#Tamil Nadu

Polls, probes and policies: What’s in store for Southern states in 2026
South First interviews 2025: From Booker Prize voices, cricketing trailblazers to political firebrands
South First talking points – 2025: From Periyar and Savarkar to Karnataka’s Hate Speech Bill — and all in between!
South First 2025: Art, memory, faith, resistance—stories shaping South India’s cultural landscape
South First’s 2025 ground reports: Amplifying unheard voices from peninsular India’s heartlands
Key judgments of 2025: Judicial milestones that were all the rage this year
For cancer patients in Tamil Nadu, road to treatment often leads to Chennai
With Jana Nayagan, Vijay exits 33-year cinema career to focus on TVK
With New Year approaching, Telangana politics is about to heat up
PMK founder re-elected as president, Ramadoss to decide on alliance
Growing up together: A decade of Sunday sargams with the Chennai Children’s Choir
Government records show 571% more dengue deaths than Health Ministry data
“Dissent is a democratic right”: Madras HC grants interim bail to journalist Savukku Shankar
BJP wants upwards of 50, AIADMK steadfast on 170: Seat sharing talks in Tamil Nadu
Betrayed warriors: Tamil Nadu’s contract nurses demand regularisation, equal pay
Headline management, leaks, narrative building over clean probe: ED’s messy saga in Tamil Nadu
PollSCAN TN: Can DMK hold Cuddalore amid growing voter frustration?
Southern states lead India’s per capita income rankings, RBI data shows
After SIR, Election Commission strikes 1,827 Manjolai residents off the voter rolls
Ground report: Amid Tamil Nadu SIR, (non)-residents of Manjolai, search for livelihood, and fear of losing their rights

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CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Sourav Das and Asutosh Ranka addressing a press conference. — ‘No breach of peace for one year’: Delhi court orders release of three CJP leaders with rider

Karnataka High Court — Karnataka HC stays FIRs against two BJP agents accused of filing bulk Form 7s seeking deletion of minority voters

Police personnel surround and assist protesters lying on the road during a demonstration in Chennai, with AISF-AIYF flags visible in the background. — Woman alleges sexual assault by police officer during anti-SIR protest in Chennai

Congress — Congress calls for mass mobilisation in Delhi on Monday, summons all MPs, MLAs, MLCs and local leaders

Delhi police detain Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka from the flight — Delhi Police expected to produce CJP leaders before magistrate a day after detention from Air India flight

DMK's relationship with Congress has become contentious following political developments in Tamil Nadu. — SIR: Regional parties cannot afford to remain ambiguous

Mental health — Rs 2,000–Rs 3,000 a month for years: The prohibitive cost of long-term mental healthcare

A 'kudakallu', a prehistoric megalithic burial monument, at Kundamkuzhy, Kasaragod. (Kerala Tourism). — Forgotten stones, hidden caves and buried stories: Kasaragod digs into its past

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Police detaining a protester in Delhi on Saturday. — UN Human Rights body concerned over mass detentions in India, calls for release of protesters

Police whisked away the detained students on waiting buses. — The road to Jantar Mantar: A day inside India’s sealed capital

Rahul Gandhi interacting with students at the 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' event in Chennai. (@INCIndia/X) — International, financial forces controlling Modi, Rahul Gandhi alleges at Chennai ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’

Rahul Gandhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay stand together holding a bouquet of white flowers during a meeting in Chennai. — Rahul Gandhi invites Vijay to join anti-BJP campaigns; SIR, CJP protests discussed

All major roads remained heavily guarded by police and armed personnel, with access restricted to everyone. — In groups of four, through back lanes: How students tried to reach a sealed Jantar Mantar

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. — BC reservations for local body polls: AP Cabinet clears Rajiv Ranjan Mishra Commission recommendations

InJest in a satirical column by South First. Names, places, situations are all fictitious. Caricature by Satish Acharya/South First. — Chickens on a roll to sponsor all opposition protests

‘Cowardice!’: Rahul, Priyanka slam government, back India’s youth