Basavaraju took over from the former CPI (Maoist) general secretary Mupalla Laxman Rao alias Ganpathy sometime in 2017. Some in the security establishment believe that his killing could mark the beginning of the end of the movement in India.

Banu Mushtaq Booker Prize, International Booker 2025 winner: Originally published in Kannada and previously translated into Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam, ‘Heart Lamp’ brings the voice of one of southern India’s most potent protest writers to a global…

The negotiations for a global pandemic treaty began in December 2021, at a time when the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 was spreading across the world and producing a massive new surge of COVID-19

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Looking for mechanisms to deal with complaints against judges, the SC developed the in-house inquiry, in which the Chief Justice of India (CJI) sets up a panel of judges to verify if there is a prima facie case against a judge.

On Wednesday, Heart Lamp won the International Booker Prize, making Mushtaq the first Kannada writer to receive this honour.

Not much is known about the $175-billion system that US President Donald Trump has selected to “protect [the] homeland”. But it is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious military tech programs ever.

On Tuesday, the IMD predicted that the southwest monsoon, which typically begins in Kerala on June 1, will now arrive before May 27. This would also spread into southern parts of Tamil Nadu, marking its earliest onset since 2010.

How do art auctions work? How are artworks valued for auction? What happens when an artwork fails to find a buyer at an auction? Here is what to know.

What are the allegations, and what is the political profile of Bachubhai Khabad? We explain.

The scenic route from Roha in Maharashtra all the way to coastal Kerala is a lifeline for the movement of passengers and goods across the Konkan coast

The film, backed by American filmmaking legend Martin Scorsese and Bollywood giant Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, was inspired by a 2020 essay in The New York Times by Basharat Peer, former Opinions editor at the publication.

US President Donald Trump said the killings were “based obviously on antisemitism”. What happened, and what is the context behind the responses to the attacks? We explain.

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Indian artists’ visual evocations of the tragedy and triumph of wars have created a corpus of artworks that now serve as indispensable documentation

From under 200 in the 1960s, the population of Asiatic lions has grown to nearly 900 in 2025. To continue this success story, the big cats now need more quality forest habitats away from human settlements.

TASMAC is a state monopoly that operates about 7,000 liquor outlets in Tamil Nadu. The ED is investigating alleged financial irregularities in its functioning. Additional Solicitor General S V Raju told the SC that there had been a fraud of Rs 1,000 crore…

Trump Harvard Ban Impact Explained: How does the latest blow impact Harvard University and its international students? Why is the University in Trump's crosshairs? We explain.

India will be submitting a dossier to the FATF, and make a case for putting Pakistan back in the ‘grey list’

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