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South First interviews 2025: From Booker Prize voices, cricketing trailblazers to political firebrands
South First exclusives 2025: Stories we brought to our readers from the margins
Best of 2025: The stories South First readers read the most in 2025

Clinical trials, social ostracisation and drug ‘cooks’: Best of South First investigations 2025
Why did India ban high-dose Nimesulide painkiller formulations above 100mg
South First 2025: Art, memory, faith, resistance—stories shaping South India’s cultural landscape
Priest’s arrest during Christmas prayer meeting in Nagpur sparks political storm in Kerala
Best of 2025: South First stories that you can keep revisiting
South First’s 2025 ground reports: Amplifying unheard voices from peninsular India’s heartlands
Best of Southern Strokes 2025: Narrating India’s stories in editorial cartoons
Overspeeding and unsafe roads behind Tamil Nadu’s high road accident toll
Miscreants vandalise ancient Shiva Lingam in Andhra’s Draksharamam
Southern cities brace for New Year’s Eve with traffic curbs, crowd controls
Key judgments of 2025: Judicial milestones that were all the rage this year
‘Evil eye’ to ‘psycho’, death threats to corruption cases: Politicians who made headlines in 2025
Between breakthroughs and blind spots: South India’s health paradox in 2025
Think one drink is safe? ‘Just 9 grams of alcohol daily can raise mouth cancer risk by 50%’
Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 31 December, last day of 2025
ECI’s rushed and opaque SIR is disenfranchising the marginalised, Congress alleges
Siddaramaiah urges PM Modi to suspend enforcement of VB-G RAM G Act
Two Decembers, four decades apart in Kerala: Chalai and BJP’s capital city moment
Andhra Pradesh to rename Gram and Ward Sachivalayams as Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wards
Six-airport push cruises ahead as Telangana releases final instalment of AAI fee
Tamil Nadu records one in five sepsis deaths in India
Major police rejig in Hyderabad; Future City Commissionerate announced as city expands
Court drops sexual harassment charge against JD(S) MLA Revanna
Infosys says sold land in Karnataka was not government-allotted amid scrutiny over land meant for job creation
Andhra Pradesh’s roads face Sankranti deadline, puts TDP governance on trial

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Karnataka households feel the squeeze as milk and bus fare hikes add to rising living costs

Female smokers had an odds ratio of 9.05 for mouth cancer, compared with 1.25 among male smokers. (iStock) — Female smokers show 7.2 times higher odds ratio for mouth cancer, nearly 8 times for throat cancer

Karnataka High Court appoints amicus curiae in suo motu petition on Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede — Slip of the tongue: Karnataka HC quashes ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogan case against BJP worker

Hyderabad-origin Nabeela Syed, 27, defeats Republican incumbent to enter Illinois Senate

Olympic gold, Asian Games silver and other valuables stolen from former India hockey captain MM Somaya’s home

An aerial shot of the site where the blast occurred on 21 April. — Banned potassium chlorate, gross safety violations caused Mundathikkode blast that killed 16, inquiry finds

Sam Altman said Indians' energy, their experimentation with technology and practical ways to use it, was driving ChatGPT's use in India. — India is ChatGPT’s biggest market globally, user base outnumbers US: Sam Altman

Keralam: 15-year-old dies by suicide; father alleges he was punished at school over relationship with girl