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Karnataka approves 369 wards under GBA, raising hopes for long-delayed civic polls
Not a first! Bangalore Central seat has seen voter roll irregularities since 2017
INDIA bloc to nominate non-political figure for VP election to counter NDA
Are election malpractices undermining India’s claims of being ‘the world’s biggest democracy’?
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy promises 42 percent BC reservation in local bodies, even without constitutional amendment
Ground report: Amidst shifting alliances, Pune voters demand solutions to civic challenges
Plans afoot to place Kovind panel report on simultaneous polls before Cabinet ‘at the earliest’
Lok Sabha polls: ECI releases seat-wise data on votes cast in first five phases
Lok Sabha polls – Phase 5: Over 57% voters cast their votes; West Bengal records highest voter turnout despite sporadic violence
Supreme Court refers to 5-judge Bench pleas challenging electoral bond scheme for political funding
Electoral bonds are ‘legalised bribery’, says Congress leader P Chidambaram
One Nation One Election: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Law Minister Arjun Meghwal to meet Ram Nath Kovind
Kerala HC grants interim stay on order cancelling election of CPI(M) MLA from Devikulam Assembly seat
AP MLC election results: Second-preference votes show BJP cadres prefer TDP to YSRCP
BJP-backed AVN Reddy wins Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad Teachers’ MLC seat
Karnataka needs a ‘thoroughly new model’: AAP state VP says it will do better in state Assembly polls
BJP wins 3 of 4 Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka; Congress bags 1 as JD(S) refuses support

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From guarantees to regional demands, Siddaramaiah set to face key test in record 17th budget

Representational image. Credit: iStock — Insta-famous Mumbai homeopath arrested in Chennai hotel raid for illegal ear surgeries

AP proposes Rs 25,000 incentive for second child onwards to arrest birth rate slide

Bhoodan lands fell victim to some of the most atrocious encroachments and illegal occupations — not something Vinoba Bhave had envisaged. — Velugumatla demolition: Darkness in a village named light

Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine inaugurated the Palkulamedu trekking route in Idukki with much fanfare on 28 February. (Kerala Tourism) — Haste makes waste: High Court stalls ambitious pre-poll Idukki trek

Rohith Vemula — Karnataka’s Rohith Vemula Bill imposes jail, fines for caste bias on college campuses

Though seven people have been arrested, police are tight-lipped about their motive for committing the gruesome crime. (Supplied) — Caste, politics or alcohol: What led to Nanguneri double murder?

The original Assigned Lands Act of 1977 was enacted with a clear purpose: to protect government-allotted lands from being snapped up by the powerful. — AP Assigned Lands Act Amendment: Will assignees’ lease match their sacrifice?

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Vem Narender Reddy. — Vem Narender Reddy: Revanth loyalist’s journey from TDP backbenches to Rajya Sabha

Bribe (Representational image/Creative Commons) — Tamil Nadu DVAC nabs engineer in Trichy for Rs 5,000 bribe

Garbage dumped in the open in Bengaluru. — Bengaluru’s garbage crisis: Blocked landfills, unpaid workers and piling waste

Doctor — 9 out of 10 Indian doctors do not want their children to follow their career path

Retired IAS officer Dinesh Kumar. — Dinesh Kumar committee begins probe in Tirumala to fix responsibility for laddu adulteration

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. — Naidu, a lone ranger in his crusade against Jagan on laddu issue as allies lack interest

Foggy morning. — Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 5 March

Representational image. Credit: iStock — 1.19 crore Indian children will carry liver disease by 2040. Their bodies are already showing it