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Three women killed, 7 hurt in explosion at cracker unit, TN CM announces solatium

Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu), Apr 26 (UNI) In a gruesome tragedy, three women workers were charred to death and seven women injured, two of them critically, when a massive explosion ripped through a private fireworks factory at M.Pudupatti village near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday.
Police said the deceased were identified as M.Mariammal (51), R.Thiruvaimozhi (48) and V.Kalaiselvi (35).
The fire broke out at Standard Fireworks Factory, a reputed cracker unit when the workers were engaged in mixing highly inflammable chemicals for making a fancy variety of crackers.
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Chouhan slams Congress over Karnataka Assembly row, says Constitution violated

22 Jan 2026 | 7:22 PM

Bengaluru, Jan 22 (UNI) union Minister for Rural Development and Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday mounted a strong attack on the Congress over the disruption of the Governor’s address in the Karnataka Assembly, accusing the party of destroying democratic norms, insulting constitutional institutions, and using the legislature to divert attention from corruption and governance failures.

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After TN, Kerala, now Karnataka, Guvs refusing to read govt prepared speech in Asembly, acting like party agents : Stalin

22 Jan 2026 | 6:47 PM

Chennai, Jan 22 (UNI) Coming down heavily on Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka Governors for not
reading the speech prepared by ther respective state governments during the first session of the New
Year, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Thursday evening said the pattern
was clear and deliberate and they were acting like party agents underming the duly elected governments.

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Phone tapping case: SIT issues notice to KTR, summons him for questioning

22 Jan 2026 | 6:29 PM

Hyderabad, Jan 22 (UNI) In a key development in the Telangana phone tapping case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Thursday issued a notice to former minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K T Rama Rao (KTR).

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AP: CS directs officials to ensure all CCTV cameras function properly

22 Jan 2026 | 6:24 PM

Vijayawada, Jan 22 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary K Vijayanand on Thursday instructed the officials to ensure that all 14,000 CCTV cameras installed at various important junctions, high-traffic areas and other locations across the State are functioning properly.

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TPCC election commission co-ordination committee meets at Gandhi Bhavan

22 Jan 2026 | 5:58 PM

Hyderabad, Jan 22 (UNI) The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Election Commission Co-ordination Committee on Thursday held a meeting at Gandhi Bhavan under the chairmanship of committee president Pulipati Rajesh Kumar.

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