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Karnataka Cabinet expansion: 19 take oath of office; Gayathri Shanthegowda skips ceremony amid uncertainty
Kerala poll debacle makes CPI(M) rethink how it speaks, organises and fights

Karnataka CM Shivakumar expands Cabinet, Gayathri Shanthegowda gets wild card entry
Silent health crisis in Kerala’s tribal communities: One in two adults live with multiple chronic diseases
On Cinema: Political films from All The President’s Men to The Manchurian Candidate

Inside Kerala’s NEET coaching economy and the human cost of chasing a medical seat
The Opposition’s recent aggression signals contraction, not recovery
Can Karnataka afford to release 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water a day to Tamil Nadu?
Interview | How to stop honour killings? Justice KN Basha commission looks beyond punishments
Prehistoric cave, 3,000-year-old rock art and Iron Age smelting remains found near Madurai
GenZ has obvious contempt for BJP and PM Modi; borrowing their lingo alone won’t change it
Western Ghats draft ESA map returns after 13 years with new boundaries, old questions
Explained | What the SC ruling on 151 government Super Speciality seats means for Tamil Nadu
In cold numbers: What brought the youth to Jantar Mantar and the streets of India
UDF coalition endorses Kerala govt’s decision to continue with PM SHRI; LDF threatens protests
If HYDRAA has done nothing wrong, why fault the courts?
Beyond the Cockroach Janta Party protests: The next test for governments and institutions
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How an Assam woman’s escape led police to an alleged infant trafficking syndicate in Kerala
Finally, take-off time: The story behind the Bhogapuram International Airport
Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill: Tougher penalties, same vulnerabilities
How CPI(M) lost Kerala: Inside the party’s account of its electoral collapse
Did Telangana government flout procedure in leasing Urdu Academy land in Rangareddy to a private firm?
Withdrawing consent: Gene Sharp and the Cockroach uprising
Beyond oil and ports: The civilisational logic of India’s Shia soft power
Call for ban that started with Anitha‘s suicide: Why Tamil Nadu refuses to settle for a ‘fairer’ NEET
Jantar Mantar Protests: Weight of words and the Butterfly Effect
‘It’s the economy, stupid’: The making of India’s Gen Z discontent
Madras HC quashes Tamil Nadu govt order granting jobs to Karur stampede victims’ families
Beyond Pradhan’s resignation: CJP and the unfinished struggle for educational justice in India

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