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Sasi, a former MLA, had alleged that a prime accused in a spirit smuggling case was elevated to the party district leadership, an apparent reference to Babu. Following this, Sasi was expelled from CPI(M)

To facilitate smooth travel for students from their residence to the examination centres and back, APSRTC will provide free bus travel facility for which the students will have to show their hall tickets

Drawing attention to inflated ticket prices charged by airlines, Kerala requests Centre to engage with companies in regulating ticket fares ‘in this hour of distress’

With Nitish Kumar set for exile, the Janata Parivar is scuttling towards extinction while the Sangh Parivar is ascendant, and Mandal is now a subset of Kamandal

Nearly 600 houses were razed in a massive demolition drive at a village near Khammam city on February 24, rendering over 1,800 people homeless. While officials say the action was taken to clear unauthorised structures and reclaim land worth over ₹250 crore, the displaced families, many of whom claim to hold pattas issued by the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Bhoodan Board in 2014, allege they were not given any notice. The demolitions have sparked protests, sharp political reactions and renewed debate over the fate of lands once donated for the landless under the historic Bhoodan movement, writes P. Sridhar

Scott Bessent said the move aims to enable oil to keep flowing into the global market amid the war in West Asia that has disrupted oil supply

Exporters ask Centre to recognise current logistics disruption as a force majeure type; close to 90% of total rice exports to West Asia, worth about ₹25,000 crore annually, is basmati rice

In north Karnataka districts, child undernutrition has been an unrelenting problem for decades. More than a function of food scarcity, it is an outcome of overlapping issues, some inter-generational and some structural, writes Shilpa Elizabeth

Meenambal Sivaraj was born on December 12, 1904, in Rangoon, in a family that placed great importance on education and service. One of her most significant contributions was her work with All India Scheduled Castes Federation founded by  Ambedkar 

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says Union Home Minister Amit Shah called her and informed about R.N. Ravi’s appointment and that she was “shocked” by the resignation of Ananda Bose

Suspension of flights from India to West Asia disrupts supply chain for vegetables, fruits, and seafood exported from South India

The ruling Trinamool Congress is set to secure four seats in the upper house and the BJP one

An emerging superpower should not remain a mute spectator to such violent incidents in its own region, says Mr. Gehlot; if we are the true protectors of the Indian Ocean, we must put our autonomy and safety of our guests above all else, he adds

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleges that political games are being played in the name of giving citizenship and questions are being raised about their identity

For tribal and Dalit families stranded on a landmass within the vast Indravati reservoir in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, life remains in limbo. Satyasundar Barik travels to this remote, rarely visited region to examine how a project widely credited with ushering in prosperity has failed to positively transform the lives of the people there

Confirming speculation about the end of his 20-year rule in Bihar with a post on social media, Mr. Kumar declared that he had a “desire in his heart” to become a member of both the Houses of Parliament.

In a candid conversation with The Hindu, K.K. Venugopal discusses the “command from political masters” that triggered the anti-Sikh riots in the 1980s, his sense of betrayal when he realised then-UP CM Kalyan Singh had told him an “utter lie” that the Babri Masjid would not be demolished in the 1990s.

The aircraft had taken off from Jorhat and was last in contact at 7.42 p.m.