HIGHLIGHTS SOUTH 1720 HRS

: Highlights from the southern
MDS4 TN-TUTICORIN-INQUIRY
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government appoints a one-person
commission of inquiry headed by a retired judge of the
Madras high court to probe into the violence in Tuticorin
MDS5 KL-VIRUS-NURSE

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government extends a
helping hand to the family of nurse Lini Puthussery, who
died after contracting Nipah from her patients, by
promising to give her husband a government and Rs 10 lakh
MDS10 TN-TUTICORIN-MAN KILLED
Tuticorin: A man dies in fresh police firing on
anti-Sterlite plant agitators, while some others were
injured in a clash with security personnel here, a day

after 10 people were killed in police action,
MDS18 KA-KUMARASWAMY-OATH
Bengaluru: H D Kumaraswamy is sworn in as the Karnataka
chief minister who heads the JD(S)-Congress coalition
MES2 KL-VIRUS-GOVERNOR
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor P Sathasivam appeals
to people of the state not to panic over rumours on the
spread of Nipah virus, which has so far claimed 10 lives
LGM1 TN-HC-STERLITE
Chennai: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court
stays the expansion of Sterlite copper smelter plant in
Tuticorin district, amid an ongoing agitation seeking the
LGM2 KL-HC-POLITICAL KILLINGS
Kochi: The Kerala high court dismissed a plea seeking a
CBI probe into seven cases of alleged political killings

of RSS-BJP activists that took place after the CPI(M)-led