Top stories from southern region at 1700 hrs today.

Top stories from southern region at 1700 hrs today.

BOM1 TL-GIRL-GANGRAPE

Hyderabad: A 17-year-old student allegedly raped by her four classmates in a house in Khammam city where she had gone to attend a friend's birthday party, police said.

BOM7 PREZ-TL-LD KOVIND

Hyderabad: NDA presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind says the office of the president is above party politics and he will strive to uphold the Constitution.

BES9 TL-EXCISE-DRUGS-ARREST

Hyderabad: The Telangana Excise department arrests four more persons in the drug racket busted two days back and seized LSD, a narcotic generally sold in rave parties, from them.

MES4 TN-ASSEMBLY-EVICTION
 

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly witnesses noisy scenes involving arch rivals AIADMK and DMK after an opposition member is evicted during a debate over the issue of arrests of state fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy.

MES5 TN-CROCODILE

Thanjavur(TN): A 65-year-old man killed by a crocodile while taking bath at Kollidam river in the district.

MCM8 BIZ-MYPETROLPUMP

Bengaluru: A city-based startup which recently started a first-of-its-kind door delivery of diesel here, has hit a roadblock, after Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation directed state-run oil marketing companies and private retailers not to sell fuel to it, citing "safety.