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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao stopped short of announcing early assembly election in the state -- slated for next April -- but said a decision will be taken soon. At a huge rally in Ranga Reddy district Mr Rao spoke of the state's gifts to farmers that had fuelled speculation about early polls. He also questioned whether the people wished to be "slaves of Delhi parties" - a comment seen as a counter to the perception of his growing affinity to the BJP as well as a snub to the Congress.

Telangana's ruling party TRS or Telangana Rashtra Samithi will host its one-of-its-kind "mother of all meetings" in the state at 1 pm today, some 25 kilometres outside the capital city of Hyderabad. The venue chosen for the meet is 2,000 acres of land - dubbed the Pragathi Nivedhana Sabha - in Ranga Reddy district.

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam Saturday said the AIADMK would contest the byelections to Thiruparankundram and Thiruvarur constituencies and those dreaming of dislodging the state government would go into oblivion after the bypolls.

Atal Tinkering Labs would be set up in 500 schools across Tamil Nadu in another three months, state Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan said.

A newly married British couple chartered an entire train to travel from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam to spend their honeymoon in the Nilgiri hills. The couple paid Rs 3 lakh to charter the special train, introduced by Southern Railway, for a one-way trip, becoming the first people to do so.

A hospital has suspended four staff members who allegedly took a selfie with the body of actor-politician Harikrishna, who died in a road accident on August 29.

Don't touch the feet of MK Stalin, the new DMK president, it makes him uncomfortable, the party advised its members today.

As the Kerala government embarked on a fund mobilisation drive for reconstructing the flood-hit state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said today he was hopeful of getting the offer of aid made by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

On the road to recovery after floods that brought daily life to a standstill in Kerala and parts of Karnataka, killing hundreds, the tourism industry continues to suffer loss of income.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao could announce the dissolution of the state assembly today so that elections can take place early along with polls to four other states later this year, say sources.

Popular stand-up comedian Papa CJ and psychological illusionist Karan Singh Magic will make the realms of comedy and magic meet for a new act to be performed as fundraisers for flood-affected Kerala.

Seven people, including two women, were killed and 30 others injured when two buses collided head-on on in Tamil Nadu today, police said.

The election to 105 Urban Local Bodies across Karnataka held from 7 am to 5 pm registered 63.8 per cent voting, the State Election Commission (SEC) said on Friday.

The three-month-old Congress-JDS coalition government would be expanded in the third week of September with the induction of seven ministers, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said today.

A 40-year old hotel staff died in Coimbatore today after allegedly falling down from the second floor of a building while engrossed in a mobile call, police said.