: Top stories from the Southern region at 1700 hrs today.
MDS1 TN-POL-DHINAKARAN
Chennai/Puducherry: Bolstered by two more MLAs joining him, sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran says his camp is confident that Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao will take a "good decision" on representation given by his legislators seeking Chief Minister K Palaniswami's ouster.
MDS2 TN-AIADMK-DHINAKARAN
Chennai: Sidelined AIADMK Deputy General Secretary T T V Dhinakaran removes chief government whip S Rajendran from a key party post, two days after the latter sought disqualification of the 19 MLAs owing allegiance to him.
MDS4 KL-SHIP
Kollam: A fishing boat with six men on board is hit by a cargo vessel about 38.9 nautical miles from here in international waters,says Fisheries minister J Mercykutty Amma.
BOM3 TL-DERA-CPI
Hyderabad: The CPI seeks the resignation of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, saying the BJP government in the state has "horribly failed" to deal with the violence following the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case.
BOM4 TL-FLIGHT-DIVERSION
Hyderabad: A Qatar Airways flight diverted to Hyderabad late last night after a crew member shows symptoms of cardiac-related problem.
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