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Keralam: Youth Congress march against CEC turns violent after clash with SFI; Yuva Morcha blockades Minister Shaji
Hyderabad: EFLU students detained ahead of RSS leader’s campus event; groups say action was at admin’s behest
Hyderabad: Expired food, cockroaches found at Instamart, Zepto and Flipkart dark stores; TG SAFE suspends licences
After anonymous X handle calls Ambedkar, Phule and Periyar’s writings ‘poison’, PMO asks unis to reconsider them
12 injured after fire at MRPL refinery in Mangaluru, explosion heard kilometres away
‘Gyanesh Kumar is a thief’: INDIA bloc to launch district-level Save Democracy marches from October 2
Just Now
Keralam: Mother confesses to drowning two children in water tank at home
BJP corporator booked over alleged intimidation of Muslim teacher at Hyderabad school
Madras HC refuses to transfer Gem Veeramani case to CBI; cautions against publicity-seeking
Keralam Police in a fix over CM VD Satheesan’s security arrangements
Counterfeit drugs case: Interrogation of alleged kingpin Prashanth leads to arrest of Chennai man
Woman found dead in OYO room; alleged partner fled at 3:30 am, told staff she’d leave after breakfast
Southern Strokes
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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
Health & Wellness
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Health
What is resistant BP, the condition one in five hypertension patients may have in India
Health
Rice alone isn’t the problem: How a refined-carb-heavy diet can raise metabolic and heart risks
Health
You look healthy, your BMI is normal, but your waist may be telling a different story about your heart
Behind The News
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Gem Veeramani Case: Who tried to close it? What happened in Court?
ECI’s SIR is a bloodless political genocide to exterminate citizenship: Dr Parakala Prabhakar
State of Play: DK Shivakumar’s Tulu push: A big step for Congress
Tamil Nadu’s “Epstein”? | R Veeramani POCSO case explained: Pen drive to decades-old allegations
Community & Culture
Community & Culture
Ivan Illich and the tyranny India’s pursuit of speed is unleashing
Beyond South
Beyond South
India in ‘Global Gallery of Rogues’: Kavita Krishnan on ‘De-democratisation’
Beyond South
After anonymous X handle calls Ambedkar, Phule and Periyar’s writings ‘poison’, PMO asks unis to reconsider them
Beyond South
‘Gyanesh Kumar is a thief’: INDIA bloc to launch district-level Save Democracy marches from October 2
Beyond South
Decriminalising licence breach, Rs 25 crore fine for violations: Inside draft Petroleum (Amendment) Bill, 2026
Opinions
India in ‘Global Gallery of Rogues’: Kavita Krishnan on ‘De-democratisation’
Kanthapuram and the myth of confining the Muslim woman to her home
Ivan Illich and the tyranny India’s pursuit of speed is unleashing
The Sea speaks Malayalam: The 122 words that sailed back with Vasco da Gama from Calicut
The things we blame on age: When getting older becomes an explanation for everything
Ethics committee or electoral mandate? The Kaushik Reddy test
After 1,000 days in office, Revanth bets on ‘visible impact’ taking on KCR’s infra legacy
‘India roars louder than ever’: Gyanesh Kumar SIR, please get out
States
Andhra Pradesh
SIR row: NDA allies, YSRCP demand clarification to regain confidence
Andhra Pradesh
From Gade Saikrishna to Cheekati Gopi: An alarming series of custodial death cases in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
AP’s new social media influencer policy: Same strategy, different government?
Andhra Pradesh
Document verification for AgriGold depositors: Plot allotment soon
Andhra Pradesh
AIIMS traces how cost, confusion and neighbours’ advice delay kidney ailment diagnosis in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Deep depression to cross AP-Odisha coast near Kalingapatnam; Telangana on high alert
Andhra Pradesh
AP Cabinet approves four new police commissionerates; social media influencers for government outreach
Andhra Pradesh
‘Cancel Andhra Pradesh medical counselling,’ demand medico parents’ association
Andhra Pradesh
Sai Krishna custodial death case: SC stays HC proceedings; to directly monitor investigation
Andhra Pradesh
Central share of National Social Assistance Pensions directly into bank accounts, to impact 9.34 lakh beneficiaries
Andhra Pradesh
Data center boundary wall collapses in Simhachalam: Doubts raised over environmental clearances
Andhra Pradesh