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Sri Lanka Bomb Blasts: A Kerala woman on holiday in Sri Lanka died in the blasts on Easter Sunday. She was among the 207 people who died in a string of bomb blasts at high-end hotels and churches in Columbo this morning.

Bengaluru's Bellandur lake, infamous for its pollution, has started to froth once again. Giant chunks of smelly, white froth - that looked like cotton - could be seen spilling around residential neighbourhood.

Thousands of devotees have thronged the Shrine Basilica in Tamil Nadu's Vailankanni for Easter celebrations.

Elections 2019: The Income Tax department has had its hands full this election season, with various incidents of cash being seized from across the country.

The fractured verdict of the assembly elections in Karnataka may reflect in the state's mandate for the Lok Sabha as well.

As the lines blur between religion and politics, it's a triangular political battle in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district, with Sabarimala at the centrestage. With political parties clueless of which way the votes will sway, people in this constituency 100 km from state capital Thiruvananthapuram are seeing intense campaigns by BJP, Congress and Left candidates.

Karnataka is voting in two phases this election. The southern half of the state - 14 seats out of 28 - voted on Thursday. The remaining 14 seats will vote next Tuesday.

Tamil "superstar" Rajinikanth on Friday said his formal political entry will coincide with the next assembly polls in Tamil Nadu.

Across Ernakulam, the business hub of Kerala, beautifully shot posters of candidates have been splashed across the walls. The waste seen lying in public spaces, many times around these posters, turn out to be a major eyesore. But this parliamentary election is proving a different priority for the district that is home to the city of Kochi.

A three-year-old boy who was severely injured on his head after being allegedly subjected to torture by his mother died at a private hospital near Kerala's Kochi on Friday morning, doctors said.

BJP MLA Basavaraj Bommai today said voters will decide who is a "hero" and who are the "jokers", in an apparent reference to PM Modi as the "hero" and Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy as "jokers".

BJP's Karnataka unit on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission over alleged "mass indiscriminate deletion" of names from the voters list in the state.

Former prime minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda has said that unlike BJP veteran LK Advani, he is not going to retire from active politics, and that if Rahul Gandhi becomes the prime minister of the country, he will be by his side.

They lined up patiently to cast their votes in the blazing sun, 156 inmates of a mental health centre here, eager to participate in the electoral process as polling was held in 38 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu on Thursday.

A 7-year-old boy in Kannur returned home disappointed after he could not catch a glimpse of his "fan" Rahul Gandhi.