The South First

Kerala

Interview: Beyond dispatched passport — R Rajagopal questions policy failing lakhs of citizens

Sreelakshmi Soman

6 mins

Interview: Beyond dispatched passport — R Rajagopal questions policy failing lakhs of citizens

Telangana

As Telangana signs MoU with Alex Kipman, BRS flags past sexual misconduct charges

South First Desk 3 mins

Kerala

Divided by drugs, united by power! The story of Kochi’s ‘Goondas’ who backed Operation Toofan

Sreelakshmi Soman 8 mins

IN THE NEWS

Andhra Pradesh

Sai Krishna custodial death: SIT seizes bones, blood stained lathi and ash from Krishnalanka police station

In The News

Playing ostrich? Tamil Nadu TRB’s clarification skirts Part-2 evaluation issue

In The News

Karnataka govt to set up GBA executive committee to curb repeat road digging, improve civic coordination

By Keerthivas

3 mins read

Beyond South

Ram Temple embezzlement case: RSS demands stringent action against those found guilty, reforms at temple trust

In The News

Alarming decline in groundwater levels in Telangana; situation in Hyderabad ‘critical’

In The News

DMK MLA Anitha R Radhakrishnan arrested for remarks against CM Joseph Vijay

Just Now

Karnataka

Karnataka Lokayukta nabs Central government employee red-handed while accepting bribe

News

DMK moves SC to restrain CM Vijay, three Ministers from commenting on Karur stampede case

Beyond South

Opposition parties write to CJI, SC judges alleging government hijacked electoral processes

By South First Desk

7 mins read

Beyond South

Citizens aren’t slaves, police aren’t servants of CM or PM, reminds Bombay HC’s Justice Jamdar

Kerala

Operation Toofan nets ₹30 crore worth of drugs in first month, over 5,700 arrested

Health

For men in rural Telangana, the road to diabetes and heart disease may begin before 30, study finds

Southern Strokes

SF Specials

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Kerala

Nobody’s people: Munnar’s Tamil tea workers struggle for identity and dignity

Although Tamil workers migrated to Munnar over 100 years ago, the majority remain daily wage labourers without land ownership or independent housing.

By Subash Chandra Bose 15 mins

Health

South First Impact: CDSCO debars two HCG Bengaluru doctors from clinical trials

The doctors named in the whistleblower letter, dated 5 March 2025, that formed the basis for South First’s June 2025 investigation now face debarment: one for 6 months, another for 24 months.

By Chetana Belagere 5 mins

Beyond South

Explained: How the RSS operates in a legal, financial and organisational grey zone

The RSS’ organisational structure is unconventional and much of its funding apparatus is out of public view.

By South First Desk 11 mins

Karnataka

Priyank Kharge pushes RSS to a “Kagaz Nahi Dikhayenge” moment and he won’t stop there

By Anusha Ravi Sood 6 min

Karnataka

‘Give us poison instead’: Inside the 460-day protest against Bidadi AI township championed by CM DK Shivakumar

By Dese Gowda 20 min

Andhra Pradesh

Chilling custodial crime and cover-up: The Gade Sai Krishna case is one Andhra Police cannot wish away

By G S Vasu 7 min

Web Stories

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‘Drink breast milk to build muscles’: Viral fitness claim sparks doctor backlash

Your guide to the snakes behind Kerala’s fatal bites

Visceral fat: Why it is more dangerous than you think

Ultra-processed diets linked to lower fertility in men, early embryo changes

SF Videos

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Community & Culture

Kappad, the beach where Vasco da Gama landed

Community & Culture Toilet, monument and a vanishing turtle: Walking through Kerala’s Blue-Flag-certified Kappad Beach

Anto P Cheerotha • 7 mins read

Andhra Pradesh

Ego over enrichment: Andhra’s lingering claim on ‘pure’ Telugu exposed by ‘Idupu Kayitham’

PV Kondal Rao • 5 mins read

Community & Culture

The timeless satire of C Northcote Parkinson and what it teaches about our work life today

John Kurien • 5 mins read

Community & Culture

In K. Bhagyaraj’s death, Tamil cinema loses a unique filmmaker, nuanced storyteller

Subash Chandra Bose • 4 mins read

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Beyond South

Beyond South Ram Temple embezzlement case: RSS demands stringent action against those found guilty, reforms at temple trust

South First Desk • 3 mins read

Beyond South

Opposition parties write to CJI, SC judges alleging government hijacked electoral processes

South First Desk • 7 mins read

Beyond South

Citizens aren’t slaves, police aren’t servants of CM or PM, reminds Bombay HC’s Justice Jamdar

South First Desk • 3 mins read

Beyond South

KC Venugopal urges PM Modi to order SC-monitored probe into alleged Ram Temple donation theft

South First Desk • 4 mins read

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Opinions

FAISAL C.K.

