1. Heavy rains lash Kerala
Waterlogged roads, uprooted trees, swollen rivers, rough seas, tidal surges, swamped neighbourhoods, evacuation of people from landslip prone localities and opening of relief camps marked the fifth consecutive day of sporadic spells of heavy rain in the State on Thursday. A cyclonic circulation over Kerala exacerbated by an atmospheric low-pressure trough extending from Kerala to West Vidharbha in Maharashtra caused the intermittently intense downpour.
2. HC to hear Abhaya case convicts' reprieve plea