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Passengers escape unharmed as private bus catches ire on Hyderabad-Vijayawada Highway

Hyderabad, Nov 11 (UNI) A major accident was averted in the early hours of Tuesday after a private travel bus caught fire on the Hyderabad–Vijayawada National Highway (NH-65) near Pittampalli in Chityal mandal of Nalgonda district.
All passengers on board managed to escape safely.
The bus, belonging to Vihari Travels, was carrying about 29 passengers from Hyderabad to Kandukur when the incident occurred.
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IOB welcomes RBI reducing Repo rate

05 Dec 2025 | 5:24 PM

Chennai, Dec 5 (UNI) Mr. Ajay Kumar Srivastava, Managing Director and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank
welcome the RBI’s decision to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent while maintaining
a neutral stance.

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LoP Narayanaswamy questions missing Hublot watch

05 Dec 2025 | 5:21 PM

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2-day NGT Reg Conf on Environment in Chennai from tomorrow

05 Dec 2025 | 5:18 PM

Chennai, Dec 5 (UNI) The Zonal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Chennai,
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TN No 1 in exports with USD 14 65 bn, aim to position tate a key electronics manufacturing hub : Stalin

05 Dec 2025 | 5:06 PM

Chennai, Dec 5 (UNI) Tamil Nadu stands tall in the Electronics sector and was ranked India's
No.1 in exports with USD 14.65 billion, Chief Minister M K Stalin said today and asserted that
the main aim of his government was to position the State as the key electronics manufcaturing.

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