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Karnataka

Karnataka BJP offers support to govt to oppose Kasturirangan report—but with a rider

Keerthivas

5 mins

Karnataka BJP offers support to govt to oppose Kasturirangan report—but with a rider

Opinion

Telangana’s quiet double-engine Sarkar — Part 3: What the Congress and BJP protect

Dr Narasimha Reddy Donthi 12 mins

Telangana's quiet double-engine Sarkar — Part 3: What the Congress and BJP protect

Health

What is scrub typhus? The fever behind Anna University student’s death explained

Sumit Jha 9 mins

What is scrub typhus? The fever behind Anna University student's death explained

IN THE NEWS

Supreme Court orders re-probe into 2012 rape & murder of 17-year-old girl near Dharmasthala

Supreme Court orders re-probe into 2012 rape & murder of 17-year-old girl near Dharmasthala

Vande Mataram row reaches Karnataka Legislature as BJP recites full song

Tension at Jurala Project as police block farmers protesting for Krishna water

By South First Desk

Actress Radha alleges sister Ambika, brother tried to encash cheques worth Rs 50 crore

Behind the News

₹80 lakh a month to keep it flying: The chopper, the file and a bit of turbulence in Keralam

Former Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender moves Supreme Court against Telangana HC disqualification verdict

Just Now

Tamil Nadu seeks a new Chief Secretary: Three senior IAS officers in the race

Dalit student’s suicide: IIT-Bombay removes Prof Suryanarayana Doolla from dean’s post

Rijohn Jose, Calicut FC’s ‘Interceptor’, dies in Kozhikode road accident; funeral on Tuesday

By South First Desk

‘Secretariat is not for gazing at the sea’: Stalin opposes TVK’s Pattinapakkam proposal, supports fishermen’s protest

Tamil Nadu: CM Vijay to launch ‘Vetri Payanam’ to expand free bus travel for women from 2 October

Hyderabad: Three held after non-vegetarian waste allegedly thrown near Ganesh immersion event; BJP stages protest

Southern Strokes

No place for Hindi imposition

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One photo, one bot, zero expertise: How AI morphing is spreading across Keralam campuses

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.

By Sreelakshmi Soman 8 mins

Behind Bengaluru’s 24 lakh SIR notices: Old rolls, shifting homes and a scramble for documents

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.

By Keerthivas 8 mins

‘Over my dead body’: Generations at home in Agasthyamalai, now ‘encroachers’ on paper

‘Over my dead body’: Generations at home in Agasthyamalai, now ‘encroachers’ on paper

Across nine panchayats and nearly a hundred villages around the Megamalai landscape, thousands of people now live with uncertainty about whether they will be allowed to remain.

By Subash Chandra Bose 20 mins

‘The police kept saying I was Bangladeshi’: Inside Bengaluru’s migrant verification drive

By Keerthivas 8 min

A third of rural Telangana students may be hooked on smartphones – but it’s sleep, not academics, taking the hit

By Sumit Jha 5 min

A dam plan and fear of doom: Jawadhu Hills tribal villages under the imposing shadow of Adani’s ambition

By Subash Chandra Bose 19 min

Web Stories

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Bengaluru makes global top 20 for nightlife

Bengaluru makes global top 20 for nightlife

Top 10 districts by UPI transaction

Top 10 districts by UPI transaction

Glacier collapse triggers flash flood in Tibet

Glacier collapse triggers flash flood in Tibet

One in three consumers encountered fake healthcare products

One in three consumers encountered fake healthcare products

SF Videos

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Dr Sudarshan Ballal

50 years of compassion: Dr Sudarshan Ballal reminisces

By South First Desk 1 min

Foul play in Andhra Pradesh DSC’s sports quota

State of Play: Fake claims, fraud certificates, plump jobs: Foul play in Andhra Pradesh DSC’s sports quota

By South First Desk 1 min

Megamalai, Karayar & Kanyakumari Ground Report

Encroachers or Forest Dwellers? | Megamalai, Karayar & Kanyakumari Ground Report

By South First Desk 1 min

Konda Surekha dropped from Telangana Cabinet

State of Play: A woman minister ousted from Telangana cabinet: Why?

By South First Desk 1 min

Community & Culture

Khichdi, khatta and kheema, three-word mantra once defined mornings in countless Hyderabadi homes.

