Highights from the Southern

Highights from the Southern

region at 1700 hrs.

MES6 TN-DMK-LD ASSEMBLY

Chennai: The violent anti-Sterlite protests in Tuticorin once again echo in the state Assembly, with opposition DMK staging a walkout from the House on being denied permission to raise some issue.

MES7 KL-FISHERMEN-LD SHIP

Kochi: Two fishermen injured when an Indian LPG tanker ship allegedly hit their fishing boat off Kochi coast, police say.

MES3 KL-RAINS

Thiruvananthapuram: The South West Monsoon has become active over Kerala with heavy rains lashing the southern state.

MDS2 KL-VIJAYAN-PROTEST

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, under attack for alleged police lapses, hits back at the Congress-led Opposition UDF, saying a section of them were "encouraging extremist elements" who were behind Tuesday's protest against police in Kochi.