HIGHLIGHTS SOUTH 2130HRS

Following are the top

stories from the southern region at 2130 hrs

MDS9 KL-BISHOP-NUNS

Kochi: Four of the five nuns who led an

agitation against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal in

Kerala are directed to leave their convent in Kottayam

district in compliance with a transfer order issued last year,

sources here say.

MDS10 KA-GOVT-BJP

Bengaluru: Accused by the Congress and JD(S) of

trying to destablise their government, Karnataka BJP claims

the ruling coalition is hiding its inability to keep its house

in order by 'unnecessarily' targeting it and their 'unnatural'

alliance is responsible for the ongoing political turmoil.

MDS14 AP-TDP-YSRC

Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party calls Telangana

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and YSR Congress president

Y S Jaganmohan Reddy 'Modi's puppets' and dubbed the proposed

Federal Front as a 'puppets front'.

MES7 TN-KODANAD-RADHAKRISHNAN

Kanyakumari: Union Minister for State and BJP

leader Pon Radhakrishnan alleges a hidden political agenda

behind raising the Kodanad estate issue now, months before the

Lok Sabha elections.

SRG5 TL-BJP

Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president K Laxman

takes a swipe at opposition parties over their proposed grand

alliance, saying they are not able to decide their prime

ministerial candidate.