What Sections and Content Formats Are Available on The News Minute?

The News Minute (thenewsminute.com) organizes its coverage of South India into four main content areas: Featured, South Central, Long Form, and Shows. Within these you'll find written news reports, podcasts, video series, opinion pieces, and a section called Flix. Some content is marked "SUBSCRIBER ONLY," and the site has a separate subscription page, so not everything is open to every visitor.

News Sections

The homepage is built around a small set of section labels that also serve as navigation cues:

State-level reporting is threaded through these sections rather than separated into standalone state pages on the homepage. Story labels show the state — Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Keralam — alongside the headline, author, date, and a read-time estimate (for example, "17 min read" for a Chennai heat feature, or "2 min read" for a short political report).

What the news reporting looks like

The reporting skews toward politics, governance, and social issues across the five southern states. Representative examples from the homepage include:

• A Karnataka report on the Chief Electoral Officer ordering action over false Form 7 filings
• A Telangana story on Congress flagging alleged bulk deletion of voters in Musheerabad
• A Tamil Nadu report on an ED PMLA case tied to a school approval racket
• A Kerala electricity crisis story involving a Himachal Pradesh deal with KSEB

Short staff-written items run two to three minutes; reported features and investigations run much longer.

Podcasts

Podcasts appear as a distinct block and are also linked from the South Central section. The flagship is South Central, hosted by Dhanya Rajendran, with numbered episodes (the homepage shows episodes 91 through 94) covering a roundup of political developments. Episode topics shown include the Veeramani case and a Reporter TV raid, AI and Telangana politics, and an interview with Justice Madan Lokur.

A second podcast, What's Your Ism?, is listed in the site's navigation. Podcast episodes carry their own read/listen time, typically three to four minutes.

Video Series

The Shows section lists video programming, including:

• Let Me Explain — a explainer series hosted by Pooja Prasanna, with numbered episodes (e.g., episode 166 on why the BJP is backing Gyanesh Kumar)
• In Public Interest
• Yen Endra Kelvi

The homepage also references LME Episodes, LME Reads, and LME Shorts, which appear to be formats spun off from the Let Me Explain series.

Opinion and Flix

Opinion pieces run as first-person or argument-driven columns — for example, a piece on data mismatch and citizenship doubts under SIR. Flix is listed in the navigation as a separate section; the homepage excerpt does not show its contents, so check the section directly to see what it covers.

How to decide where to start

• If you want daily political and governance news: start with Featured and South Central.
• If you want depth: go to Long Form for investigations and long reads.
• If you prefer listening: the South Central podcast gives a weekly political roundup.
• If you want short video explainers: the Shows section, particularly Let Me Explain.
• If you want argument and commentary: Opinion.

One practical caveat: the site displays "SUBSCRIBER ONLY" labels on some items and links to a subscription page, so expect a mix of open and restricted content. The available site information does not state prices or whether registration is required to read specific articles — check the subscription page for current terms before relying on full access.