June
As PM Modi meets Trump amid silence on Indian sailors’ killings, Rahul Gandhi begins campaign for students
El Niño effect: Kerala to impose power restrictions
FEMA case against Apollo Hospitals closed after RBI’s compounding order
Two investigations in US and India raise fresh Gautam Adani questions; Karnataka deal highlighted
One for animals: Kerala college supports blanket ban on Forced Swim Test
Retd IPS officer Shankar Jiwal resigns as Chairperson of Tamil Nadu Fire Services Commission
Next target Shiv Sena (UBT)? Sanjay Raut alleges ₹50-crore bribe offered to party MPs
Kerala HC seeks sealed-cover report on Arshid death probe, flags child protection lapses
ED questions former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter T Veena in CMRL-Exalogic case
Telegram founder accuses Reliance of resorting to BGP hijacking to block user access outside India
Revanth Reddy blames Centre for Rs 13,500 crore Hyderabad Metro fund delay
Daring escape: Woman foils midnight attack in Kerala, truck driver and stranger help save her
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 17 June
Plus-Two student seriously injured in suspected rejection-motivated stabbing in Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala’s Operation Toofan nets drugs worth ₹10 crore; 2,778 people arrested
Tamil Nadu’s debt burden crosses Rs 13 lakh crore, says white paper on finances
Telangana ACB raids Lands and Survey Deputy Director over disproportionate assets
Sexual harrassment complaint registered against casting director in Hyderabad
Stalin questions Vijay’s silence day after Chennai sees 12 sexual assault cases

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Kolkata stampede — Kolkata Durga puja pandal stampede leaves 17 dead, at least 25 injured

The tragedy occurred during the Navaratri festival. — Tragedy on dandiya night: Two students killed in lighting truss collapse in Telangana college

Delhi police detains protestors but let's goons roam free — The Real Crime

Dhruv Rathee at London protest — Anti-SIR stir: SFI-UK urges international community to take note of India developments

Shanimol Osman — Nedumbassery Mini Cooper crash case: DYFI leader, Reporter TV journalist booked over ‘defamatory’ remarks against Dy Speaker

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

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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’

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