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Eight hours under the scanner: Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter’s ED deposition may shape next phase of probe
Hyderabad: 12 BDS students booked, suspended for ragging juniors
As PM Modi meets Trump amid silence on Indian sailors’ killings, Rahul Gandhi begins campaign for students
Two investigations in US and India raise fresh Gautam Adani questions; Karnataka deal highlighted
Next target Shiv Sena (UBT)? Sanjay Raut alleges ₹50-crore bribe offered to party MPs
ED questions former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter T Veena in CMRL-Exalogic case
Just Now
Polling begins for the biennial elections to 7 Karnataka MLC seats
Real world dread not enough? The irresistible pull of horror genre
Can fitness create a false sense of security? What Jaspal Rana’s death tells us about heart disease
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 18 June
El Niño effect: Kerala to impose power restrictions
FEMA case against Apollo Hospitals closed after RBI’s compounding order
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Beyond South
Zero accountability! Rail accidents, terror attacks, exams — Modi government continues to shirk responsibility
From terror attacks and train accidents to the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and more, South First takes a look at how the Union government responded.
Karnataka
Time – What AICC refused to give Siddaramaiah but gifted itself
On Tuesday when Rahul Gandhi asked Siddaramaiah to step down as Chief minister, the latter sought 15 days time. His request for time was refused but Congress gifted itself two years time to manage the fallout of dethroning Siddaramaiah.
Opinion
Smashing status quo: Congress’ risky but necessary radical shift in approach
From Tamil Nadu to Kerala, Congress leadership’s recent decisions have moved away from its convention of maintaining the status quo and a top-down high command culture. Praise or mock, one can’t accuse the Congress any more of refusing to take radical decisions.
Community & Culture
Community & Culture
Real world dread not enough? The irresistible pull of horror genre
Community & Culture
When everyone becomes media: What Salim Kumar’s funeral reveals about Kerala’s digital culture
Community & Culture
From ‘Mudhal Mariyadhai’ to ‘Karuthamma’: Bharathiraja’s legacy stays immortal
Community & Culture
How Bengaluru’s bookstores became the city’s unexpected third places
Beyond South
Beyond South
As PM Modi meets Trump amid silence on Indian sailors’ killings, Rahul Gandhi begins campaign for students
Beyond South
Two investigations in US and India raise fresh Gautam Adani questions; Karnataka deal highlighted
Beyond South
Next target Shiv Sena (UBT)? Sanjay Raut alleges ₹50-crore bribe offered to party MPs
Beyond South
Telegram founder accuses Reliance of resorting to BGP hijacking to block user access outside India
Opinions
The Hyderabad Metro takeover is a bailout—Telangana should call it one
The curious case of missing coal: Satyam computers scandal in Singareni
How a simple screening approach tweak is quietly dismantling TB stigma in India
Former AIADMK minister Vijayabhaskar resigns from TN Assembly, may join TVK
From social justice to Singapenn: The new ideological grammar of Vijay’s TVK
The economics of a bus ticket: Why Kerala’s free travel scheme is about mobility and progress
What AI can’t teach: The power of serendipity in learning
Dear Mr Modi: What Nehru would have told his successor as India’s longest-serving PM
States
Andhra Pradesh
YS Jagan accuses Naidu government of silencing dissent after YSRCP Facebook page restricted
Andhra Pradesh
YS Jagan calls DSC recruitment a ‘mega’ scam; demands CBI probe
Andhra Pradesh
Mass suspensions at Vizag Steel Plant following inquiry into 8 June tragedy
Andhra Pradesh
‘Ecological recklessness’: HRF demands withdrawal of green nod for Vizag data centre project
Andhra Pradesh
Vizag Steel Plant tragedy: Workers list the lessons that were ignored
Andhra Pradesh
Stoic wife in Andhra, grieving father in Himachal: Human cost of Settebello tragedy emerges
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh liquor scam: ED arrests Raj Kasi Reddy, Vasudeva Reddy; conducts searches at five locations
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra MP behind TMC implosion in Parliament? Reality or self-promotion?
Andhra Pradesh
Vizag steel plant tragedy: Tensions escalate as Left leaders, union representatives confront Minister Lokesh
Andhra Pradesh
Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy visits Vizag Steel plant, orders inquiry and assures support to victims
Andhra Pradesh
Eight workers killed as molten steel ladle collapses in Vizag Steel Plant
Andhra Pradesh