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Kerala local body polls: Governor, union Minister, top leaders lead early voter turnout

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 9 (UNI) Kerala witnessed a vibrant start to the first phase of its local body elections today, with prominent political, religious, and community leaders setting the tone by casting their votes early.
Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar exercised his franchise at Jawahar Nagar LP School at 11 am, while union Minister Suresh Gopi was among the earliest voters, casting his ballot at Shasthamkotta Government School at 7 am.
Several key Congress leaders were also among the early voters. They included K. C. Venugopal, Opposition leader V. D. Satheesan, CWC member Ramesh Chennithala, Lok Sabha member Dr. Shashi Tharoor, K. Muraleedharan, and V. M. Sudheeran.
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TN Guv walks out of Assembly again, skips delivering customary New Year address

20 Jan 2026 | 11:15 AM

Chennai, Jan 20 (UNI) Already at loggerheads with the ruling DMK, the New Year session of
the Tamil Nadu Assembly started on a stormy note on Tuesday with Governor R N Ravi once
again skipping his customary and traditional address by staging a walk out, over non-recital
of National Anthem.

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Sabarimala gold theft: ED raids all accused in multi-state crackdown

20 Jan 2026 | 11:11 AM

Kochi, Jan 20 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched extensive search operations at the residences and offices of all accused in the high-profile Sabarimala gold theft case,marking a major escalation in the investigation into the alleged misappropriation of temple assets.

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Telangana: Four killed, two injured as car hits container lorry near Bhainsa

20 Jan 2026 | 9:46 AM

Nirmal, Jan 20 (UNI) Four persons were killed and two others injured when the car in which they were travelling collided with a container lorry near Bhainsa in Nirmal district in the early hours of Tuesday.

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WEF 2026: Telangana steps onto global economic stage at Davos

20 Jan 2026 | 9:43 AM

Davos/Hyderabad, Jan 20 (UNI) Signaling Telangana’s growing ambition on the global stage, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday led a high-level state delegation to Zurich, Switzerland, to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026.

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