: Following are the highlights

: Following are the highlights

from the southern region at 18.30 hrs

I MDS2 TN-GIM-SITHARAMAN

Chennai: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman terms the NDA government's 2017 rollout of the goods and services tax (GST) as the 'biggest reform' taken up as part of a 'systemic reform' and pitches India as a bright spot for investors.

MDS5 TN-DEF-LD SITHARAMAN

Chennai: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says the government is focussing on promoting domestic defence production to build capacities for catering to the need of the armed forces.

I MDS10 TN-NIRMALA-PRIYANKA

Chennai: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman takes potshots at the Congress appointing Priyanka Gandhi as AICC general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East, saying it is a step that takes forward dynastic politics.

 

I LGM1 TN-HC-JAYA-MEMORIAL

Chennai: The Madras High Court says former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa cannot be termed a convict in a disproportionate assets case and dismisses a petition against the construction of a memorial to her on the ground that she was one.