Dhanya Rajendran
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Bengaluru voter fraud mystery deepens: NGO head laundered money using farmers
As part of our ongoing investigation that originally exposed the data theft by Ravikumar and his NGO Chilume, TNM has stumbled upon a suspicious money trail indicating the possibility of an even bigger scam. → Read More
TNM investigation: Armed with govt order, Bengaluru NGO steals voter data
The data stolen from citizens as part of the operation has enormous commercial value. For a politician looking to win an election by any means, this data is priceless. → Read More
Didn’t want to come back to Malayalam films like nothing was wrong: Actor Bhavana intv
In an interview with TNM, Bhavana, who survived a sexual assault in 2017, spoke about the colleagues who reached out with support, and the changing loyalties of others. → Read More
Fighting back without a support system is unimaginable: Actor Bhavana interview
Bhavana speaks about why she decided to reveal her identity at this juncture, the toll the case has taken on her, why she hasn†t done Malayalam films, and her support system. → Read More
KCR claims he is ‘unaware’ of corruption allegations on Rajat Kumar IAS exposed by TNM
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has said he is unaware of allegations about Rajat Kumar IAS, a top bureaucrat in his government, that were revealed in an investigation on The News Minute last week. Rajat Kumar is the Special Chief Secretary in the Irrigation and Command Area Development Department. → Read More
I was devastated: Franco case prime witness Sr Lissy on how her letter was misused
Sister Lissy� s explanation about why she wrote the letter was not considered at all by Justice G Gopakumar, while acquitting Bishop Franco Mulakkal of rape. → Read More
Lockdowns and travel bans make no sense, new testing strategy needed: Dr Gagandeep Kang
Dr Gagandeep Kang spoke to TNM about the concern over reinfections amid Omicron, vaccine efficacy and why it� s important to vaccinate the vulnerable and elderly on priority. → Read More
Chennai rains: How control rooms attend to rain-related complaints, allay public fear
Since November 6, the three integrated call centres under the Chennai Corporation have received over 16,000 calls on inundation, wall collapse and waterlogging, among others. → Read More
Aftermath of Tejasvi Surya's Islamophobic 'raid': The War Room 16 speak out
A few of them have contemplated the idea of approaching a court for relief. But the fear that they would never win any compensation and will be entangled in legal issues for years has made almost all of them back off. → Read More
TNM Exclusive: Kerala reports around 14,000 excess deaths till end of May 2021
According to data from the Civil Registration System (CRS) in Kerala, accessed by TNM, between January 1 and May 31 this year, Kerala has officially registered 1.13 lakh deaths. → Read More
'We don't have enough medical oxygen, need more': Karnataka Chief Secretary to TNM
Though the state government has written to the Union government, they are yet to receive a reply. → Read More
The making of KK Shailaja: From school teacher to Kerala minister
Shailaja Teacher, as she is fondly known, took to full-time politics in 2004 after 23 years as a teacher. → Read More
Why Sasikala decided to withdraw from politics
TNM spoke to sources close to VK Sasikala including her nephew and AMMK chief TTV Dhinakaran. → Read More
Congress-DMK talks hit impasse, Cong miffed with DMK offer of 18 seats
Speaking to TNM, a senior leader who was part of the negotiations said that some Congress leaders even skipped the second round of talks → Read More
Conversations, food and movies: How India’s first coronavirus patients survived isolation
Twenty-three-year-old Abdul* recalls sleeping well during those 14 days, the ceiling fan blowing on his hair and ruffling the sleeves of his loose hospital gown. On January 30, the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in India from Thrissur. It was Abdul’s classmate from Wuhan University. As soon as he heard the news, Abdul and his parents drove to the Alappuzha Medical → Read More
KTR appointed Working President of TRS: Is KCR paving the path for his son’s takeover?
TRS President and Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao appointed his son and Siricilla MLA K Taraka Rama Rao as the Working President (Executive President) of the party on Friday. According to a party release, “KCR has decided to concentrate more time on National Politics to bring a qualitative Change in the National Politics.” Party sources say that this was a unilateral decision taken by KCR. → Read More
Shaken by Fr Kuriakose’s death, but will fight on: Survivor’s sister in Franco rape case
The death of Father Kuriakose Kattuthara at St Mary's church in Dasuya in Jalandhar on Monday has sent a shiver down the spine of nuns, who had protested against rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal. Father Kuriakose, who was a prosecution witness in the rape case had given a statement to the police against Fr Franco, was found dead on Monday morning. While the exact cause of → Read More
Vairamuthu came after me too: Musician Sindhuja and another survivor speak up on poet
When allegations of sexual misconduct against Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu began surfacing on Monday as part of the MeToo movement on Indian social media, singer Chinmayi came forward with her own story of harassment the following day. Chinmayi recounted the incident from 2000-2006 when the lyricist allegedly harassed her, and later had to defend herself from the vile comments → Read More
I left the place worried, didn't work on 'Koteeswaran' again: Tess Joseph on Mukesh
On Tuesday morning, Tess Joseph, a casting director, joined the #MeToo campaign and shared her experience from two decades ago. It was for the first time that an actor from the Malayalam film industry had been named ever since the wave of #MeToo hit social media in India. Mukesh Kumar is an actor, a CPI (M) MLA from Kollam district and the Vice President of the Association of → Read More
From a Facebook group to full fledged relief management: The Anbodu Kochi story
On one side of the indoor stadium of the Regional Sports Centre in Kochi, a group of volunteers sat in a line. The first few took two biscuit packets each and put them into a bag, and passed the bag on to the next set of volunteers. After bread, jam, milk and water were put inside, the bag was then placed into a carton. Two rounds of plastic cling-wrapping later, the carton → Read More