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‘Legislating Reverence’: Inside the new Bill granting legal protection to Vande Mataram
Dharmasthala mass burial case: DNA matches skeletal remains to three men missing from 2013 to 2024
LS passes Bill granting legal protection to Vande Mataram; Kharge cites Manusmriti during RS debate on paper leak Bill, triggers protest
Net FDI into India crashed 97% between 2022-23 and 2024-25, Finance Ministry data show
UDF draws curtain on LDF-era probe against CM Satheesan, says probe was politically driven
Book Brahma–Bookworm English Fiction of the Year 2026 shortlist announced
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KSAPS denies reports of mandatory HIV testing in colleges, says viral claims misinterpreted data
BRS hits back at Telangana CM Revanth’s ‘criminal waste’ remark on engineering graduates
Chandigarh court denies bail to Hyderabad journalist for sharing ‘misleading’ post about PM Modi
TASMAC scam: DVAC conducts searches at 45 locations across Tamil Nadu after registering corruption case against Senthil Balaji
Karnataka Agriculture Officer recruitment exams likely to be postponed amid protests; aspirants meet Governor
In five years, Tamil Nadu records highest food safety convictions; Telangana reports none
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Kerala
Nobody’s people: Munnar’s Tamil tea workers struggle for identity and dignity
Although Tamil workers migrated to Munnar over 100 years ago, the majority remain daily wage labourers without land ownership or independent housing.
Health
South First Impact: CDSCO debars two HCG Bengaluru doctors from clinical trials
The doctors named in the whistleblower letter, dated 5 March 2025, that formed the basis for South First’s June 2025 investigation now face debarment: one for 6 months, another for 24 months.
Beyond South
Explained: How the RSS operates in a legal, financial and organisational grey zone
The RSS’ organisational structure is unconventional and much of its funding apparatus is out of public view.
Priyank Kharge pushes RSS to a “Kagaz Nahi Dikhayenge” moment and he won’t stop there
‘Give us poison instead’: Inside the 460-day protest against Bidadi AI township championed by CM DK Shivakumar
Chilling custodial crime and cover-up: The Gade Sai Krishna case is one Andhra Police cannot wish away
Community & Culture
Community & Culture
Book Brahma–Bookworm English Fiction of the Year 2026 shortlist announced
Beyond South
Beyond South
‘Legislating Reverence’: Inside the new Bill granting legal protection to Vande Mataram
Beyond South
LS passes Bill granting legal protection to Vande Mataram; Kharge cites Manusmriti during RS debate on paper leak Bill, triggers protest
Beyond South
Net FDI into India crashed 97% between 2022-23 and 2024-25, Finance Ministry data show
Beyond South
Rahul Gandhi urges PM Modi to sack Amit Shah over Jantar Mantar violence, seeks SC-monitored probe
Opinions
If HYDRAA has done nothing wrong, why fault the courts?
Beyond the Cockroach Janta Party protests: The next test for governments and institutions
Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill: Tougher penalties, same vulnerabilities
Withdrawing consent: Gene Sharp and the Cockroach uprising
Beyond oil and ports: The civilisational logic of India’s Shia soft power
Jantar Mantar Protests: Weight of words and the Butterfly Effect
‘It’s the economy, stupid’: The making of India’s Gen Z discontent
Beyond Pradhan’s resignation: CJP and the unfinished struggle for educational justice in India
States
Andhra Pradesh
Finally, take-off time: The story behind the Bhogapuram International Airport
Andhra Pradesh
Vizag Port emerges as India’s leading marine export gateway, handles 50% of India’s seafood exports: Union government
Andhra Pradesh
Jagan’s YSR Congress tries to pull a Jantar Mantar on Nara Lokesh, but to little avail
Andhra Pradesh
Girl dies by suicide two days after sharing stage with Andhra CM Naidu, apologises to parents in note
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra COVID-19 cases climb to 49 in two weeks, Guntur emerges as fresh hotspot as state intensifies surveillance
Andhra Pradesh
Daughter-in-law files domestic violence case against former YSRCP minister Jogi Ramesh’s family
Andhra Pradesh
Thalliki Vandanam: Investing in education, empowering mothers, strengthening Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Gade Sai Krishna case: PIL alleges SIT probe ‘fundamentally inadequate’ and ‘compromised’
Andhra Pradesh
U-turn in Mumbai-actress case: How AP police ended up prosecuting itself with own chargesheet
Andhra Pradesh
Guntur woman stripped, assaulted over borewell dispute, nine arrested
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh detects Omicron RF.5 variant in COVID-19 cases; officials say no cause for alarm
Andhra Pradesh