Top stories from the southern region at 1800 HRS.

Top stories from the southern region at 1800 HRS.

MDS1 SATELLITE-COUNTDOWN

Chennai: The 28-hour countdown for the launch of Cartosat-2 series satellite along with 30 co-passenger satellites from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh begins at 5.29 am

MDS4 TN-PREZ-AIADMK LD OPS

Chennai: AIADMK's rival Puratchi Thalaivi Amma faction led by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam announces its support for NDA's Presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind, voicing confidence that he will perform as a "good administrator."

MDS5 KL-UBER-DRIVER

Thiruvananthapuram: Cab aggregator Uber today says the company has removed from service the driver, who had allegedly misbehaved with a woman IT professional at Technopark here.
 

BOM6 BIZ-IT-NASSCOM

Hyderabad: Indian IT export is projected to grow by 7-8 per cent in 2017-18, industry body Nasscom says in its guidance today.

MES2 TN-LANKA-FISHERMEN

Rameswaram: Sri Lankan navy arrests four fishermen for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters.