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Indian Navy commissions diving support craft A20 in Kochi

Kochi, Dec 17 (UNI) The Indian Navy has commissioned Diving Support Craft (DSC) A20 at a ceremonial event held at the Naval Base in Kochi, marking a significant boost to its underwater operational capabilities.
DSC A20 is the eleventh naval vessel commissioned this year, reflecting the Navy’s growing indigenous shipbuilding capability and steady progress towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
The commissioning ceremony was presided over by Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command, and was attended by senior naval officers, veterans, representatives from Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd, Kolkata, and civilian dignitaries.
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DMK’s counter to Sahitya Akademi: Stalin announces annual National Award for best literary works in Indian languages

18 Jan 2026 | 7:00 PM

Chennai, Jan 18 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday announced that from this year onwards, the state government will institute annual awards named ‘Classical Literary Award’, for best literary works in Indian languages as a counter to the Sahitya Akademi award of the Centre, breaking the image that the DMK is wedded to Tamil chauvinism.

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PM Modi to kick off NDA’s TN poll campaign on Jan 23; alliance line-up to be unveiled on stage : BJP

18 Jan 2026 | 6:53 PM

Chennai, Jan 18 (UNI) With the key Tamil Nadu Assembly elections just four months away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick
off the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) campaign with a massive public meeting at Madurantakam about 100 km from Chennai
on January 23 in which the alliance line up of the NDA will be unveiled on state.

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AP CM pays tributes to TDP founder N T Rama Rao

18 Jan 2026 | 6:09 PM

Vijayawada, Jan 18 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu paid glowing tributes to Telugu Desam party founder and former Chief Minister N T Rama Rao on his 30th death anniversary in the party's central office at Mangalagiri, near here, on Sunday.

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CM posts young IPS officers to tackle Hyderabad traffic congestion

18 Jan 2026 | 6:07 PM

Hyderabad, Jan 18 (UNI) In an effort to strengthen law and order and address growing public concerns, particularly traffic congestion across the Greater Hyderabad region, the Chief Minister has posted a set of young IPS officers to key traffic positions in major urban police commissionerates.

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Young man in Kozhikode commits suicide after video showing him misbehaving with woman on bus

18 Jan 2026 | 6:04 PM

Kozhikode, Jan 18 (UNI) A youth in Kerala’s Kozhikode committed suicide after a video went viral showing him misbehaving with a woman on a bus journey .The young woman has accused him of him sexually assaulted her on a bus journey and the video filmed by her while she was travelling on a busy bus went viral on social media.

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