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Transgender candidate M. Chandramukhi, contesting the Telangana assembly elections from a constituency in Hyderabad, turned up at a police station late on Wednesday night.

Former Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and IPS officer VV Lakshminarayana has announced to soon launch his own political party.

A candidate from the Gajwel constituency, who had reportedly gone missing since filing his nomination papers on November 22 for the Telangana Assembly polls, was produced before the Hyderabad High Court Tuesday, a day after it had directed police to produce him.

Standing shoulder to shoulder with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, 20 years his senior, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi told NDTV that they are not adversaries and their "chemistry is very good".

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu, political rivals for 37 years, are now campaigning together in Telangana for the upcoming state elections. Speaking to NDTV in a big exclusive, Rahul Gandhi said "We are not adversaries... the chemistry is very good" and that there is a lot that can be done together. Chandrababu Naidu said it is the responsibility of all political parties to come together to fight the BJP and win the elections.

A trainee aircraft which took off from Hakimpet Air Force station on Wednesday crashed in Bahupeta in Telangana's Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district.

Bala Sai Baba was a self-styled Godman from Andhra Pradesh. He was referred as "magic baba" by some of his devotees.

Kerala Assembly witnessed noisy scenes on Wednesday after the opposition Congress members rushed to the well of the House, shouting slogans against the state government for its "inept" handling of the Sabarimala issue.

The Centre's go ahead for the construction of a reservoir-cum-drinking water project at Mekedatu across the Cauvery, about 110 km from Bengaluru, has raised the prospect of another showdown between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over river water sharing.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami will visit Cyclone Gaja-affected parts of the state today amid protests over allegations that many remote areas are yet to get relief supplies. Mr Palaniswami will visit Nagapattinam and Thiruvarur districts.

On September 30, Rehana Fathima had posted a picture on Facebook, dressing up like an Ayyappa devotee with the caption 'Thathvamasi'.

A four-member BJP delegation formed by party chief Amit Shah will visit the Sabarimala shrine in Kerala to meet the public and party workers in order to assess the atrocities allegedly being committed against the "satyagrahis".

A miffed Tamil Nadu Tuesday demanded that the Centre withdraw its permission to Karnataka for preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for a proposed balancing reservoir-cum-drinking water project at Mekedatu across the Cauvery.

TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday wondered why his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao was criticising him though he never did any injustice to Telangana.

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday ruled that there should be no more protests at the Sabarimala temple during the ongoing pilgrimage season.