Highlight from the Southern region

Highlight from the Southern region

at 1700 hrs.

MDS8 TN-KARUNA-MODI

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to late DMK chief M Karunanidhi at the Rajaji Hall here and briefly meets members of his family.

MDS9 TN-KARUNA-STALIN-POEM

Chennai: "Just once shall I address you as appa (father)?" asks DMK Working President M K Stalin in a moving poem in memory of his late father and party chief M Karunanidhi, as he notes that he used to call him as 'leader' more often.

MDS11 KL-FISHERMEN-SEARCH

Kochi: The nine fishermen who went missing off the coast of Munambam, here, have not yet been traced, a defence spokesperson says.

 

MDS14 TN-HC-KARUNA-2NDLD MARINA

Chennai: The Madras High Court allows the burial of DMK chief M Karunanidhi on the Marina Beach here, observes that there was no legal impediment in providing a place there as sought by the party.

MDS17 TN-KARUNA-RAHUL

Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi pays homage to late DMK chief M Karunanidhi at the Rajaji Hall here.

MES2 TN-COOK-STUDENTS

Coimbatore: A few students of a school, mired in controversy over appointment of a Dalit woman for cooking noon meal, took ill after eating the food in a suspected case of food poisoning even as she claims it to be a conspiracy to throw her out.