Governors vs state governments: Can this 36-hour “constitutional fiction” from Brussels help?

N VENUGOPAL

Two incidents and how they raise serious questions about Telangana government and police

PV KONDAL RAO

The silent test of Telangana’s democracy: How villages and cities are handling SIR

LINGAMANENI RAMESH

The Constitution protects dissent, not digital abuse

LUV PURI

Who is a Kashmiri? The contradictions in Pakistan’s Kashmir discourse

RIHAN SHAREEF

With TN youth unemployment rising, Vijay needs this UPI moment for jobs

PV KONDAL RAO

BJP’s solo pitch in Telangana: A calculated political gamble

P JOHN J KENNEDY

Vijay’s June 23 Assembly speech: When performance trumped governance

States

Andhra Pradesh

Sai Krishna custodial death: SIT seizes bones, blood stained lathi and ash from Krishnalanka police station

South First Desk • 4 mins

Andhra Pradesh

No respite despite securing bail twice: Andhra Pradesh police arrest ‘Prashna’ Raavan for the third time

South First Desk • 3 mins

Andhra Pradesh

Political commentator ‘Prashna’ Raavan re-arrested soon after getting bail

Sreshta Ladegaam • 3 mins

Andhra Pradesh

Telangana police file FIR against Andhra police personnel who arrested YouTuber KV Reddy; Raavan gets bail

South First Desk • 2 mins

Andhra Pradesh

SIT arrests two more police personnel in Gade Sai Krishna custodial death case

South First Desk • 2 mins

Andhra Pradesh

‘Rule of fear grips Andhra’, says YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

South First Desk • 5 mins

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh police arrest political commentators KV Reddy and ‘Prashna’ Raavan

South First Desk • 3 mins

Andhra Pradesh

SIT grills surrendered head constables in Sai Krishna custodial death case

South First Desk • 2 mins

Andhra Pradesh

Top bureaucrat hospitalised, rejig of Andhra Pradesh CMO on the cards

South First Desk • 4 mins

Andhra Pradesh

Ego over enrichment: Andhra’s lingering claim on ‘pure’ Telugu exposed by ‘Idupu Kayitham’

PV Kondal Rao • 5 mins

Andhra Pradesh

Custodial death: Sai Krishna’s mother files petition in AP High Court seeking judicial probe

South First Desk • 3 mins

Andhra Pradesh

Centre acknowledges death of six personnel 400 days after Operation Sindoor

South First Desk • 2 mins

Interview: Beyond dispatched passport — R Rajagopal questions policy failing lakhs of citizens

As Telangana signs MoU with Alex Kipman, BRS flags past sexual misconduct charges

Divided by drugs, united by power! The story of Kochi’s ‘Goondas’ who backed Operation Toofan

IN THE NEWS

Sai Krishna custodial death: SIT seizes bones, blood stained lathi and ash from Krishnalanka police station

Playing ostrich? Tamil Nadu TRB’s clarification skirts Part-2 evaluation issue

Karnataka govt to set up GBA executive committee to curb repeat road digging, improve civic coordination

Ram Temple embezzlement case: RSS demands stringent action against those found guilty, reforms at temple trust

Alarming decline in groundwater levels in Telangana; situation in Hyderabad ‘critical’

DMK MLA Anitha R Radhakrishnan arrested for remarks against CM Joseph Vijay

Just Now

Karnataka Lokayukta nabs Central government employee red-handed while accepting bribe

DMK moves SC to restrain CM Vijay, three Ministers from commenting on Karur stampede case

Opposition parties write to CJI, SC judges alleging government hijacked electoral processes

Citizens aren’t slaves, police aren’t servants of CM or PM, reminds Bombay HC’s Justice Jamdar

Operation Toofan nets ₹30 crore worth of drugs in first month, over 5,700 arrested

For men in rural Telangana, the road to diabetes and heart disease may begin before 30, study finds

