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Opposition MPs protest demanding answers on Maha Kumbh stampede; conspiracy, says BJP MP
Telangana has lowest outstanding agricultural loan debt in South; Tamil Nadu highest

Quest for ‘reasonable time’: Supreme Court to hear BRS’ plea on MLAs’ defections
Delhi elections: Andhra CM Naidu slams AAP’s welfare politics; says only BJP can ensure development
10,000 more medical seats: A lifesaving dose or just a placebo prescription?

Anna University sexual assault case: Seizure of journalists’ phones, summons over WhatsApp put press freedom at stake
Backward classes form over 46 percent of Telangana’s population, finds caste census
A year in government, internal squabbles return to haunt Telangana Congress
Tribal affairs ministry should have ‘upper-caste’ leadership, says Union MoS Suresh Gopi; apologises
Let’s Talk Water: Need of the hour is a water commons policy, says water warrior Odette Katrak
Senior Karnataka Congress leader BR Patil resigns as adviser to chief minister
From a happy kid to a silent goodbye: Mihir’s suicide calls for strict anti-ragging measures in schools
Kerala court issues non-bailable warrant against Baba Ramdev for misleading drug advertisements
Congress, BRS flay the Union budget while the BJP hail it as the dream of the middle class
Budget 2025 bets big on middle class consumption to drive growth
Beyond tax exemptions: Rare disease patients await comprehensive policy support
Union Budget: MSMEs get a major boost with announcement of National Manufacturing Mission
Union Budget 2025: Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana lash out, Andhra Pradesh sees promise
Centre follows Karnataka’s lead with cancer daycare centres; Karnataka health minister calls budget disappointing
Union Budget proposes to unlock value in maritime sector
Buddhist tourism, top 50 site, and skill-development: ₹2,541 crore to the Tourism Ministry
Budget 2025: Rs 5,936 crore for Polavaram project in NDA-ruled Andhra Pradesh
Union Budget 2025: Investment Friendliness Index of States on the cards
Brace for major nuclear energy reforms: Union Budget 2025 sets big goals
Rebate, tax benefit: How the ‘No payable income tax up to Rs 12 lakh’ is designed
Union budget 2025’s big announcement: No income tax payable up to Rs 12 lakh
Promises Congress made to SC/ST communities gather dust in Telangana
Kerala HC: ‘Elected representatives must resign before switching allegiance’
Union Budget 2025: South demands jobs, water, infrastructure, fair share from Centre
Osmania General Hospital: Preserving the past to build the monument of medicine

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