SF Specials

Kuttanad has a package for revival, but residents become climate refugees as governments lack will and focus
How Tamil Nadu scheme to encourage intercaste marriages is keeping newlyweds away
Karnataka Congress MLA Shivashankarappa’s demand for Lingayat CM puts govt on the defensive

JD(S) turmoil: Karnataka president CM Ibrahim voices dissent over BJP alliance
Welcome to little-known Kanthalloor in Kerala, which won Union government golden award for best rural tourism project
Fairness creams and their dark, heavy secrets: Know how they impact your kidney
It is a climax, not curtains as the Southwest Monsoon overstays, allaying fears of a drought
Exclusive: The Nara women may pick up TDP mantle as Naidu, Lokesh negotiate legal quagmire
Farm crisis: Karnataka farmer destroys plants as loss blooms on chrysanthemum farm
Can police pressure citizens to hand over their phones and check WhatsApp? Legal experts weigh in
Kerala farmers turn undertakers as humans, animals die in illegal traps meant for marauding wild boar
Tamil Nadu’s Indira Gandhi can’t have a cup of tea — villagers blame Neyveli Lignite Corp for her condition
Karnataka bandh gains steam despite government caution: Schools, colleges to operate in many districts
Manic Wednesday: Multiple reasons, including high post-bandh IT staff turnout, led to traffic nightmare in Bengaluru
Karnataka bandh on 29 September: Transport, schools, businesses likely to be affected
With west coast set to see high-intensity cyclones, study stresses importance of localised weather services
Ground report: BJP TN chief Annamalai is a crowd puller at his yatra, yet to become a vote puller
Karnataka govt’s demand for PM Modi’s intervention in Cauvery water dispute runs into BJP block
CPI(M) vs CPI(M): Curious case of co-op bank fraud in Kerala that has made party workers suspect leaders
The case against Lokesh: What Andhra CID said in its memo to the ACB Court on alleged Amaravati IRR scam
Interview: Land alienation biggest issue for Attappady tribals, says journalist slapped with police case
Back to basics: The forgotten art of patient history-taking and why it’s important for accurate diagnosis
Bengaluru bandh largely uneventful: Over 1,000 agitators taken into preventive custody, say cops
Bengaluru Bandh on 26 September unlikely to affect day-to-day life as support dwindles
New NMC guidelines won’t allow new medical colleges, seats in any state of South India
SOUTH FIRST VIEW: With AIADMK as ‘rival’, BJP will try to create perception of a turf war in TN">SOUTH FIRST VIEW: With AIADMK as ‘rival’, BJP will try to create perception of a turf war in TN
How a mistaken call led to unraveling of Hindutva hardliner Chaitra Kundapura’s cash-for-MLA ticket scam
Debate: Impact of ‘zero’ percentile for NEET-PG on the Indian medical community

Latest News

CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan — SC allows Pinarayi Vijayan to pursue appeal, stays CMRL-Exalogic probe for a week

Supreme Court — Violence in AP: Supreme Court asks Election Commission to defer publishing final list of candidates

Front view of the State Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj building, with the Indian national flag flying above the entrance. — Tamil Nadu extends Special Officers’ tenure in rural local bodies till April 2027

Violence against woman — Kovalam spa case: TN Police probe alleged sexual exploitation of minor in Urapakkam

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge. — ‘What is RSS?’ Priyank Kharge steps up offensive, asks Mohan Bhagwat to register Sangh and enter politics

Gold found in the possession of alleged smugglers. — DRI busts international gold-smuggling racket in Vijayawada, arrests five people

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and AISA leader Neha Bora. — The flag, the book and the Mahatma: The youth have already won; now Modi must choose

A special statewide drive conducted from 7 am on 13 October to 7 am on 17 October resulted in cases being registered against 6,199 people. — Nedumbassery Mini Cooper crash fallout: Keralam mulls tougher drunk driving law

Top News

Andhra Kidney disease — ASHAs knocked on doors in Keralam’s Ettumanoor; up to 44% of adults had kidney impairment, less than 2% knew

IMD issues orange alert for eight Telangana districts on 5 & 6 September, citizens urged to avoid shelter under trees — Orange alert in Thiruvananthapuram as heavy downpour inundates homes; rockfall shuts Munnar highway

Student activists said they wanted a complete overhaul of any policies that borrow from the NEP 2020. — People Against SIR alliance calls for nationwide march on 23 October, urges INDIA bloc to join

Keralam: Quarrel between Palakkad woman and partner cracks 2023 murder case of three-year-old

Child sexual abuse — Kovalam spa abuse case takes inter-State trafficking turn; Thiruvananthapuram health inspector arrested

CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka move Delhi HC against SEM court order extending judicial custody

Police arrested Ebin Paul after a nursery outside Kochi's Kadavubhagam synagogue was set ablaze. — ‘Vikram’, crypto trail and Bishnoi gang: New angles emerge in Kochi synagogue arson probe

Anti-SIR protest: ‘Chennai’s Jantar Mantar 2.0’ to go ahead on Thursday despite police denial of permission