Highlights from the Southern region

Highlights from the Southern region at 1700 hrs.

MDS1 TN-AVI-AIRPORT

Chennai: Chennai airport officials were put on high alert following a bomb threat call to an airline, hours before the arrival of the Vice President and Defence Minister to the Tamil Nadu capital.

MDS2 AP-JAGAN-SCS

Amaravati: YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy says the TDP had "woken up" to the needs of Andhra Pradesh by moving a no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government over special status to the state.

MDS3 TN-NO CONFIDENCE-AIADMK

Chennai: The AIADMK says its top leadership will decide on the party's stand on the no-confidence motion moved against the Narendra Modi government by the Telugu Desam Party.

 

MDS4 TDP-TRS

Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) led by K Chandrasekhar Rao rules out its support for the no-confidence motion against the NDA government, describing the move as a "political gimmick".