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Kerala

Did ignored warnings trigger Wayanad tragedy? Expert panel gets one month to find answers

Dileep V Kumar

7 mins

Did ignored warnings trigger Wayanad tragedy? Expert panel gets one month to find answers

Community & Culture

Adieu, Janaki Amma: An era ends, but voice endures

Amal Chandra 8 mins

Adieu, Janaki Amma: An era ends, but voice endures

Tamil Nadu

Poor mileage? Bike stalling midway? This Chennai entrepreneur blames it on E20 petrol

Subash Chandra Bose 12 mins

Poor mileage? Bike stalling midway? This Chennai entrepreneur blames it on E20 petrol

IN THE NEWS

Praveen Nettaru murder case: NIA arrests two absconding accused from Kochi and Hosur

Praveen Nettaru murder case: NIA arrests two absconding accused from Kochi and Hosur

Kerala doctor booked after six-month-old allegedly prescribed excess paracetamol dose

K Annamalai’s We The Leaders launches anti-drug campaign, adopts six-point agenda

By South First Desk

Citizens Corner

Reclaim Footpaths: Courts, ‘Queen’ and Commons — the Kochi paradox

Telangana Police negligence behind Shabad murders? Commissioner suspends SI

Karnataka Congress likely to announce Cabinet expansion on 13 July

Just Now

Uttarakhand Police arrest husband in connection with suspicious death of Vizag woman

CPI reiterates demand for Deputy Opposition Leader post; Pinarayi says issue is ‘closed’

Last missing worker’s body recovered from Wayanad tunnel collapse site; death toll rises to eight

By South First Desk

Telangana braces for ‘mini summer’ as El Niño deepens monsoon deficit

Can Ayurveda go global? NITI Aayog expresses hope while listing everything holding it back

Educational institutions shutdown: Telangana student union leaders lay siege to ministers’ residential complex

Southern Strokes

Forever a melodious memory

SF Specials

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Nobody’s people: Munnar’s Tamil tea workers struggle for identity and dignity

Nobody’s people: Munnar’s Tamil tea workers struggle for identity and dignity

Although Tamil workers migrated to Munnar over 100 years ago, the majority remain daily wage labourers without land ownership or independent housing.

By Subash Chandra Bose 15 mins

South First Impact: CDSCO debars two HCG Bengaluru doctors from clinical trials

South First Impact: CDSCO debars two HCG Bengaluru doctors from clinical trials

The doctors named in the whistleblower letter, dated 5 March 2025, that formed the basis for South First’s June 2025 investigation now face debarment: one for 6 months, another for 24 months.

By Chetana Belagere 5 mins

Explained: How the RSS operates in a legal, financial and organisational grey zone

Explained: How the RSS operates in a legal, financial and organisational grey zone

The RSS’ organisational structure is unconventional and much of its funding apparatus is out of public view.

By South First Desk 11 mins

Priyank Kharge pushes RSS to a “Kagaz Nahi Dikhayenge” moment and he won’t stop there

By Anusha Ravi Sood 6 min

‘Give us poison instead’: Inside the 460-day protest against Bidadi AI township championed by CM DK Shivakumar

By Dese Gowda 20 min

Chilling custodial crime and cover-up: The Gade Sai Krishna case is one Andhra Police cannot wish away

By G S Vasu 7 min

Web Stories

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‘Drink breast milk to build muscles’: Viral fitness claim sparks doctor backlash

‘Drink breast milk to build muscles’: Viral fitness claim sparks doctor backlash

Your guide to the snakes behind Kerala’s fatal bites

Your guide to the snakes behind Kerala’s fatal bites

Visceral fat: Why it is more dangerous than you think

Visceral fat: Why it is more dangerous than you think

Ultra-processed diets linked to lower fertility in men, early embryo changes

Ultra-processed diets linked to lower fertility in men, early embryo changes

SF Videos

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Karnataka Congress

State Of Play: Clamour for clarity in Karnataka Congress

By South First Desk 1 min

TVK pages are rewriting Tamil Nadu’s political history

How pro-TVK pages are rewriting Tamil Nadu’s political history

By Subash Chandra Bose 1 min

TVK allies ministers

Why the delay in sharing ministries with allies, TVK?

By South First Desk 1 min

VD Satheesan

State Of Play: Cadres prevail over high command — VD Satheesan is Kerala CM

By Anusha Ravi Sood 1 min

Community & Culture

S Janaki.

