: Top stories from the Southern
region at 1700 hrs today:
MDS1 TN-LANKA-FISHERMEN
Nagapattinam (TN): Eight Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in the territorial waters of the island nation early today: police
MDS2 TN-NEET-QUOTA
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar announces in the Assembly that 85 per cent of seats in medicine under state quota will be earmarked for students who had pursued higher secondary education under the state board and the admission will be based on NEET marks.
MES2 TN-BILL
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly adopts bill to extend the term of special officers appointed to local bodies, amid the DMK-led Opposition boycotting a voice vote held for the purpose.
MDS3 KL-PRIEST
Thiruvananthapuram: A 33-year-old Keralite priest, missing for the last four days, is found dead on a beach in Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, according to information received by Church sources here.
MES1 TN-BOMB
Dindigul(TN): Unidentified persons hurl petrol bomb at the house of a former AIADMK councillor in Dindigul early today:police
BOM1 TL-GIRL-BOREWELL
Hyderabad: Authorities are racing against time to save a 14-month-old girl who accidentally fell into a 40-feet deep open borewell in adjoining Vikarabad district two days ago.
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