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As per her father, the victim maintained a good academic track record and scored 92% marks in the school examination.

Udhayanidhi Stalin attacked the Congress at a party meeting and blamed it for the BJP's victories. His remarks have intensified focus on strains within the DMK-led opposition alliance.

A roadside lottery seller won Rs 12 crore Vishu bumper jackpot in Kerala's Kollam. Elated, the lottery seller said he said the windfall would help arrange his son's marriage and clear family debts.

The Karnataka government raised minimum wages by 60 per cent, taking the minimum monthly pay for labourers in Bengaluru to Rs 23,376 under the revised pay structure.

The youth wing of the DMK, in a strongly worded resolution, accused the Congress of betraying the party after years of relying on DMK cadre and organisational machinery for electoral success.

Thol Thirumavalavan said VCK cadre pressed him to accept the TVK invitation to join the cabinet. He said the shift reflected electoral considerations and repeated appeals from party workers.

The family of the deceased woman has alleged that her husband killed her to claim insurance money, after what they describe as years of ongoing abuse and harassment.

DMK's A Raja took a swipe at VCK and IUML for backing joining Vijay's cabinet, likening their political shift to a coconut tree that bends away from where it grew to offer its fruits to a neighbouring house.

Following a tourist death at Dubare Elephant Camp, Karnataka has ordered safer safari vehicles across reserves. The new directions tighten visitor safety with enclosed buses, in-vehicle first-aid and nearby ambulances.

During the oath-taking as state minister, Congress MLA S Rajesh Kumar, while reading out the oath from a paper, suddenly hailed Congress leaders K Kamaraj, Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

A dramatic incident linked to a loan dispute was caught on camera in Karnataka's Mysuru, where a man was allegedly dragged for nearly 500 metres while clinging to the bonnet of a moving car.

Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan retained the Finance and Law portfolios along with several key departments after Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar approved the portfolio allocation of the newly sworn-in UDF government.

The Tamil Nadu government revoked the preventive detention of YouTuber and political commentator Savukku Shankar under the Goondas Act after the Advisory Board found no sufficient grounds to continue his detention.

A government tender with a six-hour window for a water tank project in Tamil Nadu has snowballed into a political flashpoint, with the opposition alleging favouritism, rushed approvals and possible violations of tender transparency rules.