#Nirmala Sitaraman

Rs 5 gutka, Rs 10 beedi—lakhs in medical bills: Centre taxes machines fuelling India’s cancer crisis
FM Sitharaman’s 10,000 additional MBBS seats announcement; Experts warn of quality-quantity trade-off
The tax trap: Why India’s middle class feels overburdened and undervalued
Karnataka High Court quashes FIR against Nalin Kumar Kateel over electoral bonds allegations
‘TN, Kerala used more MGNREA funds than Bihar, UP’
Economic Survey says richer TN, Kerala use more MGNREGA funds than poorer Bihar, UP
Nirmala Sitharaman says she lacks funds to contest polls
Budget day bolt from the blue: Kerala gets an unexpected order from Centre, cutting off-budget borrowing
Tamil should be the medium of medical education, says Nirmala Seetharaman
Karnataka: JD(S), Congress in war of nerves as calm BJP eyes Rajya Sabha wins

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The incentive arrives once, at birth. The child arrives for a lifetime. — Andhra Pradesh announces cash for more children but women pay with their health

Edappadi K Palaniswami — EPS dismisses DMK-AIADMK government rumours as ‘false news’, asks cadres to stay united

HD Deve Gowda. — HD Deve Gowda at 93: A life tied to farmers, politics and power

Signal, warning or invitation? Decoding Modi’s “mere se jud jao” message to Revanth

Transport workers' unions have called for an indefinite strike from 20 May. — Why Karnataka transport employees are striking work from 20 May

Kerala CM VD Satheesan — Kerala CM VD Satheesan’s government unveils first two guarantees in maiden Cabinet meeting

Inspector Alex Raj and constables Satheesh, Ravi, and Ravichandran have been sentenced to undergo jail term. — Karnataka police issue SOP for investigation into custodial violence and deaths

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Rahul Mamkootathil — Politically in or conveniently out? Congress yet to make Rahul Mamkootathil’s status clear

Newly sworn-in Kerala Cabinet with Governor Rajendra Arlekar. Credit: x.com/INCKerala — UDF’s Kerala comeback: Meet the veterans and fresh faces in CM VD Satheesan’s Cabinet

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Office allocates portfolios among senior IAS officers

Supreme Court stays tree felling in eco-sensitive zone around Hyderabad’s KBR National Park

Screenshot of Cockroach Janta Party's X handle. — ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ crawls out of CJI’s ‘parasitic youth’ remark, goes viral

Rumours of a price hike after the conclusion of the Assembly elections led to panic buying across the state. — An unequal burden: Why the latest fuel price increase is unfair to consumers

Palanivel Thiaga Rajan. (South First) — DMK leader Dr P Thiaga Rajan announces break from public life, reflects on his works

Representational image. Credit: iStock — Who cleaned cities, who lost forests: Encyclopaedia lays bare Kerala’s unequal, casteist past