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7.8% growth, but don't travel or buy gold: PM Modi's 'heartiest congratulations' to the nation invite scorn

South First Desk

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7.8% growth, but don't travel or buy gold: PM Modi's 'heartiest congratulations' to the nation invite scorn

Kerala

‘Party is right, everybody else is wrong’: Can CPI(M)’s old formula still work in Keralam?

Dileep V Kumar 8 mins

'Party is right, everybody else is wrong': Can CPI(M)’s old formula still work in Keralam?

Opinion

Joseph Vijay for PM campaign: A bid for power, or leverage?

P John J Kennedy 7 mins

Joseph Vijay for PM campaign: A bid for power, or leverage?

IN THE NEWS

‘Female judge lost job for refusing to dance at male colleague’s anniversary party’: Indira Jaising

‘Female judge lost job for refusing to dance at male colleague’s anniversary party’: Indira Jaising

Where is Andhra Pradesh Congress President Sharmila? Is she unwell… or upset?

Telangana: 50 fertility centres found violating norms, registrations of 2 cancelled

By South First Desk

A fake trip to Bijapur, undercover probe and seven suspensions

A UoH scholar died in 2020 as hospital delayed stroke treatment awaiting Covid test. Six years later, his parents get ₹1 crore

TN CM Vijay announces major infrastructure development projects worth over Rs 56,000 crores

Just Now

Supreme Court quashes FIRs nationwide over student protests; bars future FIRs

Keralam: Local body by-elections in 38 wards on September 28

Mamata Banerjee’s niece found dead, family denies recruitment scam link

By South First Desk

Three SIs in Karnataka suspended over alleged money-for-posting audio

Avukka, the maestro who gave Mappilapattu thousands of melodies, dies at 80

Electronic City, Airport Road: No entry for two-wheelers on Bengaluru’s five elevated roads from Sep 4

Southern Strokes

Race to the top

SF Specials

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In Kerala’s relief camps, caste proves harder to wash away: Inside flood-hit Pathanamthitta

In Kerala’s relief camps, caste proves harder to wash away: Inside flood-hit Pathanamthitta

Rescue volunteers and local residents say that in some areas, privileged-caste families are unwilling to share food, shelter and common facilities with Dalits because of enduring notions of untouchability.

By Sreelakshmi Soman 7 mins

Inside Kerala’s NEET coaching economy and the human cost of chasing a medical seat

Inside Kerala’s NEET coaching economy and the human cost of chasing a medical seat

Shilpa is a final-year MBBS student. On the day she finished her final examination, she said most of her classmates had managed only one or two hours of sleep.

By Sreelakshmi Soman 8 mins

Interview | ‘I have doubts whether the TVK will oppose NEET like the DMK did’: Anitha Manirathinam

Interview | ‘I have doubts whether the TVK will oppose NEET like the DMK did’: Anitha Manirathinam

While CJP has called for a “Fair NEET”, Anitha Manirathinam, like many in Tamil Nadu continues to demand a complete ban on NEET in Tamil Nadu.

By Subash Chandra Bose 10 mins

At Jantar Mantar, a generation that stopped being afraid

By Nacchinarkkiniyan M 9 min

Manic Monday: When books clashed with police batons for a better India

By Kaushik Raj 16 min

A cancer drug, a patent and Article 21: Kerala woman’s plea now speaks for millions

By Dileep V Kumar 10 min

Web Stories

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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

13-Year-Old Allegedly Plots Grandfather’s Murder
Four Minors Held In Kerala

13-Year-Old Allegedly Plots Grandfather’s Murder Four Minors Held In Kerala

Why has Maharashtra FDA taken on Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff?

Why has Maharashtra FDA taken on Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff?

SF Videos

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Untold Story of Kerala's Tamil Tea Workers

“We Live Like Refugees”: The Untold Story of Kerala’s Tamil Tea Workers

By South First Desk 1 min

How Jantar Mantar protesters reacted to their victory

‘Dharmendra Pradhan is just the first wicket’: How Jantar Mantar protesters reacted to their victory

By South First Desk 1 min

Jantar Mantar protest

Inside the Jantar Mantar protest: The day Delhi’s student movement came of age

By South First Desk 1 min

puducherry alcohol economy

Village of widows: The women paying the price for Puducherry’s alcohol economy

By South First Desk 1 min

Community & Culture

Sonia Gandhi memoir

Community & Culture Sonia Gandhi’s memoir: When publishers start censoring ideas

PV Kondal Rao • 7 mins read

Beyond South

Memories of a fan: Sir Garry Sobers, the greatest cricketer ever?

