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Karnataka proposes Bill to tackle misinformation, deepfakes, online harassment
US-Iran peace talks ends without agreement; Iran blames ‘unreasonable’ demands
People prevail: After protest, 215 Manjolai residents get voting rights restored, many still outside rolls

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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