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A young man from Telangana's Konnea village, who unveiled a six-foot statue of US President Donald Trump last week, said on Wednesday that he observes a fast every Friday for the American leader.

The DMK has said that it will hold protests across Tamil Nadu on June 22 to urge the government to tackle water crisis in the state.

Slamming those "politicising" the severe water crisis in Tamil Nadu, state fisheries Minister D Jayakumar on Wednesday said the government has been making up for the deficit created by successive failed monsoons.

A nine-month-old girl died in Telangana's Warangal today after a man gagged her after an alleged rape attempt, the police said.

"It is obvious that I have been targeted by the state leadership.... I am a worker of Indian National Congress, not Siddu (Siddaramaiah) Congress," said Roshan Baig after suspension from Karnataka Congress.

Days after expanding hiscabinet in Karnataka in an attempt to keep the coalition together, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today said he "cannot express the pain" he goes through everyday, adding that he has the responsibility of running the government smoothly.

US President Donald Trump has often spoken of his love for India. As he celebrated Diwali with members of the Indian-American community last year, he had said, "The US has deep ties with India. I'm honored to host this beautiful ceremony at the White House with very special people." Never would he have thought that back India, a man would worship him in true Hindu tradition, on his birthday.

With reservoirs supplying water to Chennai drying up and ground water levels plummeting in absence of rain, water has become scarce but the government is taking necessary steps to supply drinking water to people, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said on Tuesday.

An army jawan from Telangana has alleged that six acres of agricultural land belonging to his family has been "encroached" and his parents have been threatened.

Noting that there were no impediments at all, the Andhra Pradesh assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution requesting the Centre to confer the special category status (SCS) with all financial benefits and industrial incentives without further delay.

In continuing war of words with Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy over the JSW Steel land issue, Bharatiya Janata Party state president BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday accused the former of trying to mislead people by uttering lies.

The Telangana government, which had earlier sought the Bison Polo grounds, a sports facility belonging to the Ministry of Defence, for the construction of a new secretariat complex, has now decided to build it by demolishing the existing one, official sources said on Tuesday.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao met on Monday and invited his Andhra Pradesh counterpart YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for the inauguration of the Kaleswaram irrigation project on June 21.

Facing severe water shortage and high vegetable prices, restaurants/hotels serving South Indian meals are mulling ways to tackle the situation, including stopping lunch meals, said an official of a hotel association.

A man was killed in central Bengaluru on Monday allegedly after an under construction water tank collapsed. Several others working at the site in the city's Jogupalya area were rescued from the debris by a team, including members of the NDRF and the fire service.