The proposed reservoir revives a decades-old river dispute, raising questions over water security and ecology.
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N.K. Bhoopesh is an assistant editor, reporting on South India with a focus on politics, developmental challenges, and stories rooted in social justice.
Despite a widely acclaimed health care system, recurring outbreaks of Nipah, dengue, leptospirosis, hepatitis A and shigellosis continue to claim lives and expose gaps in prevention and public health management.
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan's maiden budget is an ambitious infrastructure push. Yet, beyond the grand announcements, many of the proposed projects remain ambiguous in their details.
How will Annamalai reconcile his ideological roots in the BJP with regional aspirations, cultural identity and political traditions as he begins a new innings in Tamil Nadu?
Despite suffering a historic electoral setback, the CPI(M) has stopped short of fixing responsibility for the defeat, leaving the very leaders who presided over the party's decline in charge of its proposed revival.
With many of its former allies having walked away, will the DMK attempt to build a non-Congress, non-BJP federal front at the national level, or will political compulsions push it towards a strategic understanding with either the BJP or the AIADMK?
Beyond managing political equations—both with the opposition and within his own party— the new chief minister will have to navigate complex social and economic issues confronting Karnataka.
Kerala's fiscal status report has reignited a debate over whether the state needs structural reforms to restore financial health or whether the proposed measures risk diluting the welfare model that underpins its social achievements.
It is difficult to slot Chief Minister Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam into Tamil Nadu’s established political binaries
Once projected as the BJP's vehicle for expansion in Tamil Nadu, K. Annamalai now appears headed out of the party, amid a mix of alliance compulsions and leadership tensions.
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