Top stories from the southern

Top stories from the southern
region at 1700 HRS.
MDS1 KL-CT-CASE
Kasargod: Police book 23 persons, who allegedly celebrated Pakistan's victory over India in the Champions Trophy cricket final, on various charges including rioting and unlawful assembly.
MDS3 TN-KARNAN
Chennai: Former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan, arrested from Coimbatore, taken to Kolkata by a team of West Bengal Police.

MDS4 KL-PM-THREAT-CM
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan corroborates state police chief's statement thatPrime Minister Narendra Modi faced a terror threat during his recent visit to Kochi, saying police had brought it to the government's notice.
MDS5 KL-POL-PREZ-VIJAYAN
Thiruvananthapuram: NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind is "a political candidate" of the BJP and his candidature will be "faced" politically, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says.

MDS6 KL-YOGADAY
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says yoga was not part of any religion and it should be practised with a free and secular mindset.
MDS8 KA-FARMLOAN WAIVER
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government announces crop loan waiver of up to Rs 50,000 per farmer that will cost Rs 8,165 crore to the state exchequer.
TN-YOGADAY
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and several union ministers celebrate the third International yoga day by joining yoga events organised on the occasion.
MES3 KL-FEVER-CM
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government announces a series of measures, including operation of mobile clinics and a mass cleanliness drive, to meet the situation following the spread of various types of fevers which have claimed over 100 lives.

LGM1 TN-COURT-SASIKALA
Chennai: An Economic Offences Court frames charges against AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala, who is now lodged in jail in Bengaluru, in connection with a FERA violation case.