Community & Culture Khichdi, khatta and kheema: The quiet trinity that once defined Hyderabadi mornings

PV Kondal Rao • 5 mins read

Community & Culture

Tulu’s official language demand, the Kannada question and the politics of Coastal Karnataka

Keerthivas • 8 mins read

Community & Culture

When healing becomes harm: Ivan Illich’s ‘Medical Nemesis’

John Kurien • 7 mins read

Community & Culture

Hyderabad: From a city of cycles to a city of cars and metro trains

PV Kondal Rao • 7 mins read

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Beyond South

IIT Bombay

Beyond South Dalit student’s suicide: IIT-Bombay removes Prof Suryanarayana Doolla from dean’s post

South First Desk • 4 mins read

Beyond South

IIT-Bombay director says he will resign after Dalit student’s suicide sparks protests

South First Desk • 4 mins read

Beyond South

‘Shah Instigated Removal of voters’: Congress alleges deletion or deletion risk for one in three voters during SIR

South First Desk • 3 mins read

Beyond South

India can mine the deep sea. But should we?

John Kurien • 7 mins read

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Opinions

DR NARASIMHA REDDY DONTHI

Telangana’s quiet double-engine Sarkar — Part 3: What the Congress and BJP protect

DEVULAPALLI AMAR

The anti-defection law has outlived its usefulness. It is time for a tougher law

DR NARASIMHA REDDY DONTHI

Telangana’s quiet double-engine Sarkar — Part 2: The politics of pretend opposition

Telangana’s Danam Nagender verdict: A test of the Speaker’s Constitutional credibility

Even a dead worker’s family wasn’t spared: The decline and fall of Telangana’s police

P JOHN J KENNEDY

MLA defections must have a price: Will Tamil Nadu voters charge it?

THIRUNAVUKARASU S

At a crossroads: Challenges for the DMK in the Gen-Z era

DR NARASIMHA REDDY DONTHI

Telangana’s quiet double-engine sarkar — Part 1: The Congress-BJP policy convergence

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States

Kadambari Jethwani Case: IPS officers Kanthi Rana, Vishal Gunni back on duty after two years

Kadambari Jethwani Case: IPS officers Kanthi Rana, Vishal Gunni back on duty after two years

Sarath Chandra B • 4 mins

‘We won medals’: AP sports quota teachers defend DSC appointments, dismiss fake certificate allegations

‘We won medals’: AP sports quota teachers defend DSC appointments, dismiss fake certificate allegations

South First Desk • 3 mins

Amid fake certificate allegations, Andhra introduces skill test for sports quota

Amid fake certificate allegations, Andhra introduces skill test for sports quota

Sarath Chandra B • 5 mins

Andhra Pradesh pension application deadline ends: 13.40 lakh new applications received

Andhra Pradesh pension application deadline ends: 13.40 lakh new applications received

South First Desk • 3 mins

Tortured, moved in the dead of night, burnt to ashes: SIT report on Gade Sai Krishna’s custodial death

Tortured, moved in the dead of night, burnt to ashes: SIT report on Gade Sai Krishna’s custodial death

Sarath Chandra B • 6 mins

TTD ghee adulteration: ED arrests Sukriti Foods promoter Kailash Chand Mangla under PMLA

TTD ghee adulteration: ED arrests Sukriti Foods promoter Kailash Chand Mangla under PMLA

South First Desk • 2 mins

Greenfield shipyard at Dugarajapatnam: AP government signs MoU with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders

Greenfield shipyard at Dugarajapatnam: AP government signs MoU with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders

South First Desk • 3 mins

Andhra Pradesh reverses course on veterinary surgeon recruitment, mandates written test

Andhra Pradesh reverses course on veterinary surgeon recruitment, mandates written test

South First Desk • 3 mins

‘We don’t know when the power will come’: The human cost of Andhra Pradesh’s electricity cuts

‘We don’t know when the power will come’: The human cost of Andhra Pradesh’s electricity cuts

Sarath Chandra B • 6 mins

Andhra Pradesh police pose as ‘FBI’ to get X to remove tweets

Andhra Pradesh police pose as ‘FBI’ to get X to remove tweets

South First Desk • 5 mins

Broken vials, used syringes: How an accidental find exposed abuse of pain injections in an Andhra village

Broken vials, used syringes: How an accidental find exposed abuse of pain injections in an Andhra village

South First Desk • 5 mins

APPSC notifies 892 vacancies across departments, including 163 Group-I posts

APPSC notifies 892 vacancies across departments, including 163 Group-I posts

South First Desk • 2 mins