The South First News

CI Nagaraju, arrested in Sai Gade Krishna case, booked under SC/ST Act over Kranthi Kumar’s death

Andhra police invoke ‘Hindu Dharma’ in Prashna Raavan remand report: Read why

In The News

‘There was no warning’: Lakshadweep’s compulsory retirement order leaves 47 government employees in limbo

Just Now

Belagavi on flood watch as Doodhganga crosses danger mark

By Subash Chandra Bose 15 mins

Family attacked on Bengaluru–Mysuru Expressway by unidentified men

News

Activists urge Telangana CM to withdraw government school closure plan

By Sreshta Ladegaam

5 mins read

Beyond South

Delhi High Court orders restoration of CJP’s X account, says reason for block no longer valid

Kerala

Kerala’s longest-running manhunt: 42 years on, Crime Branch revives hunt for Sukumara Kurup

News

After SC rap, DMK withdraws plea seeking curbs on CM Vijay’s remarks in Karur stampede case

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.

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

By Anusha Ravi Sood 6 min

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

By Dese Gowda 20 min

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

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

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 To SIR, with love: Why setting aside a holiday for the exercise might be a good idea

PV Kondal Rao • 6 mins read

Beyond South

Delhi High Court orders restoration of CJP’s X account, says reason for block no longer valid

South First Desk • 2 mins read

Beyond South

Bajrang Bagra new Ram Mandir general secretary after Trust accepts Champat Rai’s resignation

South First Desk • 4 mins read

Beyond South

John Brittas writes to Amit Shah, urges Centre to reconsider keeping Ram Janmabhoomi Trust outside RTI

South First Desk • 5 mins read

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Opinions

PV KONDAL RAO

To SIR, with love: Why setting aside a holiday for the exercise might be a good idea

DR ANURADHA P S

Reclaiming Bengaluru’s footpaths: A model for inclusive urban transformation

BIKSHAM GUJJA

India in 2050: The world’s second-largest economy—and its hundredth-poorest nation

DR NARASIMHA REDDY DONTHI

The bullet train as optics: Questions Hyderabad’s high-speed rail push leaves unanswered

SACHIN YADAV

What GST 2.0 gets right, and who pays for it

G S VASU

YouTuber Raavan’s arrest: For Pawan Kalyan, Andhra Pradesh is his fiefdom

LUV PURI

Dachigam: Legacy, power and the question of renewal as Omar decides to march to Jantar Mantar

PV KONDAL RAO

Hyderabad or hometown? The electoral dilemma Seemandhra leaders face

States

CI Nagaraju, arrested in Sai Gade Krishna case, booked under SC/ST Act over Kranthi Kumar’s death

South First Desk • 5 mins

Andhra police invoke ‘Hindu Dharma’ in Prashna Raavan remand report: Read why

Sreshta Ladegaam • 6 mins

‘He speaks for those without a voice’: Prashna Raavan’s wife speaks out after YouTuber’s arrest

After UAPA charges, Andhra Pradesh court sends YouTuber Prashna Raavan to 14 days’ judicial remand

South First Desk • 5 mins

Waging war against India and more: The charges Andhra Police have invoked against YouTuber Prashna Raavan

Following his fifth arrest, Andhra Pradesh police invoke UAPA against Prashna Raavan

Sreshta Ladegaam • 5 mins

Gade Sai Krishna custodial death: Mother pleads with SIT to return remains for last rites, alleges conspiracy

Sreshta Ladegaam • 6 mins

‘Who is afraid of Prashna Raavan?’ YouTuber arrested for 5th time in 4 days

South First Desk • 4 mins

AP police’s brazenness continues as they arrest YouTuber Raavan for fourth time

South First Desk • 4 mins

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

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