South India Special Bulletin | TN Pongal Politics, Kerala Gold Row, Foxconn Credit War | Ind

This South India special bulletin covers top political and social developments across the region. In Tamil Nadu, a ‘Political Pongal’ is anticipated for 2026, marked by a box office and ideological battle between actor-politician Vijay’s ‘Jananayakan’ and Sivakarthikeyan’s ‘Parasakti’. Political tensions escalate in Kerala over the Sabarimala gold theft case, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the BJP questioning Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's alleged links to the prime accused. In Karnataka, Lokayukta raids have targeted Sarfaraz Khan, a close aide to Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan, over allegations of disproportionate assets. Concurrently, a credit war has erupted between the Centre and the state government over the creation of 30,000 jobs at the new Foxconn iPhone hub. Additionally, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy accuses the BRS of phone tapping, and a bus accident in Chitradurga resulted in five fatalities.