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The Madras High Court today encountered a bizarre petition by a 57-year-old-man from Madurai who sought anticipatory bail stating that he was among those who had repeatedly raped a minor girl in Chennai, in connection with which 17 people had already been arrested.

Ailing DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi was shifted to a Chennai hospital past midnight, hours after his son MK Stalin issued a statement that there is an improvement in his health and urged party workers not to believe rumours being spread by miscreants.

Indiscriminate use of mobile phones was leading to growth in criminal tendencies among the youth, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday, appealing to women to restrict the time spent by their children on the communication gadget

Mandya district in Karnataka is the region that has seen the highest number of farmer suicides in the state over the past few years. This year, the monsoon has been generous so far in southern Karnataka -- and farmers in Mandya are more hopeful than they have been in years

Senior IUML leader and former Kerala Minister, Cherkallam Abdullah, passed away after a prolonged illness.