Kerala, led by Pinarayi Vijayan, becomes the first Indian state to eradicate extreme poverty, marking Kerala Piravi Day with a multidimensional poverty rate of just 0.48 percent.

Sudheesh Kumar, ex-Travancore Devaswom Board officer, was arrested by SIT in the Sabarimala gold theft case, joining Unnikrishnan Potty and B. Murari Babu as accused.

In a musical dig at Tejashwi Yadav, the chief ministerial candidate of Mahagathbandhan, Bhojpuri star and BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said the RJD leader must first take care of his family and then talk about Bihar.