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"The Tamil Nadu Police on Saturday registered an FIR against a Twitter user Mohammed Tanvir, whose profile described him as a journalist, and Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Prashant Patel Umrao under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for disinformation and claiming that migrant workers have been fatally attacked in Tamil Nadu. 

A day after attending the Budget session wearing flowers behind their ears in protest against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Karnataka Congress on Saturday stepped up the ‘Kivi Mele Hoova’ campaign with posters across Bengaluru and Mangaluru. 

A Chennai City Public Prosecutor, on Thursday filed a criminal defamation complaint seeking to prosecute suspended DMK functionary Shivaji Krishnamoorthy, for his derogatory speech against Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi 

"Rubbishing rumours related to the merger of Karnataka Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Nandini), with Amul, state Cooperation Minister ST Somashekar said precisely what Indian Cooperative reported a couple of days earlier. 

A five-year-old girl from Karnataka was confirmed to be infected with the Zika virus. Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar, said, "This is the first case in the state and the government is monitoring the situation very carefully. Our department is well prepared to handle it". The first case of Zika Virus in India! Let’s learn about Zika Virus and its symptoms and treatment. 

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, on Friday, December 2, issued notice to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC K Kavitha for questioning her in the case on December 6. The probe agency issued the notice under Section 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and asked her to intimate the place of residence as per her convenience for the examination at 11 am on that day. Under Section 160 of CrPC, the investigating officer can summon any person as witness in a particular case. Kavitha, in a statement, said that she informed the authorities that they can meet her at her Hyderabad residence. Kavitha asked the central agency to provide details, including copies of the complaint in the case, to acquaint herself and answer appropriately "within a reasonable period of time". 

Tamil film director Vetrimaaran has sparked a controversy by speaking about Emperor Raja Raja Cholan's religious identity. According to the director, the famed ruler was not a Hindu Emperor.Vetrimaaran's comments have come just days after the release of filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan: Part One, which is based on Kalki’s fictional Tamil novel inspired by the Tamil emperor Raja Raja Cholan (since there is no English equivalent of the letter 'zha,' Chozhan is mostly written as ‘Cholan’).“When the Dravidian movement took over Tamil cinema, there were arguments about doing art for art’s sake and not for the masses. They talked a lot about aesthetics. Yes, that’s also important but no art is complete if it doesn’t touch the lives of people. Art should reflect people's lives,” he said. Vetrimaaran's fiery speech has left the internet divided