: Top stories from Southern region at 1730 hrs today.

: Top stories from Southern region at 1730 hrs today.
MDS2 KL-LD RSS
Thiruvanathapuram: Five persons taken into custody in connection with the killing of an RSS worker here even as the BJP calls for a dawn-to-dusk state-wide hartal today to protest the incident.
MDS3 TN-KALAM-MEMORIAL-GITA
Rameswaram (TN): An engraved 'Bhagavad Gita' near the statue of late president A P J Abdul Kalam kicks up a row, with his family seeking to put in to rest by placing a copy of the Quran and Bible near it.
MDS4 KA-GUJ-KARNA

Bengaluru: Congress says it will parade its all legislators from Gujarat before the media this evening in an effort to put to rest all speculation, including internal bickering in the party, as charged by BJP.

MDS5 TN-HAASAN-JAYAKUMAR
Chennai: Ruling AIADMK (Amma) camp continues to target veteran actor Kamal Haasan, with Finance Minister D Jayakumar asking him not to "pretend" that he is going to enter politics but indeed take the plunge.
BOM5 TL-DRUGS-PROBE
Hyderabad: Telugu film actor Tanish Alladi likely to appear before the special investigation team (SIT) of Telangana's excise department as part of an ongoing probe into a high-end drug racket busted by it.