Beyond South

From blacklisting clauses to technical criteria: Class 12 student exposes Coempt Eduteck tender
After OSM gaffe, CBSE arms school principals with toolkit to rise in defence

Lakshadweep land amendment triggers fears over tribal land and demographic change
Rural women, accidental journalists and the making of Khabar Lahariya
Supreme Court upholds Special Intensive Revision, says exercise serves free and fair polls

CBSE’s OSM gamble and ‘lab mice’: How new system left lakhs of students aghast
After receiving low marks, CBSE Class XII student alleges answer-sheet mix-up, gets called ‘Pakistani’
Fuel prices hiked thrice in 10 days: Petrol hits Rs 108 in Bengaluru, diesel Rs 112 in Hyderabad
‘As expected’: Cockroach Janta Party’s X account withheld in India amid soaring popularity
Former WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan elected Fellow of Royal Society
SC Collegium clears elevation of 19 advocates, judicial officers as judges of Madras HC
‘Right to life cannot be threatened’: SC upholds shelter order for stray dogs, permits euthanasia
‘Cockroach Janta Party’ crawls out of CJI’s ‘parasitic youth’ remark, goes viral
An unequal burden: Why the latest fuel price increase is unfair to consumers
Adani Group to pay $18 million to settle civil fraud lawsuit with US SEC
CBI director selection process a ‘biased exercise’, says Rahul Gandhi in dissent note
Female genital mutilation ‘an aberration’, cannot be compared to circumcision, SC observes
SC probes independence of ECI; hearing on 2023 Appointment Act to resume next week
Data shows SIR helped BJP win West Bengal
Is India’s electoral credibility under siege?
Half a hit and all misses: Voters’ verdict fails exit poll predictions in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
BJP secures third term in Assam, breaks through in West Bengal
India ranks 157th as global press freedom falls to record low amid ‘criminalisation of journalism’
International Workers’ Day Special: Labour rights are no longer a linear question
People’s Pulse exit poll: Trinamool Congress set for a comfortable win in West Bengal
Peoples Pulse exit poll suggests decisive mandate for BJP in Assam
Two-thirds of AAP Rajya Sabha MPs to merge with BJP, Raghav Chadha drops bombshell
Polling begins for the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal
Women will never forgive, Opposition will pay for their sins: PM Modi tells nation
‘A panic reaction’: Rahul Gandhi says opposition will defeat ‘anti-national’ delimitation bill

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Former Chalakudy MP and veteran Congress leader KP Dhanapalan dies aged 76

The trial exposed how Manu systematically weaponised his authority to exploit aspiring athletes from 2012 to 2024. — Predator at cricket nets: How a coach weaponised a 7th-grader’s ambitions and her fight for survival

Anaemia can create serious complications. Representative image. — Suppressing data? NFHS-6 factsheet drops anaemia, cancer, HIV indicators

APCC chief YS Sharmila — Andhra Congress chief YS Sharmila to be sent to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka

Alcohol consumption — Only 18.9% of Indian men drink alcohol, but Telangana tops major states among both men and women: NFHS-6

Every household where someone smokes distributes that risk to everyone who shares the space. (WHO) — No Tobacco Day Special: A shift beneath steady tobacco use in southern India

India spends more at chemists than in government hospitals

School children — Government schools in Telangana: Can public education reclaim its lost ground?

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Agri SS. Krishnamurthy (Left) with Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and M. Dhanapal (Right). — AIADMK leaders meet Governor, seeks CBI probe into TVK’s ‘horse-trading’

DK Shivakumar at the CLP meet at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Saturday. — DK Shivakumar elected CLP chief, to take charge as Karnataka CM on 3 June

Six dalits hacked over banner dispute in Tenkasi — Six dalits hacked over banner dispute in Tenkasi; Residents protest seeking justice

Former YSRCP MLA Bolla Brahma Naidu. — Former YSRCP Vinukonda MLA among absconding accused in ₹1,000-crore land scam

Violence against women. Representative image. (iStock) — Reported spousal violence declines across India, but rises sharply in Kerala: NFHS-6

Kerala men reported the highest prevalence of elevated blood pressure, with 36.6% either having hypertension or taking medicines. — Kerala tops major states in male hypertension despite national decline: NFHS-6

‘Dhobi’ on mortuary duty: HR crisis dogs busy medical college in Kerala

Representational image. Credit: iStock — India gets new valve procedure for high-risk heart patients, but it’s yet to reach many