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Kerala

Why a zero-rupee ticket can’t buy safety on Kerala’s buses for trans women

Abhishek Vijayan
9 min read
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Kerala

Who owns your hospitals? Private equity's growing grip on Kerala's healthcare

Jisha Surya
17 min read
AI-generated illustration of a Pride march featuring a crowd carrying rainbow flags and a placard reading "Pride is Resistance" during a peaceful public gathering.
Karnataka

For millennials, Pride was protest. What does it mean to Gen Z?

Aditi Raman
10 min read
A still from The News Minute's exclusive video interview showing Monalisa Bhosle seated beside her husband, Farman Khan, against a dark stylised background. Both look directly at the camera with serious expressions as they discuss the legal and political controversy surrounding their marriage.
Kerala

‘Getting threats continuously, fear for our lives’: ‘Kumbh girl’ Monalisa tells TNM

Lakshmi Priya
8 min read
Gade Sai Krishna against the backdrop of the burial ground where he is alleged to have been cremated
Andhra Pradesh

Where is Sai Krishna? The disappearance that has shaken Andhra Pradesh Police

Anjana Meenakshi
13 min read
A file picture of an RSS route march
News

How the RSS changed its constitution to defend legal status and guru dakshina

Anisha Sheth
11 min read
How India's media lost its nerve — and its money, under PM Modi
News

How India's media lost its nerve — and its money, under PM Modi

Aakar Patel
19 min read
Chief Minister DK Shivakumar
Karnataka

Why the DKS-led Congress in Karnataka cannot save its own voters from the SIR

Shivasundar
11 min read
Silhouette of a child
Kerala

A girl died with over 50 injuries in Kerala. Why the accused were acquitted 15 years later

Haritha John
9 min read
Bengaluru market vendors hired to train AI robots that could replace them
Karnataka

Bengaluru market vendors hired to train AI robots that could replace them

Shivani Kava
7 min read
Arshith toddler death case: Composite image showing 20-month-old Arshith (face blurred), the Kerala District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) logo, and his grandmother Reena, who alerted authorities about suspected child abuse weeks before the toddler's death in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Kerala

Audio reveals grandmother warned child protection office before Kerala toddler Arshith’s death

Azeefa Fathima
8 min read
A Sangh Village banner
Kerala

‘This is a Sangh village’: Inside Kerala’s new Hindutva strongholds

Haritha John
11 min read
Rizwan Arshad, MB Patil, Priyank Kharge, BK Hariprasad
Karnataka

Who can inherit Siddaramaiah’s social justice legacy? Here’s a list

Naveen Soorinje
14 min read
Outgoing Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Karnataka

Secular rhetoric, legal surrender: Siddaramaiah’s quiet retreat from the fight against communalism

Naveen Soorinje
16 min read
Image featuring Dalit families on May 20 during police action
Kerala

‘We’ve lived here for 100 years’: The Dalit families resisting eviction at Malayidamthuruth

Haritha Manav
8 min read
Composite image of Monalisa Bhosle and Farman Khan wearing red flower garlands after their wedding ceremony. The couple stands in the foreground, while faded background visuals show crowds, cameras, and documents, reflecting the public and political controversy surrounding their marriage.
News

How old is Monalisa Bhosle? Two states & many truths behind an interreligious marriage

Lakshmi Priya
15 min read
A trail of grief, little accountability: The Marion Biotech story after 68 children deaths
News

A trail of grief, little accountability: The Marion Biotech story after 68 children deaths

Prateek Goyal
15 min read
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