Satyajit Das • 12 mins read

Community & Culture

Warangal: Centre of dissent and citadel of defiance

PV Kondal Rao • 9 mins read

Community & Culture

On drift and place in Anisha Lalvani’s Girls Who Stray

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur • 10 mins read

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Beyond South

Beyond South 7.8% growth, but don’t travel or buy gold: PM Modi’s ‘heartiest congratulations’ to the nation invite scorn

South First Desk • 7 mins read

Beyond South

Supreme Court quashes FIRs nationwide over student protests; bars future FIRs

South First Desk • 2 mins read

Beyond South

Mamata Banerjee’s niece found dead, family denies recruitment scam link

South First Desk • 2 mins read

Beyond South

‘Female judge lost job for refusing to dance at male colleague’s anniversary party’: Indira Jaising

South First Desk • 4 mins read

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Opinions

P JOHN J KENNEDY

Joseph Vijay for PM campaign: A bid for power, or leverage?

Sonia Gandhi’s memoir: When publishers start censoring ideas

Nepal flash floods: Where Switzerland had weeks, the Himalaya had almost no warning

The BJP’s great South India challenge—and why it matters

DEVULAPALLI AMAR

BJP’s North ‘fortress’ is being challenged by the youth; South doesn’t look easy either

Why NGEF died and BHEL did not: The land beneath a giant-killer story

Catching Gen Z founders early in India

ASHUTOSH KUMAR THAKUR

Nepal flash floods: When the Himalayas bled…

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States

Where is Andhra Pradesh Congress President Sharmila? Is she unwell… or upset?

Where is Andhra Pradesh Congress President Sharmila? Is she unwell… or upset?

Sarath Chandra B • 4 mins

AIG’s ₹2,000 crore investment in Vizag for 1,000-bed hospital to create 9,000 jobs: Minister Nara Lokesh

AIG’s ₹2,000 crore investment in Vizag for 1,000-bed hospital to create 9,000 jobs: Minister Nara Lokesh

South First Desk • 3 mins

Three separate suicides of entire families, allegedly over financial issues, raises concern in AP

Three separate suicides of entire families, allegedly over financial issues, raises concern in AP

South First Desk • 3 mins

Andhra woman dies after medical staff allegedly perform abortion based on doctor’s video call

Andhra woman dies after medical staff allegedly perform abortion based on doctor’s video call

South First Desk • 3 mins

Out of sight, out of schemes: The invisible tenant farmers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Out of sight, out of schemes: The invisible tenant farmers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

R Dileep Reddy • 6 mins

Deep dive: Does UDISE+ data back TDP claim of 1.10 lakh students shifting to government schools?

Deep dive: Does UDISE+ data back TDP claim of 1.10 lakh students shifting to government schools?

Dheeraj Pola • 3 mins

MS Swaminathan Research Foundation wins Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy Award-2026

MS Swaminathan Research Foundation wins Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy Award-2026

South First Desk • 3 mins

Andhra liquor scam: ED arrests YSRCP leader and former Minister Karumuri Nageswara Rao

Andhra liquor scam: ED arrests YSRCP leader and former Minister Karumuri Nageswara Rao

South First Desk • 2 mins

‘School Thik Karo’ raises a bigger question: What happened to Andhra Pradesh’s Nadu-Nedu?

‘School Thik Karo’ raises a bigger question: What happened to Andhra Pradesh’s Nadu-Nedu?

Dheeraj Pola • 4 mins

HRF rejects Andhra Minister Lokesh’s ‘deliberate misinformation’ claim over AI data centres in Vizag

HRF rejects Andhra Minister Lokesh’s ‘deliberate misinformation’ claim over AI data centres in Vizag

South First Desk • 11 mins

YS Vivekananda Reddy murder: ED searches seven locations in Hyderabad and Kadapa, seizes ₹24 lakh cash

YS Vivekananda Reddy murder: ED searches seven locations in Hyderabad and Kadapa, seizes ₹24 lakh cash

South First Desk • 3 mins

Video taken down, no arrest yet: Who is trying to save Jana Sena MP’s son who mowed down woman?

Video taken down, no arrest yet: Who is trying to save Jana Sena MP’s son who mowed down woman?

Sreshta Ladegaam • 4 mins