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Lost at sea, forgotten by the shore: Lakshadweep's missing police personnel case gets murkier

Sreelakshmi Soman

5 mins

Lost at sea, forgotten by the shore: Lakshadweep's missing police personnel case gets murkier

Andhra Pradesh

Sunflower oil costs 63% to 74% more than it did in 2024; Price of rice, milk, sugar hits new highs

Sumit Jha 7 mins

Sunflower oil costs 63% to 74% more than it did in 2024; Price of rice, milk, sugar hits new highs

Karnataka

Relabelled, sold at 50% market price: Inside the ₹4.9-crore spurious drugs racket busted in Karnataka

Keerthivas 3 mins

Relabelled, sold at 50% market price: Inside the ₹4.9-crore spurious drugs racket busted in Karnataka

IN THE NEWS

NDA CM miffed with Centre? Puducherry’s Rangasamy skips Southern CMs meet with HM Amit Shah

NDA CM miffed with Centre? Puducherry’s Rangasamy skips Southern CMs meet with HM Amit Shah

ED alleges hawala money transfers by T. Veena; Congress calls it ‘extremely serious’ charge

Three months in power, KPCC reorganisation held up by factional claims and political equations

By Dileep V Kumar

Elanthoor human sacrifice case accused held with suspected hash oil

Hanur firing: Row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu deepens as victim’s kin appeal to CM Vijay

‘TDP Congress’, ‘arrogant’: Konda Susmita levels serious allegations against Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

Just Now

Community & Culture

Dr Vainu Bappu: Centenary of a remarkable astronomer

As BJP plans ‘One Day, One University’, party leader fears it could backfire

Erosion uncovers 3,000-year-old Megalithic burials at Sivaganga’s Pravalur; residents alert authorities

By South First Desk

Hyderabad researchers probe memory loss in elders. Vitamins D and B6 surface again and again in the data

Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 20 August

Section 22A row intensifies in Telangana: CM Revanth assures protection of property owners’ rights

Southern Strokes

Next-gen Makeover

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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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?

TVK’s First Budget: Welfare Bonanza or Political Strategy?

TVK’s First Budget: Welfare Bonanza or Political Strategy?

Monsoon havoc in Kerala: Six killed as floods and landslides hit

Monsoon havoc in Kerala: Six killed as floods and landslides hit

SF Videos

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Karnataka Congress

State Of Play: Clamour for clarity in Karnataka Congress

By South First Desk 1 min

TVK pages are rewriting Tamil Nadu’s political history

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

By Subash Chandra Bose 1 min

TVK allies ministers

Why the delay in sharing ministries with allies, TVK?

By South First Desk 1 min

VD Satheesan

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

By Anusha Ravi Sood 1 min

Community & Culture

Community & Culture Dr Vainu Bappu: Centenary of a remarkable astronomer

M Somasekhar • 6 mins read

Community & Culture

Why soft skills matter in an evolving and disruptive services sector

Surjith Karthikeyan • 5 mins read

Community & Culture

From Being There to Wag the Dog: When cinema gets political without saying so

Satyajit Das • 16 mins read

Community & Culture

Review | The Sunday Book Bazaar: When the pavement became a library

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur • 8 mins read

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Beyond South

Beyond South As BJP plans ‘One Day, One University’, party leader fears it could backfire

South First Desk • 4 mins read

Beyond South

Lost at sea, forgotten by the shore: Lakshadweep’s missing police personnel case gets murkier

Sreelakshmi Soman • 5 mins read

Beyond South

Godse was active RSS member: Savarkar’s grand nephew tells court during hearing in defamation case against Rahul Gandhi

South First Desk • 4 mins read

Beyond South

Same stink in new bottle: BJP IT cell members’ now-deleted social media posts reek of misogyny, abuse, Islamophobia

Fayisa CA • 6 mins read

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Opinions

THIRUNAVUKARASU S

Beyond the Centre’s Reach: Why India needs to rethink the Union Territory model

P JOHN J KENNEDY

N Marie Wilson’s faith and the test of secularism in Tamil Nadu

The Mecca Defence Pact: What the Saudi-Pakistan-Turkiye alignment means for India

‘Have we lost Wayanad forever?’ A resident’s anguished plea

DEVULAPALLI AMAR

Is everything fine in the country’s judiciary?

‘His thoughts were faster than his words’: MP Parameswaran and the Fourth World

Telangana’s irrigation crisis: Could Kaleshwaram have blunted the El Niño Shock?

The soft echo of paper and gum: Remembering the world that arrived by post

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States

Sunflower oil costs 63% to 74% more than it did in 2024; Price of rice, milk, sugar hits new highs

Sunflower oil costs 63% to 74% more than it did in 2024; Price of rice, milk, sugar hits new highs

Sumit Jha • 7 mins

Andhra Minister Nara Lokesh claims ‘misinformation campaign’ against data centres; Says Vizag’s environmental concerns will not be compromised

Andhra Minister Nara Lokesh claims ‘misinformation campaign’ against data centres; Says Vizag’s environmental concerns will not be compromised

South First Desk • 6 mins

A year after quitting YSRCP, Vijayasai Reddy announces new political party in Andhra Pradesh

A year after quitting YSRCP, Vijayasai Reddy announces new political party in Andhra Pradesh

South First Desk • 2 mins

Eight fishermen missing off Konaseema coast; Coast Guard, Navy step up search operations

Eight fishermen missing off Konaseema coast; Coast Guard, Navy step up search operations

South First Desk • 2 mins

Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approves 34% BC quota in rural local bodies, 33.1% in urban areas

Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approves 34% BC quota in rural local bodies, 33.1% in urban areas

South First Desk • 2 mins

Andhra Pradesh school boundary wall collapse kills Class 10 student

Andhra Pradesh school boundary wall collapse kills Class 10 student

Sreshta Ladegaam • 2 mins

AP JUDA to extend strike to emergency duties from Monday over stipend revision

AP JUDA to extend strike to emergency duties from Monday over stipend revision

South First Desk • 3 mins

Andhra Pradesh links DWCRA Women with PMFME Scheme

Andhra Pradesh links DWCRA Women with PMFME Scheme

Majnu Babu • 1 mins

AP junior doctors’ strike: Non-emergency services suspended for third day as govt fails to respond

AP junior doctors’ strike: Non-emergency services suspended for third day as govt fails to respond

Sreshta Ladegaam • 5 mins

SIT finds that AP Group 1 selection was not vitiated

SIT finds that AP Group 1 selection was not vitiated

South First Desk • 5 mins

ED raids properties linked to former YSRCP MLA Malla Vijaya Prasad in multi-crore scam case

ED raids properties linked to former YSRCP MLA Malla Vijaya Prasad in multi-crore scam case

South First Desk • 2 mins

Beyond the big-bang headlines: What Andhra Pradesh’s GST data actually reveals

Beyond the big-bang headlines: What Andhra Pradesh’s GST data actually reveals

Krishna Sai K • 4 mins