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In the backdrop of the controversy over "Love Jihad", the Kerala High Court has said all inter-faith marriages should not be seen through a religious prism.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today headed a cabinet meeting that decided to call a special one-day assembly session on November 9 to table the solar scam probe report

Challenged to fighting the BJP on "development and ideology", Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says he is ready to pick up the gauntlet thrown by BJP president Amit Shah and showcased Kerala's enviable record in human development index.

Samyuktha had scored 95 per cent in 12th class and joined a leading coaching institute in Hyderabad three months back to get through the national medical exam. She wanted to be a doctor.

With a nearly 40 per cent dip in cracker sales, Tamil Nadu saw a rather silent Deepavali this year. Traders say the impact of the Goods and Services Tax or GST and demonetisation appeared to have played a part in the dampened festivities in the state.

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today said that the AIADMK high command would decide about the candidate for the R K Nagar assembly bypolls.

A satyagraha against the GST taxation of handmade products is underway in Bengaluru. Veteran theatre personality, Prasanna, has been on a hunger strike since October 14, urging the Centre to rescind the GST on all handmade products in the country.

In response to a petition to investigate the murders of the workers of BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the CBI has told the Kerala High Court that it has no objection to taking over the cases. The court has asked the state government to file its counter affidavit by October 25 and the case will be heard on October 30.

Actor Kamal Haasan, who has announced his plans to enter politics, today apologized for supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock decision to ban high-denomination notes a year ago. Haasan, who is 62, said "If the PM accepts his mistake, my salaam (salute) awaits him."

A student is repeatedly slapped and assaulted by his teacher in front of his classmates in a video that has emerged from a private college in Andhra Pradesh.

Wrapping up the 15-day relay walk or padhyatra against what the BJP says is the ruling CPM's "murder politics", BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to take moral responsibility for the "killing of 13 innocent BJP and RSS workers" in Kerala since May 2016 and fight the BJP on "development and ideology".

Former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy said he will take legal steps to secure a copy of the judicial commission report on the 2013 multi-crore solar scam, which had rocked the state under the previous Congress-led UDF government headed by him.

One of India's biggest cotton-growing states has formed a panel to investigate how 15 percent of the state's cotton acreage has been planted with a non-approved genetically modified strain developed by Monsanto and may bring criminal charges.

YSR Congress lawmaker Butta Renuka finally crossed over to Andhra Pradesh's ruling Telugu Desam Party today, after more than three years she made her first attempt to join the party.

A Rs 26-crore plan to mark the 60th birthday of the Karnataka Assembly building by giving gold biscuits to lawmakers has been nixed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The Chief Minister has ordered drastic cuts to both budget and the duration of the festival. Instead of two days, the lawmakers get to celebrate for only one day and the expenses must be kept within Rs 10 crore.