IN THE NEWS
Gelatin stick blast at Alluri road work site claims six lives, including a teacher
Tamil Nadu rains: Burliar landslide hits Coonoor–Coimbatore bus; girl killed in Virudhunagar, hill districts battered by heavy rain
K’taka sting operation row: Siddaramaiah says video was fabricated to blackmail him; KPCC issues notice to woman leader
Transgender Persons Amendment Act does not bar gender-affirming care; doctors should continue care, says ESI
Cyclonic storm likely over Bay of Bengal by Monday; heavy rain forecast across coastal Andhra
Keralam: ECI begins Special Summary Revision to enrol those left off electoral rolls after SIR
Just Now
DRI arrests two travellers with foreign currency worth Rs 1.56 crore at Hyderabad airport
Telangana BJP chief Ramachander Rao likely to contest MLC poll; BRS may field a lightweight
Keralam MLA Sandeep Warrier escapes unhurt in car accident
Weather update: Forecast for southern cities on 24 October
Hyderabad: Licences of 106 medical shops in CURE region suspended for illegal sale of habit-forming drugs
CB-CID takes over probe into missing 7-year-old near Gingee as search enters 12th day
Southern Strokes
SF Specials
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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
Unequal stipends, long hours and embarrassment: In ‘stepmotherly’ Telangana, brick kiln workers earn more than young doctors
Health
Transgender Persons Amendment Act does not bar gender-affirming care; doctors should continue care, says ESI
Health
How does the body spot a virus and fight back? Hyderabad scientists find a protein that helps cells sound the alarm
Behind The News
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Behind the News
‘Is the CM Justin or Glikson?’: Satheesan’s review of ‘Bethlehem Kudumba Unit’ sparks a buzz
Behind the News
JNU strike: John Brittas seeks President’s intervention as protesting students’ health deteriorates
Behind the News
Bills, thrills and a little suspense in Kerala Legislative Assembly
Web Stories
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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
Jest for thought | The protester’s survival kit in India: Don’t forget the birth certificate, please!
Opinions
Telangana’s looming water crisis: Responsibility and response
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?’
States
Andhra Pradesh
Gelatin stick blast at Alluri road work site claims six lives, including a teacher
Andhra Pradesh
Cyclonic storm likely over Bay of Bengal by Monday; heavy rain forecast across coastal Andhra
Andhra Pradesh
Apex Court orders disregarded: YS Jagan demands Andhra Pradesh local elections be held under Supreme Court supervision
Andhra Pradesh
Gade Sai Krishna custodial death: CBI takes over probe, to register FIR
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