The BJP put up its best-ever show in Karnataka but stopped short of making headway in Kerala and Tamil Nadu

As Sri Lankan investigators unpeel layers of Islamist radicalisation unleashed by one man, Mohammad Zahran Hashim, V Shoba follows the terror trail on an Island still reeling from the Easter Sunday attacks

A report from ground zero

Can the BJP win back its stronghold in northern Karnataka from a crusader against corruption?

Keeping Karunanidhi’s literary legacy alive in the arena

V Shoba catches up with Kanimozhi Karunanidhi as the charismatic DMK leader makes her electoral debut in Thoothukudi

V Shoba reports on the unequal fight in Andhra Pradesh where the TDP of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu struggles against a resurgent YSR Congress led by Jagan Mohan Reddy

V Shoba in conversation with Pawan Kalyan

The mistrust within the Congress-JDS coalition adds to BJP’s advantage in Karnataka

The outrage at the Pollachi sex abuse racket gives Opposition politicians a foothold in the battle to win the trust of women, a constituency methodically cultivated by MGR and Jayalalithaa