Community & Culture Adieu, Janaki Amma: An era ends, but voice endures

Amal Chandra • 8 mins read

Community & Culture

S Janaki: Southern Nightingale falls silent, but her songs will echo forever

Dileep V Kumar • 11 mins read

Community & Culture

Gana Kokila S Janaki passes away in Mysuru

South First Desk • 2 mins read

Beyond South

‘At home I am alone, not here…’: The joy of watching the football World Cup on community screens

Anto P Cheerotha • 5 mins read

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Beyond South

Anil Menon

Beyond South NASA’s Anil Menon to become first astronaut of Malayali origin in space

Dileep V Kumar • 5 mins read

Beyond South

Boat ferrying over 30 Indian tourists capsizes near Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island, 15 dead

South First Desk • 5 mins read

Beyond South

US court seeks clarification from Gautam Adani on quid pro quo allegations in bribery case

South First Desk • 4 mins read

Beyond South

‘The world’s most misunderstood country’: Saurabh Shukla on wartime Iran

Keerthivas • 4 mins read

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Opinions

The UN didn’t fail. That was the point.

Reclaiming civility in the digital public square

Telangana’s Kharif paradox: Arid fields, scarce pulses, yet cotton expands

Who rules Telangana? Is it the Sangh Parivar?

If Raavan is UAPA accused, what about Pawan Kalyan’s own words?

DR NARASIMHA REDDY DONTHI

Hyderabad’s high-speed rail push: An American example that serves as a cautionary tale

India’s invisible epidemic: The urgent case for a national digital detox mission

To SIR, with love: Why setting aside a holiday for the exercise might be a good idea

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States

Uttarakhand Police arrest husband in connection with suspicious death of Vizag woman

Uttarakhand Police arrest husband in connection with suspicious death of Vizag woman

South First Desk • 2 mins

Vietnam boat tragedy: 10 from Tamil Nadu, 3 from Andhra Pradesh, 2 from Kerala among 15 Indians killed

Vietnam boat tragedy: 10 from Tamil Nadu, 3 from Andhra Pradesh, 2 from Kerala among 15 Indians killed

South First Desk • 5 mins

Andhra Pradesh police search YouTuber Prashna Raavan’s home in Hyderabad

Andhra Pradesh police search YouTuber Prashna Raavan’s home in Hyderabad

Sreshta Ladegaam • 2 mins

CI Nagaraju, arrested in Sai Gade Krishna case, booked under SC/ST Act over Kranthi Kumar’s death

CI Nagaraju, arrested in Sai Gade Krishna case, booked under SC/ST Act over Kranthi Kumar’s death

South First Desk • 3 mins

Andhra police invoke ‘Hindu Dharma’ in Prashna Raavan remand report: Read why

Andhra police invoke ‘Hindu Dharma’ in Prashna Raavan remand report: Read why

South First Desk • 5 mins

‘He speaks for those without a voice’: Prashna Raavan’s wife speaks out after YouTuber’s arrest

‘He speaks for those without a voice’: Prashna Raavan’s wife speaks out after YouTuber’s arrest

Sreshta Ladegaam • 6 mins

After UAPA charges, Andhra Pradesh court sends YouTuber Prashna Raavan to 14 days’ judicial remand

After UAPA charges, Andhra Pradesh court sends YouTuber Prashna Raavan to 14 days’ judicial remand

South First Desk • 3 mins

Waging war against India and more: The charges Andhra Police have invoked against YouTuber Prashna Raavan

Waging war against India and more: The charges Andhra Police have invoked against YouTuber Prashna Raavan

South First Desk • 5 mins

Following his fifth arrest, Andhra Pradesh police invoke UAPA against Prashna Raavan

Following his fifth arrest, Andhra Pradesh police invoke UAPA against Prashna Raavan

South First Desk • 3 mins

Gade Sai Krishna custodial death: Mother pleads with SIT to return remains for last rites, alleges conspiracy

Gade Sai Krishna custodial death: Mother pleads with SIT to return remains for last rites, alleges conspiracy

Sreshta Ladegaam • 5 mins

‘Who is afraid of Prashna Raavan?’ YouTuber arrested for 5th time in 4 days

‘Who is afraid of Prashna Raavan?’ YouTuber arrested for 5th time in 4 days

Sreshta Ladegaam • 6 mins

AP police’s brazenness continues as they arrest YouTuber Raavan for fourth time

AP police’s brazenness continues as they arrest YouTuber Raavan for fourth time

South First Desk • 4 mins