2022

United South Indian front for fiscal reforms, better returns? KTR | PTR | Tharoor | Buggana | Part 5
We are neither anti-nationals nor secessionists | KTR | PTR | Tharoor | Buggana | Part 4

Historically, the South has been subsidizing the North | Tharoor | KTR | PTR | Buggana | Part 3
Centre taking money that belongs to states is a travesty | KTR | PTR | Buggana | Tharoor | Part 2
Narendra Modi announcing lockdown was like Indira Gandhi announcing Emergency | KTR | PTR | Part 1

We (civil societies) don’t want to run a parallel government | Brinda | Meera | Padmaja | Part 2
Federalism exists because civil society is alive and kicking | Brinda | Meera | Padmaja | Part 1
States have succumbed to the Supreme Leader | Owaisi on GST, EWS | Chelameswar | Part 3
Parliament can obliterate, create states without their consent | Chelameswar | Mohan Gopal | Part 2
Dakshin Dialogues 2022: Federalism cannot be competitive, like PM says | Owaisi | Chelameswar | Thomas Isaac | Part 1
Dakshin Dialogues 2022: Vasu Gandikota on why he started South First
Dakshin Dialogues 2022: Meet the South First team that provides accurate and non-partisan news
LAUNCHED: South First, a news portal that brings you the other half of the India story
Centrally-sponsored schemes: Boon or bane for states? ‘Dakshin Diaolgues’ panelists debate
PM claim of cooperative federalism is mere lip service; its coercive federalism: KTR
Empowerment of constitutional local bodies neglected since Day 1: Buggana Reddy
Civil society not complacent with power strengthens federalism: Brinda Adige
Tharoor, KTR raise concern about ‘disenfranchisement of southern states’ due to lapsing of 91st Amendment in 2026
Practice of South subsidising North has been going on for a long time: Shashi Tharoor
Debate on federalism picks cult-worshipping, big-brother attitude, centralism as vices that weaken Indian democracy
Civil society groups play a vital role in federal setup: Dakshin Dialogues panel
South First launched by Telangana Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan; she terms it the ‘need of the hour’
Nirmala Sitharaman may replace Mahatma Gandhi images on currency notes with PM Modi photos: KTR
Amit Shah celebrating Liberation Day in Hyderabad is bullying tactic: KTR
I don’t know what our prime minister means by cooperative and competitive federalism: Asaduddin Owaisi
Southern states need to join hands and assert themselves to save federalism: Speakers at Dakshin Dialogues
A sharp asymmetry is visible between the Centre and the states: Thomas Isaac
Fight against EWS reservations is ultimately fight for representation of minorities: Prof G Mohan Gopal
I can live without reservation as a Muslim, but not with injustice: Asaduddin Owaisi on reservation for EWS
Dakshin Dialogues will welcome varied and multiple points of view: Vasu Gandikota

Latest News

A poster by the Cockroach Janata Party. — CJP urges Centre to honour promise to withdraw FIRs against protestors, warns of fresh agitation

Delhi Police knock on AKG Bhavan door for Aishe Ghosh, CPI(M) sees Jantar Mantar retaliation

‘Only thieves and encroachers want HYDRAA gone’: Telangana CM Revanth defends Commissioner AV Ranganath

BY Vijayendra at Freedom Park — Congress government playing with youth’s future, says Vijayendra; demands CBI probe into KPSC recruitment

Call for ban that started with Anitha‘s suicide: Why Tamil Nadu refuses to settle for a ‘fairer’ NEET

sexual harassment — Bengaluru police arrest man accused of sexually harassing woman waiting for cab

The stalemate over NEET paper leak, and the police brutality continued on Tuesday, 28 July. — Both Houses of Parliament adjourned as stalemate over paper leak continues

KPSC has been facing allegations of corruption and a lack of transparency. — Karnataka transfers probe into alleged PSC recruitment scam to CID

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Children were allegedly subjected to physical and mental torture at the daycare centre. (Representational image) — Three arrested after POCSO probe uncovers alleged illegal adoption racket in Hubballi

Make-up artiste Jaanmoni Das tendered an unconditional apology, but it did not satisfy the BJP and its allied outfits. — Transgender artiste booked over PM Modi remark; apology fails to calm row

Cyber fraud — Operation Toofan: Cyber fraud racket targeting people in USA unearthed in Thiruvananthapuram

Supreme Court — SC orders release of all student protesters, says independent probe needed into police action

The project is expected to provide 4 TMC of drinking water to Bengaluru city and generate 400 MW of hydropower. — Tamil Nadu’s consent not needed for Mekadatu reservoir project, Centre informs RS

Jantar Mantar Protests: Weight of words and the Butterfly Effect

YSRCP chief on NDA government and Andhra — Jagan’s YSR Congress tries to pull a Jantar Mantar on Nara Lokesh, but to little avail

Just two days before her death, Murram Shivani had shared the dais with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu during a Mega Parent Teacher Meeting. — Girl dies by suicide two days after sharing stage with Andhra CM Naidu, apologises to parents in note