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Why Kerala—India’s trade union bastion—defies Centre’s new labour codes despite its own flaws

‘What leadership tussle?’ ask Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar after breaking bread — ‘What leadership tussle?’ ask Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar after breaking bread

Nov 29, 2025

BC movement reignites in Telangana as R Krishnaiah leads charge against GO 46 — BC movement reignites in Telangana as R Krishnaiah leads charge against GO 46

Nov 29, 2025

Teens in heavily polluted Delhi are twice as likely to be obese as peers in southern cities — Teens in heavily polluted Delhi are twice as likely to be obese as peers in southern cities

Nov 29, 2025

Weather update: Forecast for major South Indian cities on 29 November — Weather update: Forecast for major South Indian cities on 29 November

Nov 29, 2025

Southern Strokes

The weight of a ‘word’

In the News

Brain development

Your brain develops through five stages, and adulthood starts at 32—not 25

Nov 29, 2025

Representational image. Credit: iStock

Suicide fallout: Kerala DSP booked for molesting detainee, taking bribes

Nov 29, 2025

Representational image. Credit: iStock

Cyclone Ditwah: Extremely heavy rainfall warning for coastal Andhra, red alert issued in 4 districts

Nov 29, 2025

Kerala rains

Cyclone Ditwah: Kerala braces for heavy rainfall

Nov 29, 2025

Health & Wellness

Brain development

Your brain develops through five stages, and adulthood starts at 32—not 25

Teens in heavily polluted Delhi are twice as likely to be obese as peers in southern cities — Teens in heavily polluted Delhi are twice as likely to be obese as peers in southern cities

Nov 29, 2025

Aviannalyn Jade Amoroso Rey with the surgeons. — How Bengaluru’s government hospital gave fresh life to two-year-old Filipina

Nov 28, 2025

IV drip in wedding. — When guests recline in sunshine with IV lines: What happens when weddings turn clinical?

Nov 28, 2025

More than half the adolescents, 51 percent, said taste determined what they bought outside home. — Taste trumps nutrition: How Indian adolescents choose what to eat

Nov 28, 2025

Opinion & Analysis

Rahul Gandhi does not behave like a conventional politician. He does not manoeuvre like them, speak like them, or calculate like them.

Why Rahul Gandhi’s ‘failures’ may be the beginning of something big

Nov 29, 2025

DK Shivakumar

AICC leadership’s message to DK Shivakumar as two narratives turn ammo against Congress

Nov 28, 2025

Karnataka’s move opens a necessary conversation about bodily rights at work, but its potential for justice depends on whether it evolves towards intersectional, gender-inclusive and worker-centred implementation that truly includes all who bleed.

Queering and ‘trans’forming Karnataka’s menstrual leave policy

Nov 27, 2025

Madvi Hidma.

Questions raised by the killing of Adivasi Maoist leader Madvi Hidma

Nov 25, 2025

Movies

Pulsar Suni.

Kerala court to pronounce verdict in 2017 female actor assault case on 8 December; seven-year trial nears close

Dharmendra. — Veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra dies at the age of 89

Nov 24, 2025

Malayalam horror films — ‘Bhargavinilayam’ to ‘Dies Irae’: Content-driven horror genre remains a favourite in Malayalam

Nov 20, 2025

Did Tollywood create its own pirate? iBomma architect Ravi’s arrest fuels public uproar

Nov 19, 2025

Screengrab from the presser where actress Gouri Kishan is seen confronting the YouTuber who questioned her weight. Credit: X — Body-shaming, misogyny, eerie silence: Ugly pattern behind Tamil film press meets

Nov 08, 2025

Web Stories

Behind India’s low WHO numbers: The violence women don’t report

Karnataka’s first robot-assisted deceased adult donor kidney transplant

India’s new TB vaccine for adolescents, adults set for launch

Why educated men fall for footpath ‘jadi-booti’ cures for sexual health

Vegetables, fish, poultry, milk may be driving antibiotic resistance

Community & Culture

Kottayam Pushpanath

Malayalam ‘Dracula’ rises again after 5 decades with support from Stoker’s blood

How to not let people cross your boundaries? — How to not let people cross your boundaries?

Nov 02, 2025

Malayalam Day binds the State in spirit and identity. — Before statehood, there was Malayalam: The early politics of Kerala’s linguistic identity

Nov 01, 2025

Sanyogita Bobba with her book. (Supplied) — How 16-year-old Indian Sanyogita Bobba turned her notes into a globally published economics textbook

Oct 29, 2025

Last supper Gaza. (Vivek Vilasini) — Art as witness, memory and resistance; ‘Museum of Debt’ in Kerala shows what the world owes Gaza

Oct 27, 2025

Videos

Siddaramaiah versus DK Shivakumar

State Of Play: Siddaramaiah versus DK Shivakumar? What is the tussle really about

Nov 25, 2025

Dr Sharon Baisil

How AI can transform public health: Dr Sharon Baisil

Nov 25, 2025

Congress TVK alliance

Five-member Congress committee: A silent goodbye to the TVK alliance?

Nov 25, 2025

Tamil Nadu Congress seats

Bihar election impact: Will DMK give Tamil Nadu Congress more seats in 2026?

Nov 21, 2025

Annamalai BJP

Annamalai comeback? Speculations at BJP unit

Nov 21, 2025

States

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Suicide fallout: Kerala DSP booked for molesting detainee, taking bribes

Nov 29, 2025

Veeraganti Mahendar, Tahsildar & Joint Sub Registrar of Pedda Vangara Mandal in Mahabubabad district was caught by Telangana ACB for demanding and accepting Rs 15,000 bribe from complainant, through his driver, Thuppani Goutham. Credit: x.com/TelanganaACB

Telangana ACB nabs Mahabubabad tahsildar taking Rs 15,000 bribe through driver

Nov 29, 2025

With a high density of registered unions Kerala has cultivated a labour ecosystem that prioritises worker security over corporate convenience.

Why Kerala—India’s trade union bastion—defies Centre’s new labour codes despite its own flaws

Nov 29, 2025

CM Siddaramaiah and Dy CM DK Shivakumar after the Breakfast meeting

‘What leadership tussle?’ ask Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar after breaking bread

Nov 29, 2025

Kerala rains

Cyclone Ditwah: Kerala braces for heavy rainfall

Nov 29, 2025

Rajya Sabha MP R Krishnaiah, widely regarded as the most prominent BC movement leader in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, has emerged as the face of the agitation.

BC movement reignites in Telangana as R Krishnaiah leads charge against GO 46

Nov 29, 2025

A huge cutout of Messi erected in a river in Kozhikode, Kerala, during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Hyderabad gets what Kochi didn’t: Lionel Messi to visit city on 13 Dec

Nov 28, 2025

The Telangana High Court. Credit: tshc.gov.in/

Election process in motion: Telangana High Court refuses to stay gram panchayat polls

Nov 28, 2025

Voters wait outside a polling booth in Telangana's Rajanna Sircilla district. (CEOTelangana/X)

Fear of ‘auctioning’ of sarpanch posts prompts Telangana SEC to enforce new verification protocol

Nov 28, 2025

DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah. Credit: x.com/DKShivakumar

DK Shivakumar says he is ‘not in a hurry’ on Karnataka leadership issue

Nov 28, 2025

Karnataka minister submits memorandum to PM Modi

During PM Modi’s visit to Karnataka, minister seeks resolution to MSP row

Nov 28, 2025

Siddaramaiah in Mysuru

Siddaramaiah’s son says he sees his father completing 5 years as CM

Nov 28, 2025