"Delimitation is a Damocles' sword hanging over southern India," says MK Stalin, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, one of India's five southern states, and an arch rival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ...

even if they perform well in southern India and other non-BJP strongholds. “The states that scrupulously followed population control measures are now at a disadvantage versus states that did not,” A ...

Water scarcity is a growing challenge, but across India, communities are finding smart ways to conserve every drop. This map ...

India, where states are mostly organised on linguistic lines, has nearly two dozen official languages, including Hindi, Tamil and English. But southern states have often protested against efforts ...

India is set to experience a hotter-than-usual summer from April to June, with a sharp rise in heatwave days, particularly in ...

a regional party in Tamil Nadu, said. “So, our question is: why are you penalising us when we have done well in the government of India’s programmes of population stabilisation?” ...