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Top stories from southern region at 2100 hrs:

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Top stories from southern region at 2100 hrs:

MDS3 TN-BLUEWHALE-STALIN

Chennai: DMK urges Centre to take immediate steps to "arrest the accessibility" of social media "game" Blue Whale Challenge to children, after it allegedly claimed the life of a teenager in Tamil Nadu.

MDS5 KL-HAASAN

Thiruvananthapuram: Amid indications of his political plunge, Tamil actor Kamal Haasan meets Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and discusses the political situation in neigbouring Tamil Nadu.

MDS6 AP-PREZ-VISIT

Tirupati: President Ram Nath Kovind arrives here to pay his obeisance at the Lord Venkateswara shrine in Tirumala Hills.

MDS10 KA-EXPANSION

Bengaluru: Ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka early next year, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inducts three new faces into his council of ministers to fill the vacant slots.
 

MDS11 TN-NEET GIRL SUICIDE

Ariyalur (TN): A 17-year-old Dalit girl who had moved the Supreme Court against NEET-based medical examinations allegedly commits suicide.

MDS7 TN-CHILDREN

Coimbatore: Four children die due to fever in the last 14 hours at a government hospital in Salem near here: sources.

MDS8 KA-YADAV

Bengaluru: In an attempt to strengthen its base across the country, the Sharad Yadav faction of the JD(U) is reaching out to its office-bearers and workers in other parts of the country, says a senior leader.

MDS9 TN-AIADMK-DHINAKARAN

Chennai: Sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran makes light of the announcement by the unified AIADMK on convening the general council meeting, saying only party chief V K Sasikala can make such announcements.

MES8 TN-STUDENT-FAST

Coimbatore: A woman PG student, arrested recently on the charge of instigating fellow students against state and central governments, begins "indefinite fast" at the Central Prison here.

MES9 KL-LIQUOR

Thiruvananthapuram: CPI-M-led LDF government in Kerala reduces minimum distance to be maintained for bars in hotels with Four star and above rating from places of worship and educational institutions from 200 metres to 50 metres.

BES15 TL-CHEATING

Hyderabad: Hyderabad police busts a "bogus" copyright organisation and arrested four persons for allegedly duping over 100 job aspirants to the tune of Rs 3 crore.

BES17 TL-PROJECT-INTERNET

Hyderabad: The Telangana government aims to provide Internet connection to households by laying optical fibre lines along with the pipelines of its drinking water project, says IT minister K T Rama Rao.

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First Published: Sep 01 2017 | 9:07 PM IST

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