Which states and regions does The News Minute cover?

The News Minute (TNM) is an independent digital news platform covering South India, specifically the five southern states: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. Its coverage is organized around these states rather than a national news desk, so the site is most useful if you want state-level reporting from the South rather than all-India headlines.

The five states it covers

The site's own description frames it as covering "south India's latest news from the five states," and its homepage sections follow that structure. Recent examples from the site show this in practice: a Tamil Nadu story on how Chennai women bear the cost of a hotter city, a Karnataka report on the CEO ordering action over false Form 7 filings, a Telangana piece on alleged bulk deletion of voters in Musheerabad, and a Kerala story on the electricity crisis and the Himachal Pradesh–KSEB deal.

How the coverage is organized

State-level sections and tags

TNM labels stories by state — "Tamil Nadu," "Karnataka," "Telangana," "Keralam" — so you can follow one state without scanning the whole site. Note that Kerala sometimes appears under the spelling "Keralam." If you're searching or browsing, check both forms.

Beyond hard news

The state focus extends across formats:

• Long Form — in-depth pieces such as the unravelling of mining baron R Veeramani (Tamil Nadu) and two years of Hyderabad's HYDRAA enforcement (Telangana).
• Podcasts — the "South Central" podcast, hosted by Dhanya Rajendran, rounds up political developments across the southern states.
• Shows — "Let Me Explain" with Pooja Prasanna covers national political questions, such as the BJP's backing of Gyanesh Kumar, from a South-focused outlet's perspective.
• Opinion — commentary on issues like data mismatches triggering citizenship doubts under SIR.

What "South India focus" means in practice

TNM is not a general national newspaper with a South bureau bolted on. Its editorial weight sits with southern state politics, governance, courts, environment, and civic life. National stories do appear — elections, the Election Commission, central agencies like the ED — but usually when they land in a southern state or matter to southern readers. A story on an ED PMLA case in a Tamil Nadu school approval racket is a typical example.

If you need all-India coverage or international news as your primary source, TNM alone won't fill that role. If you want to follow one southern state closely, or compare how the five states are handling a shared issue, it's a reasonable starting point.

Practical notes before you rely on it

• Some content is subscriber-only. The site carries "SUBSCRIBER ONLY" labels and a subscription page, so not every article or podcast episode may be open to you. Check the label on a specific piece before assuming access.
• Spelling variants. Kerala appears as both "Kerala" and "Keralam"; use both when searching.
• Language. The site publishes in English.

For a quick check of whether TNM suits your needs, open the state section you care about and scan the last week of headlines — that will tell you more about its depth on that state than any general description.