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Pay gap, SIR duties shadow Bengaluru teachers’ poll
Actor Balu Varghese faces legal notice over alleged misconduct; Sushin Shyam shares report
Veteran Tamil singer Krishnaraj Ramasamy, known for Deva hits, dies at 75
Where are Wegovy weight-loss tablets in India? CDSCO seeks more data from Novo Nordisk
Andhra local body elections: Polling postponed, SEC reopens nominations in 72 wards
Chennai’s Jantar Mantar 2.0: Tamil Nadu Police detain protesters four hours into 24-hour agitation
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Weather update: Forecast for southern cities on 23 October
Tamil Nadu SC/ST Commission seeks report on Coimbatore Class 11 student’s death
Financial influencer Harish’s death by suicide: YouTuber Jason Samuel arrested over alleged extortion
Telangana CM Revanth promises Cabinet sub-committee to examine Mudiraj demand for reclassification to BC-A
Amid allegations of negligence at Medicover hospital, Telangana police arrest journalist Shankar Goud
Bengaluru cyber police bust SIM box network with suspected links to digital-arrest scams, financial fraud
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SF Specials
Inside the Vijay push: Paid reels, PR networks and the ‘next PM’ narrative
Online promotions have become part of the digital world. Social media platforms, where millions of people hang out, have emerged as important campaigning spaces for businesses and political parties. Such promotional campaigns highlight genuine achievements, qualities and history. They also push false information, manufactured images and carefully constructed narratives.
Keralam
One photo, one bot, zero expertise: How AI morphing is spreading across Keralam campuses
Campuses once associated with learning, friendships and youthful freedom are now confronting a darker digital threat.
Karnataka
Behind Bengaluru’s 24 lakh SIR notices: Old rolls, shifting homes and a scramble for documents
According to data from the Bengaluru District Election Office, more than 24 lakh notices have been generated during the SIR exercise in the city.
‘Over my dead body’: Generations at home in Agasthyamalai, now ‘encroachers’ on paper
‘The police kept saying I was Bangladeshi’: Inside Bengaluru’s migrant verification drive
A third of rural Telangana students may be hooked on smartphones – but it’s sleep, not academics, taking the hit
Community & Culture
Community & Culture
Adilabad’s forests once held a kingdom of their own
Community & Culture
‘Dorothy’: The boundaries of caste, gender and the violence of patriarchy
Beyond South
Daughters inherit, but men decide: Meghalaya’s unique matrilineal paradox
Community & Culture
‘Bengaluru Jatre’ to bring 10-day city-wide celebration of art, culture and communities in December
Beyond South
Beyond South
Code Red on the Web: How 70% of the internet suddenly came under threat
Opinions
ECI’s credibility crisis upsets BJP’s power dynamics with allies, friends but a key test remains
Cockroach Janta Party’s Diwali break: Will it split Gen Z?
The flag, the book and the Mahatma: The youth have already won; now Modi must choose
Dasara: When Telangana’s villages turn into a festival economy
Prepare before we panic: Every dam in Telangana needs a water protocol
When elves turn into imps: Who will watch the watchdogs?
From Jantar Mantar to Indira Park: ‘Can you stop the waves of the sea?’
Democracy’s shame: Delhi Police’s violence reverberates across India
States
Andhra Pradesh
Hunt for local body poll funding? Andhra tipplers forced to cough up ₹10 extra per bottle
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra local body elections: Polling postponed, SEC reopens nominations in 72 wards
Andhra Pradesh
Violence mars MPTC, ZPTC nominations in Andhra; candidates blocked, papers snatched away as police stand by
Andhra Pradesh
House arrests of YSRCP leaders amid ZPTC, MPTC nominations in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: SEC halts urban local body polls after SC orders scrutiny of alleged nomination obstruction
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh SEC directs strict implementation of Supreme Court orders to prevent further violence in local body polls
Andhra Pradesh
Violence in AP: Supreme Court asks Election Commission to defer publishing final list of candidates
Andhra Pradesh
DRI busts international gold-smuggling racket in Vijayawada, arrests five people
Andhra Pradesh
‘Double standards’ on election authorities, using Gen Z as political pawns: Naidu attacks Jagan
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra local body polls: YSRCP moves SC alleging mass violence blocked nominations, seeks deadline extension
Andhra Pradesh
Jagan calls for ECI overhaul, admits YSRCP erred in backing 2023 Act governing appointments to poll body
Andhra Pradesh