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Bengaluru man accused of stealing rare book from Nilgiri Library acquitted

Police said the library in Udhagamandalam had found the book missing soon after the literature fest in October

CPI(M) defeat in Keralam Assembly polls not due to single factor, says A. Vijayaraghavan

CPI(M) leader says the party had conducted a comprehensive assessment of the election results, beginning at the grassroots level, following which the State Committee and Central Committee reviewed the findings

Keralam govt raises expenditure ceiling for IT hardware for Ministers, private secretaries, dept heads

Expenditure ceiling on IT hardware increased from ₹1.5 lakh to ₹2 lakh. The order by Electronics and IT department Special Secretary says hike was necessitated by the considerable increase in the market rates of common IT hardware

Jagan calls Lokesh’s claim of 82.1% literacy in Andhra false, cites Centre’s survey showing 71.4%

The Education Minister’s figure, posted on X with a newspaper report and credited to the Akshara Andhra drive, has no published survey behind it

The dedicated band of district correspondents

For five decades, the district correspondents chronicled the changing face of united Andhra Pradesh, taking the newspaper beyond capitals and corridors of power into villages, conflict zones and remote hinterlands. From painstaking trunk-call filings to laptops and digital reporting, they brought grassroots voices, rural concerns, political shifts, social movements and crises to readers, becoming the quiet pillars of the newspaper’s credibility and legacy. They laid the foundation for what became one of the strongest district reporting networks among English-language newspapers in the State

The Hindu and a changing city

From its solitary beginnings in Begumpet to a modern newsroom, the newspaper’s Hyderabad journey mirrored the city’s transformation. The veteran journalist recalls the people, places, and the newsroom camaraderie that shaped more than two decades of memories with the newspaper

In Bengaluru, new civic setup fails to unlock new revenue avenues

The new corporations had high hopes for three major sources: advertisement revenue, premium FAR, and B-Khata to A-Khata conversion.

Andhra Pradesh Cabinet clears reclassification of 22.31 acres in Nellore for house sites

The decision was taken on the recommendations of a joint committee, with specific safeguards to protect the functioning and maintenance of the Sarvepalli canal

Report warns against bid to privatise Employees’ State Insurance Corporation

ESIC Director General Ashok Kumar Singh says implementation of Code on Social Security will help in more number of workers availing ESIC benefits

Fire breaks out in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar hospital NICU

58 patients, including 9 newborns, safely evacuated.

Congress hails successful launch of India’s imaging satellite; slams Modi government for ‘attack’ on ISRO

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had claimed that the Modi government has an “aggressive privatisation agenda” for the space programme just as it had for nuclear energy

Quality elementary teachers crucial to children, nation-building: Supreme Court

‘Though free and compulsory elementary education to all children aged 6 to 14 years has now attained the status of an enforceable fundamental right, we have not bestowed on teacher education the attention that it deserves,’ the court says

Hyderabad’s art scene is finding new ways to make itself seen

How a city with no art ecosystem is slowly and steadily nurturing a vibrant world balancing the regional identity while engaging with a globalised art world

‘Reimagining Keralam’: Council of Ministers attend two-day strategic leadership retreat at IIM-K

Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan light the traditional lamp marking the beginning of two-day workshop led by IIM-K faculty members and experts from international institutions for discussions on issues ranging from AI and climate resilience to public health, ageing, employment, higher education and fiscal sustainability

The Hyderabad that was, and the city it is now

Once a city of leisurely chai, neighbourhood cinema halls, street-corner conversations and the twin cities, Hyderabad has changed almost beyond recognition. Over five decades, tech, infrastructure, migration and enterprise have transformed its physical and economic landscape. From the first stirrings of computing to AI, GCCs and towering business districts, the city has reinvented itself

Farmers’ union to mobilise one million ‘swayamsevaks’ to fight trade deals

SKM leaders said delegations have met more than 100 Ministers, MPs, and MLAs across the country with a charter of demands that includes cancellation of all FTAs

BLAs not responsible for verifying every detail in enumeration forms: Delhi HC

The judge passed the judgement on a petition by the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Devender Yadav and the chairman of the DPCC’s booth management committee

Jadavpur University students use ex-PM Vajpayee’s remark to justify ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti

Hyderabad on new growth orbit

In the recent years, the city has emerged as preferred destination for Global Capability Centres, creating value across IT, R&D, customer support operations and intellectual property-related functions

Newsroom that learned to move at internet speed

From being the first Indian newspaper to foray into digital space in 1995 to today’s world of smartphones, The Hindu’s digital journey mirrors the transformation of news consumption

Fading fear of HIV puts focus on rising STI risks among youth in Keralam

The virus no longer carries the deterrent power it once did and changing sexual behaviour is putting young people at risk of sexually transmitted infections. The numbers seeking care at the 23 District STI/RTI Centres under the Kerala State AIDS Control Society have been rising steadily. September 4 is World Sexual Health Day

Merit-based MBBS admissions sought for reserved category students

Liberation Congress Party demands that the A.P. government restore MBBS admissions under G.O. No. 151 to prevent meritorious reserved-category candidates from losing Open Competition seats

Inside the mind of Singeetham Srinivasa Rao: a masterclass in storytelling

Veteran filmmaker and an instinctive writer, Rao has spent several years exploring the possibilities of storytelling — across languages, genres and forms. At 95, he remains as curious about cinema as he has always been