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PollSCAN TN: DMK, AIADMK battle for Vellore supremacy under Trump’s shadow
BRS boycotts Telangana Assembly, accuses Speaker of bias, slams CM Revanth’s ‘foul’ remarks

Explained: Trifurcation of expanded GHMC has unmistakable political sub-text
New year, old woes: Telangana farmers queue through freezing nights for urea amid rabi rush
Cracks beneath the red flags: Why Pinarayi Vijayan is now part of CPI’s conversation
Polls, probes and policies: What’s in store for Southern states in 2026
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ECI’s rushed and opaque SIR is disenfranchising the marginalised, Congress alleges
Siddaramaiah urges PM Modi to suspend enforcement of VB-G RAM G Act
Andhra Pradesh to rename Gram and Ward Sachivalayams as Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wards
Infosys says sold land in Karnataka was not government-allotted amid scrutiny over land meant for job creation
With Jana Nayagan, Vijay exits 33-year cinema career to focus on TVK
Andhra Minister Ramprasad Reddy breaks down in Cabinet meet over Annamayya HQ shift
Another corruption case against Andhra CM Naidu winds down; CID cites “mistake of fact”
PMK founder re-elected as president, Ramadoss to decide on alliance
SC stays Delhi HC order suspending life sentence of Kuldip Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case
One dies after two AC coaches of the Tatanagar–Ernakulam Express catch fire in Andhra Pradesh
Inside Mattathur defections: How BJP Kerala unexpectedly wrested power at a gram panchayat
Telangana Assembly Winter Session: A stormy prelude to future electoral challenges
Kogilu demolitions become a political flashpoint between Karnataka Congress, Kerala CPI(M) over ‘bulldozer justice’
Chaos, confusion, contradictions: ECI’s draft electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu are leaving voters in the dark
Once derided as a ‘virus’, IUML’s local body surge makes it a decisive power broker in Kerala
AP’s Unified Family Survey: Single database to rule them all — or a welfare tightrope?

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BRS working president KT Rama Rao demanded a judiciary-supervised independent probe into electoral roll revision irregularities. — BRS to intensify campaign to oust CEC Gyanesh Kumar over SIR irregularities

Figuring out someone’s mental health isn’t as simple as matching symptoms on a checklist. It needs context, discussion, and a professional evaluation. — Mental health in the age of self-diagnosis: When to stop AI diagnosis and speak to a professional

Journalist Jalli Rekha with her 6-month-old at the Central Crimes Station — Outrage after independent journo, infant kept in police station for 6 hours over reel on CM Revanth’s daughter

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An RTI response revealed that Kerala recorded 14 home births — three of the newborns died — in Kerala in January 2026. — Andhra Pradesh set to provide ‘NTR baby kits’ to parents of 2.45 lakh newborns at govt hospitals each year

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Gutka, flies and filthy kitchens: TG SAFE suspends licences of five pheni and khara manufacturers in Hyderabad

Bageerath with his father, MoS Bandi Sanjay. — Telangana HC bars fresh coverage of Bandi Bageerath POCSO case, orders removal of AI content, survivor’s identity

ED officials arrested in Valmiki corporation scam — KPSC recruitment scam: Former chairman Shivashankarappa Sahukar, member Geetha leaked exam keys for money, says ED

High Court — Dress is personal choice, cannot be dictated without legal backing: Kerala High Court