: Top stories from the South at 1700

: Top stories from the South at 1700

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MDS5 KA-LD MODI-FARMERS

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes down hard on the Siddaramaiah government in poll-bound Karnataka for being "indifferent" to farm distress and not implementing the crop insurance scheme effectively and stresses that welfare of farmers was his government's top priority.

MES1 TN-FAMILY-SUICIDE

Salem(TN): Three members of a family allegedly committed suicide at their house in Thammampatti in the district after being 'harassed' by a money lender, police said.