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A party of “firsts”? How pro-TVK social media is cooking up political myths
The Minister, the son and the collapse of a narrative: Brick by brick, the wall came down

Siddaramaiah completes 3 years as Chief Minister but loyalties have realigned in Karnataka
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Groomed, exploited by son; pressured by Bandi Sanjay’: Survivor’s mother alleges in POCSO complaint
From Goa to Karnataka: Four times Governors let parties short of majority form governments

Duopoly fatigue, cult worship and anti-incumbency shape Tamil Nadu 2026 verdict
Coming of age: Nara Lokesh’s elevation marks generational shift in TDP
From janivara to hijab: Two dress code rows, two different outcomes in Karnataka
Replug: Why PC Ghose Commission report on Kaleshwaram is legally redundant, infructuous
Popularity contest vs political clarity: Tamil Nadu Assembly polls 2026 in a nutshell
DMK’s welfare schemes, Vijay’s ‘change’, AIADMK’s legacy: Who will Tamil Nadu women vote for?
‘Can’t vote for Vijay just because he is new’: Delta, Tiruchirappalli regions in TN weigh their options
AIADMK and NTK are collateral damage in TVK’s political debut; votes flow to Vijay
Vijay’s TVK set to poll massively in Tamil Nadu, but enough seats are a distant dream
Youth back Vijay, women favour DMK, AIADMK retains its base — Who will TN’s Kongu region choose?
Delimitation, democracy and federal balance: An Ambedkarite view from the South
Vijay’s ‘change’ pitch, DMK’s welfare grip and AIADMK’s absence: Pulse of South Tamil Nadu
Interview: ‘Neither Vijay nor anyone else is a threat to DMK’, says Thangam Thennarasu
Interview | ‘AIADMK split into four, BJP into two’: Vijaya Prabhakaran’s attack on NDA
His government’s chips are down but Revanth Reddy’s stock is up in Congress
‘Alliance more important than Congress seats’: MP Manickam Tagore on Tamil Nadu polls, Vijay and BJP
Ground report: How teen pregnancies still slip through the cracks in Karnataka
If not Pinarayi Vijayan, who? A question LDF struggles to answer
Stalin, Palaniswami, Seeman, Vijay: Four leaders, one battle for Tamil Nadu in 2026
Built without doctors: How Telangana opened 24 medical colleges and forgot the faculty
Kerala’s arrack ban that changed the bottle, not the reality
South First analysis | DMK delivers 394 of 505 poll promises; women-centric schemes lag
Congress is best bet for a Nair CM in Kerala after 25 years, yet why is the community split?
Green ink that made teacher a Maoist: Victim of Kerala Police’s brutality in Muthanga finally gets justice
Nara Lokesh gets sage advice to tone down acts of political vendetta

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