Top stories from the southern

Top stories from the southern

region at 1700 HRS.

MDS1 KL-CT-CASE

Kasargod: Police book 23 persons, who allegedly celebrated Pakistan's victory over India in the Champions Trophy cricket final, on various charges including rioting and unlawful assembly.

MDS3 TN-KARNAN

Chennai: Former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan, arrested from Coimbatore, taken to Kolkata by a team of West Bengal Police.

MDS4 KL-PM-THREAT-CM

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan corroborates state police chief's statement thatPrime Minister Narendra Modi faced a terror threat during his recent visit to Kochi, saying police had brought it to the government's notice.

MDS5 KL-POL-PREZ-VIJAYAN

Thiruvananthapuram: NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind is "a political candidate" of the BJP and his candidature will be "faced" politically, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says.
 

MDS6 KL-YOGADAY

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says yoga was not part of any religion and it should be practised with a free and secular mindset.

MDS8 KA-FARMLOAN WAIVER

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government announces crop loan waiver of up to Rs 50,000 per farmer that will cost Rs 8,165 crore to the state exchequer.

TN-YOGADAY

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and several union ministers celebrate the third International yoga day by joining yoga events organised on the occasion.

MES3 KL-FEVER-CM

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government announces a series of measures, including operation of mobile clinics and a mass cleanliness drive, to meet the situation following the spread of various types of fevers which have claimed over 100 lives.

LGM1 TN-COURT-SASIKALA

Chennai: An Economic Offences Court frames charges against AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala, who is now lodged in jail in Bengaluru, in connection with a FERA violation case.