And then there were seven in the silent hills

After decades of being caught between Maoists and the police, the seven families still living in Telanganaâ s Karreguttalu Hills are discovering life beyond fear. Once a formidable Maoist stronghold on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border, the hills are now opening up with roads, security infrastructure and the promise of electricity and development. But return of the Stateâ s writ also raises questions about the future of the forests and the communities that have lived here for decades. Abhinay Deshpande reports

Braving the odds: Parents of differently abled children search for a bright spot

Even after a decade of passing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, the plight of the parents of differently abled individuals continues. A. S. Jayanth meets some of the parents to document their struggles

A decade later, an IFS couple and six others to be prosecuted in custodial torture case in Keralam

Accused in the Malayattoor elephant poaching case in 2015 moves court after the Forest department refused sanction to prosecute the officials. Court holds that prosecution sanction is not required in the case as the alleged acts bore no reasonable connection with the performance of official duties

â We heard a loud noise, and within seconds everything was destroyed,â says Karnataka survivor in Nepal flash floods

Mallinath, a resident of Kalaburagi district in North Karnataka, was travelling with his 30-year-old son-in-law, Sangamesh, as part of a 25-member group from Hyderabad heading towards Manasa Sarovara in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, near Mount Kailash

Dharwad man who was part of Isha Foundation group missing after Nepal flash floods; Haveri pilgrims safe in Pokhara

Nayaka was part of an Isha Foundation group that had undertaken a pilgrimage to Manasarovar

Maharashtra Gen Z Adivasis ask for more

In Manjari village, on the outskirts of Pune, tribal students have been protesting for over two weeks with a hunger strike against the Maharashtra government, which they say has not heard them for years. They hope this time their need for better quality education and hostel infrastructure will be seen, and the Supreme Court-mandated employment assured nine years ago will be given. Vinaya Deshpande Pandit speaks with the students, many of whom are first-generation college-goers 

T.N. Govt. mulls corridor linking Tambaram and Chengalpattu

It had already announced, during the demands for grants for the Public Works Department, a plan to create an eight-lane road between Chennai and Kanniyakumari, says Aadhav Arjuna

U.P.â s population is not a challenge, but a great possibility, says CM Adityanath

He distributed more than â ¹3.42 crore in incentives to 107 startups and â ¹1.79 crore to nine incubators under the Startup Policy

T.N. Speaker promises to prevent expunged remarks from being used on social media

Kamal Haasan calls for abolition of NEET, backs entrance exam reforms

Stop making false statements, focus on the real problems of U.P., wrote State Congress chief Ajay Rai to CM

Reacting to Yogi Adityanath claiming that the Congress state president eats fish during Shravan, Ajay Rai challenged the Chief Minister to make a public, authentic picture or video of him eating fish

Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary announces the establishment of Biharâ s first womenâ s university

The Bihar government today also agreed to the main demand of protesting students for conducting Teacher Recruitment Examination-4 (TRE-4) in a single phase

BJD opposes Odisha governmentâ s proposal for biometric attendance for college students

Biometric identity-based attendance for college students is an attempt intimidate students in the name of discipline, alleges principal Opposition party

Nepal flash floods: 21 Indians from Tamil Nadu rescued, says Ministry of External Affairs

A 57-member group from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry had travelled to Nepal as part of a tour. Besides this group, another 49 people had travelled to Nepal from Chennai.

Chennai grew on me like no other place, says Head of Police Force