SF Specials

Inside the Vijay push: Paid reels, PR networks and the ‘next PM’ narrative
One photo, one bot, zero expertise: How AI morphing is spreading across Keralam campuses

Behind Bengaluru’s 24 lakh SIR notices: Old rolls, shifting homes and a scramble for documents
‘Over my dead body’: Generations at home in Agasthyamalai, now ‘encroachers’ on paper
‘The police kept saying I was Bangladeshi’: Inside Bengaluru’s migrant verification drive

A third of rural Telangana students may be hooked on smartphones – but it’s sleep, not academics, taking the hit
A dam plan and fear of doom: Jawadhu Hills tribal villages under the imposing shadow of Adani’s ambition
Deep dive: Does UDISE+ data back TDP claim of 1.10 lakh students shifting to government schools?
Lost at sea, forgotten by the shore: Lakshadweep’s missing police personnel case gets murkier
Village of widows: Women pay the price for Puducherry’s alcohol-dependent economy
Federalism question: Keralam faces potential revenue loss, reduced powers under new Mines and Minerals Bill
Exclusive: What led to the Bar Council of India chief withdrawing his controversial NALSAR circular?
Foreign funds, lost licences, seized assets: Human cost of FCRA 2026 Bill
Everyone wants a piece of Munnar: But can Kerala’s crown jewel carry the weight of its own success?
In Kerala’s relief camps, caste proves harder to wash away: Inside flood-hit Pathanamthitta
Inside Kerala’s NEET coaching economy and the human cost of chasing a medical seat
Interview | ‘I have doubts whether the TVK will oppose NEET like the DMK did’: Anitha Manirathinam
At Jantar Mantar, a generation that stopped being afraid
Manic Monday: When books clashed with police batons for a better India
A cancer drug, a patent and Article 21: Kerala woman’s plea now speaks for millions
Interview: ‘Children were made deliberate targets’ — Justice S Muralidhar explains the UN Gaza report
Vizhinjam tango: Kerala footed the bill—the coast is paying the rest
Reels, narratives, and governance: Is Tamil Nadu’s new government being run through social media?
A problematic Wayanad tunnel, red flags, disputes, deaths and concerns
Irony of Palakkad farmers: Caught between good harvest and procurement test
Interview: Beyond dispatched passport — R Rajagopal questions policy failing lakhs of citizens
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

Latest News

The incident took place around 10 AM on Monday when Sudhakar was called to the station. — Nizamabad: Food stall owner self immolates in police station premises, family alleges harassment from police

Are we a rapist society? From Lady Shri Ram College to Hyderabad, the message from Gen Z women

R Sugathan, the BJP representative from Vazhottukonam ward — Fresh row in BJP-led Thiruvananthapuram Corporation over ‘forged’ signature

The arrested persons have been identified as Sreeraj and Jith Martin — Woman allegedly drugged, gang-raped at Kochi spa after job offer; two held

Kavitha protest at Singareni Bhavan — Kavitha, TRS cadres protest at Singareni Bhavan, demands 35 percent profit share for coal workers

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge. — ‘Hindus have nothing to learn from RSS:’ Priyank Kharge says Sangh using religion for illegal activities

E N Suresh Babu and V Chenthamarakshan — Leadership crisis deepens as Palakkad CPI(M) chief exits over poll rout, factionalism, sexual assault complaint

TM Thomas Isaac, Economist and Former Kerala Minister for Finance. — ‘Justice delayed, but…’: CPI(M)’s Isaac welcomes vigilance probe against CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Top News

A Bhasmasura we built: Can Artificial Intelligence go after its makers?

Before her death, Daria Shipilova reportedly told medical staff that she had accidentally broken a test tube containing live bacteria. — Death of Siberia plague-lab worker sparks global concern, Kremlin under fire for keeping mum

Fewer than 1 in 4 people with diabetes in India sustain diet advice for six months, experts say

Daughters inherit, but men decide: Meghalaya’s unique matrilineal paradox

weather South indian cities — Weather update: Forecast for southern cities on 5 October

Any process that disenfranchises millions is ‘intrinsically arbitrary’: SC Justice Ujjal Bhuyan criticises SIR

3D-printed homes for the poor: Andhra Pradesh launches project to build 3 lakh houses under PMAY-G 2.0

Days after seeking deletion of 243 eligible Muslim and Christian voters, K’taka BJP leader withdraws Form 7 objections