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BJP leaders mock Congress’s scheme for religious minorities; fact-checkers say BJP had same schemes
Making Kannada mandatory in banks? Notification soon says KDA; minister says no such plans

That sinking feeling: As Munroe island slowly goes under, it is creating Kerala’s first climate refugees
Kerala bypoll: UDF’s Chandy Oommen rides on father’s legacy to win Puthuppally by a massive margin
Forgotten in the Karnataka wilderness: With youngsters gone, Chengadi’s elders wage a battle to stay afloat

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Telangana: Three arrested over lighting truss collapse at MVSR Engineering College dandiya event

Revanth Reddy — Telangana CM announces plan to fill all police vacancies by 2028, raises ex-gratia for martyrs’ families

Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh. — Bengaluru: Two injured in blast at under-construction building; Kharge urges caution as police await forensic report

An image of Ossett Town Hall, where the incident reportedly took place — Indian origin men injured in alleged racial attack after Bathukamma event in UK

DMK testing the waters: Is Stalin waiting for the right moment to launch a third front?

CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan — SC allows Pinarayi Vijayan to pursue appeal, stays CMRL-Exalogic probe for a week

Supreme Court — Violence in AP: Supreme Court asks Election Commission to defer publishing final list of candidates

Front view of the State Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj building, with the Indian national flag flying above the entrance. — Tamil Nadu extends Special Officers’ tenure in rural local bodies till April 2027

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Violence against woman — Kovalam spa case: TN Police probe alleged sexual exploitation of minor in Urapakkam

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge. — ‘What is RSS?’ Priyank Kharge steps up offensive, asks Mohan Bhagwat to register Sangh and enter politics

Gold found in the possession of alleged smugglers. — DRI busts international gold-smuggling racket in Vijayawada, arrests five people

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and AISA leader Neha Bora. — The flag, the book and the Mahatma: The youth have already won; now Modi must choose

A special statewide drive conducted from 7 am on 13 October to 7 am on 17 October resulted in cases being registered against 6,199 people. — Nedumbassery Mini Cooper crash fallout: Keralam mulls tougher drunk driving law

Andhra Kidney disease — ASHAs knocked on doors in Keralam’s Ettumanoor; up to 44% of adults had kidney impairment, less than 2% knew

IMD issues orange alert for eight Telangana districts on 5 & 6 September, citizens urged to avoid shelter under trees — Orange alert in Thiruvananthapuram as heavy downpour inundates homes; rockfall shuts Munnar highway

Student activists said they wanted a complete overhaul of any policies that borrow from the NEP 2020. — People Against SIR alliance calls for nationwide march on 23 October, urges INDIA bloc to join