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Major fire breaks out in furniture shop in Nampally, no casualties reported

Hyderabad, Jan 24 (UNI) A major fire broke out at a furniture shop in the busy Nampally area of Hyderabad on Saturday afternoon. No casualties have been reported so far.
The fire reportedly started accidentally at a furniture shop located on the ground floor of a four-storeyed building.
Firefighters and DRF (Disaster Response Force) team rushed to the spot and are making efforts to bring the blaze under control, police said.
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Biennial elections to fill 6 RS seats from TN Assembly on Mar 16

18 Feb 2026 | 2:54 PM

Chennai, Feb 18 (UNI) The Biennial elections to fill six seats that would fall vacant from the Tamil
Nadu Assembly in April, would be held on March 16.

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RailOne App to be Unified Platform, UTS-on-Mobile App to be decommissioned from March one

18 Feb 2026 | 2:35 PM

Chennai, Feb 18 (UNI) The Southern Railway announced that the RailOne App would be the Unified Platform for passenger services
and the UTS-on-Mobile App would be decommissioned from March one, 2026 in a phased manner.

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BCs secure over 61 pc seats in municipal polls, shows rising awareness: BC Commission

18 Feb 2026 | 2:35 PM

Hyderabad, Feb 18 (UNI) Telangana Backward Classes Commission Chairman G Niranjan and Commission members Rapolu Jayaprakash, Tirumalagiri Surender and Balalakshmi Rangu on Wednesday expressed happiness over the strong performance of Backward Classes (BCs) in the recently held municipal elections in the State, where BC candidates secured over 61 per cent of the total seats.

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IN-SPACe announces grant scheme to accelerate AI driven innovation in space sector

18 Feb 2026 | 2:09 PM

Chennai, Feb 18 (UNI) The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) on Wednesday announced the launch of the AI INSPIRED Opportunities in Space Sector programme, a new call for proposals under its INSPIRED initiative, during the India AI Impact Summit held in Delhi.
The programme is aimed at accelerating artificial intelligence driven innovation across India’s private space ecosystem through targeted financial and institutional support. The funding support will be provided as grant in aid under the IN-SPACe Seed Fund Scheme.

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Stalin pitches for more autonomy to States, tables high level committee's Part-1 report on Centre-State ties in Assembly

18 Feb 2026 | 2:08 PM

Chennai, Feb 18 (UNI) Strongly pitching for its longstanding demand for more autonomy to states and
federalism, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Wednesday said his government
has finally belled the cat and demanded Constitutional amendments vesting more powers with the states.

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