Parents, students and teachers staged a 6-hour protest at a private school in Chennai after students revealed that the correspondent's son had sexually assaulted many of them. Police have filed a case and are hunting for the absconding accused.
Actress Sunny Leone has approached the Kerala High Court to quash a case of cheating that was filed against her, her husband and one of her employees. The case was initially filed as a civil suit but it was dismissed in a Magistrate Court earlier this year.
The Kerala high court quashed an order appointing K Riji John as the vice-chancellor of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS). The court instructed the Chancellor to form a new committee and appoint someone in compliance with UGC regulations.
A 10-year-old boy died by drowning after he fell into a water-filled pit at Vijayamanagaram village in TN's Cuddalore district. His relatives staged a protest on the highway, causing a traffic snarl. They alleged that the boy died due to the fault of the state highway authorities.
Karnataka Congress MLA Satish Jarkiholi defended his earlier remark that the word "Hindu" was coined by Persians, despite heavy backlash by opposition parties and netizens.