Southern Strokes

SF Specials

Nobody’s people: Munnar’s Tamil tea workers struggle for identity and dignity

South First Impact: CDSCO debars two HCG Bengaluru doctors from clinical trials

Explained: How the RSS operates in a legal, financial and organisational grey zone

Priyank Kharge pushes RSS to a “Kagaz Nahi Dikhayenge” moment and he won’t stop there

‘Give us poison instead’: Inside the 460-day protest against Bidadi AI township championed by CM DK Shivakumar

Chilling custodial crime and cover-up: The Gade Sai Krishna case is one Andhra Police cannot wish away

Health & Wellness

For men in rural Telangana, the road to diabetes and heart disease may begin before 30, study finds

Smoking, comorbidities and severe COVID-19—not vaccination—behind heart attacks in young Indians: ICMR study

Women in Telangana lead India in earnings and banking access, but not in decision-making at home

Novo Nordisk partners with Hyderabad’s Shantha Biologics for cartridge fill-finish services

Cockroaches, rodents found at Zepto store; rotten chicken, hygiene violations found in Hyderabad

Hyderabad’s Osmania General Hospital performs India’s first five-organ transplant on single patient

BOLD

A procedure or a pill? Hyderabad researchers compare two obesity treatments in a first-of-its-kind study

India’s children hold steady until 5, then tip into obesity by 9: CMC Vellore study

SF Campaign: Andhra has more obese men among large states, Kerala tops among women

Hyderabad college students face triple hypertension risk from junk food: ICMR-NIN study

Behind The News

Some files are more important? Kerala Governor’s speed in approving SEC posting raises eyebrows

The viper’s tale: Home minister Ramesh Chennithala accepts mistake

A minister, a bus and a cup of trouble: Gooey dessert raises sticky questions

A remark that wasn’t meant for the record—but became the headline

A birthday, ‘estranged brothers’ and a vision: Will Stalin accept Rahul Gandhi’s olive branch?

Nipah exposes vital missing link in Kerala’s coordination efforts

Politics & Policy

Divided by drugs, united by power! The story of Kochi’s ‘Goondas’ who backed Operation Toofan

It’s not about representation: How Mullaperiyar Dam is slowly moving beyond Kerala and Tamil Nadu’s control

Priyank Kharge pushes RSS to a “Kagaz Nahi Dikhayenge” moment and he won’t stop there

‘Vijay rejected BJP’s Sanatana politics’: VCK Minister Vanni Arasu on TVK alliance, RSS & social justice

Web Stories

‘Drink breast milk to build muscles’: Viral fitness claim sparks doctor backlash

Your guide to the snakes behind Kerala’s fatal bites

Visceral fat: Why it is more dangerous than you think

Ultra-processed diets linked to lower fertility in men, early embryo changes

Citizen’s corner

Karnataka notifies guidelines for Permanent Residence Certificates, brings issuance under Sakala Act

TNPSC Group-1 exam: Sharp fall in vacancies leaves aspirants worried

‘Slumdog Millionaires’ in Kochi’s ‘Vietnam Colony’: Victims of Kerala State Housing Board

NEET leakage: Are authorities endorsing systemic failure?

After OSM gaffe, CBSE arms school principals with toolkit to rise in defence

Union government hikes petrol, diesel prices again; fourth increase in two weeks

No to Corruption

Karnataka Lokayukta nabs Central government employee red-handed while accepting bribe

ACB arrests Nizamabad Excise Superintendent, finds assets worth around Rs 3 crore

Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau raids 11 locations linked to Nizamabad Excise Superintendent Mallareddy

Telangana ACB raids Lands and Survey Deputy Director over disproportionate assets

SF Videos

State Of Play: Clamour for clarity in Karnataka Congress

How pro-TVK pages are rewriting Tamil Nadu’s political history

Why the delay in sharing ministries with allies, TVK?

State Of Play: Cadres prevail over high command — VD Satheesan is Kerala CM

Community & Culture

Andhra Pradesh

Ego over enrichment: Andhra’s lingering claim on ‘pure’ Telugu exposed by ‘Idupu Kayitham’

Community & Culture

The timeless satire of C Northcote Parkinson and what it teaches about our work life today

Community & Culture

In K. Bhagyaraj’s death, Tamil cinema loses a unique filmmaker, nuanced storyteller

Beyond South

Beyond South