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WorldSep 16Renukaswamy murder case accused bypassed rules to speak to his wife, warder assisted him: Prison officialsPrison authorities found that Pradosh had allegedly registered his wife’s mobile number under another inmate’s name by falsely showing it as the number of a lawyer named Santosh.The Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Naidu wants 5,000 Venkateswara temples in Andhra; Mauritius, New Zealand want theirs, he saysReviewing TTD plans, the Chief Minister calls for integrating its hospitals, a net-zero Tirumala and Tirupati, and a skywalk linking the railway station and bus standThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Telangana Govt constitutes high-level committee to resolve controversy over Section 22A landsChief Minister A. Revanth Reddy traces origin of Section 22A, gives a detailed explanation on lands under part-B and the error which partly led to inclusion of lands in prohibited list during marathon speech in AssemblyThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Trump taking notes from India? US$5,000 cash pitch draws ‘freebie’ comparisonsDonald Trump’s proposal to give adult Americans US$5,000 if Republicans win November’s midterm elections has drawn an unusual accusation from India: that the US president is borrowing from the country’s welfare-heavy political playbook. Speaking days after Trump floated the US$5,000 proposal on September 9, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar told an event held by India’s main opposition Congress party: “Trump is copying us.” Shivakumar argued that the pledge reflected the wider...South China Morning Post
PoliticsSep 16Nandyal MP Byreddy Shabari says NDA government giving priority to skill development, jobs for youthInaugurating a youth conference in Nandyal, the MP says industries are changing Rayalaseema’s face and investments will bring thousands of jobsThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Only Prime Minister’s Office can grant sanction to prosecute IAS officers, Centre tells Madras High CourtJustice N. Anand Venkatesh records the submission and grants two months’ time to obtain sanction against IAS officers K.S. Kandasamy and K. Vijaya Karthikeyan in the ₹98.25-crore corporation tender irregularities case against former AIADMK Minister S.P. VelumaniThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Demolish dangerous buildings in Thrissur without delay, Kerala State Human Rights Commission tells city CorporationAccording to the Thrissur Corporation’s report, 15 buildings have been identified for immediate demolition. The commission directs the Corporation Secretary to submit an action-taken report in its sitting in October 2026The Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Madras High Court rejects plea challenging election of DMK whip E.V. Velu from Tiruvannamalai constituencyJustice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy allows applications filed by the former Minister to strike off the pleadings and reject the election petitionThe Hindu
ConflictSep 16India voices concern over attempted drone attack on MeccaThe drone, intercepted on September 15 was the second Houthi attempt to target Mecca after a ballistic missile launch in July 2017, spokesperson Turki al-Malki said in a statementThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Tamil Nadu Assembly records establish M.K. Stalin was a political prisoner under MISA during EmergencyKarunanidhi ensured key extracts from the prison diary of late MP Chittibabu made its way into the Assembly records.The Hindu
PoliticsSep 16R&B Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy relaunches ₹2-crore indoor stadium works in BanaganapalleLaying the foundation stone, Janardhan Reddy says he had secured the funds from the then TDP government during his previous term as MLA, directs officials to finish the construction within four monthsThe Hindu
DisasterSep 16Body of flash flood victim recovered from river in Keralam’s Kozhikode30-year-old woman was swept away while sitting on a rock in the Iruvazhinjippuzha river in Kozhikode district of Keralam on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) eveningThe Hindu
Sci & TechSep 16Rare butterfly sighted in Tamil Nadu’s VillupuramThe philomela form of the Common Wanderer butterfly was observed by Smita Rani Mishra, a resident of PuducherryThe Hindu
WorldSep 16Journalist Satyam Verma's bail plea in Noida workers’ protest case: What is the principle of parity in bail cases? | ExplainedThe Court had observed that in deciding the aspect of parity, the role attached to the accused, their position in relation to the incident and to the victims is of utmost importanceThe Hindu
ConflictSep 16Shahzad Bhatti Network declared banned terrorist outfit under UAPAThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Centre allocates five lakh houses to Andhra and Telangana under PMAY-G, says PemmasaniAndhra Pradesh gets 2.25 lakh more houses and Telangana 1.21 lakh; only 23% of the 2019-24 allocation to AP has been completed, the Minister saysThe Hindu
BusinessSep 16Cabinet clears ‘Saral Kerala’ to simplify, expedite investment approvalsA ‘Single Statutory Authority’ to be established to grant all approvals through a unified channelThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Union Cabinet approves raising EPFO wage ceiling to ₹25,000 per monthIn a press release, the Government said that this decision is expected to bring more than 51 lakh additional employees within the ambit of mandatory EPFO coverageThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Activist Amitabh Thakur seeks disclosure of Ram Temple Trust CEO selection recordsIn my letter to the Trust dated September 16, I specifically requested the Trust to make available the approved list of the final 16 candidates and records relating to their interview attendance, candidate-wise evaluation records, the relevant portion of the Search Committee’s report and recommendations, activist Amitabh Thakur saidThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16GHMC cancels building permission in Guttala Begumpet over fake LRS documentThe Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has cancelled a building permission in Guttala Begumpet due to a fake LRS (Layout Regularisation Scheme) document. This action highlights issues of fraud and regulatory enforcement in urban development.The Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Andhra Pradesh raises age limit for government jobs to 44 years till 2027: how APPSC compares with Telangana, Kerala and UPSCRelaxation for non-uniform posts runs till September 30, 2027; a separate order extends the two-year concession for uniformed services by a yearThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Keralam CM Satheesan says CPI(M) ‘scapegoated’ M.V. Govindan for LDF’s Assembly poll debacleSatheesan says CPI(M)’s extended State committee meeting, which concluded in Kozhikode on Tuesday, seemed to ‘deny the real reasons’ for LDF’s ‘historic defeat’The Hindu
WorldSep 16Absconding Israeli drug dealer Atala surrenders before Goa court; sent to 30-day judicial custodyThe case traces back to April 5, 2025 when Atala was arrested by the ANC following a raid at his apartment in Siolim in North GoaThe Hindu
BusinessSep 16Keralam to be transformed from remittance economy to investment economy, says CM V.D. SatheesanCM inaugurates three-day ‘Reimagining Keralam’ roundtable conference organised by Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation on the State’s flagship development projectsThe Hindu