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BusinessSep 16Bescom loses 16,749 transformers in seven monthsThe power utility lost around 40,000 transformers each year since 2023 to overload, lightning, aging, short circuits and manufacturing defectsThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16CMRL pay-off case: Keralam CM signals that UDF to soon decide on ED demand to prosecute Pinarayi VijayanSatheesan says ED had raised serious charges in its 25-page report to State Police Chief and claims that there is an apparent discrepancy between statements by Pinarayi and Mohamed Riyas concerning the so-called incriminating ‘Red Book’ ED claimed to have confiscated from T. VeenaThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Opposition MPs raise concerns over proposed UPI merchant payment feeEnding nearly six years of fully free UPI payments, the government on September 15 introduced a 0.4% fee on transfers worth more than ₹2,000 made to merchants through UPI from October 15The Hindu
WorldSep 16Lokesh inaugurates two P4-renovated government schools in NelloreRSR High School and Devireddy Sarada High School renovated at a cost of ₹21.40 crore through private fundingThe Hindu
Sci & TechSep 16AI Sanskrit Heritage Model launched at Madras Sanskrit CollegeUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that such efforts could make our literary treasures more accessible to everyone anywhere in the world at any timeThe Hindu
DisasterSep 16Keralam CM warns State to brace for rising heat, surging power demand as El Niño effect set to worsenSatheesan sets a one-week deadline for the government to mitigate the current power crisis. However, he stressed the need for long-term strategic planning to transform Keralam into a power-surplus StateThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Messi visit row: Keralam CM denies police disrupted news operations at Reporter TV office during searchesSatheesan says SIT procured search warrant from magistrate court to inspect television channel’s office in KochiThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Chandrababu Naidu inaugurates Pilgrim Experience Centre, SV Museum; flags off 32 electric buses at TirumalaChief Minister flags off 32 electric buses donated by Reliance Foundation and Bharat Biotech, and opens the SV Museum during his two-day visit to the hill shrineThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16West Bengal Govt transfers IPS officer after right-wing groups object to her saying ‘Assalamu Alaikum,’ ‘Inshallah’ and ‘Jazakallah’The Hindu Legal Fund, a right-wing outfit, had filed a complaint with West Bengal Home Secretary regarding IPS officer Bushra Bano’s video statementThe Hindu
MilitarySep 16What does the Defence Ministry’s annual report for 2025-26 say on Operation Sindoor and the LAC situation?Defence Ministry’s annual report for 2025-26 says the experience of the May 2025 conflict has also prompted a review of capability gaps, with greater emphasis on jointness, force restructuring and emerging technologiesThe Hindu
ConflictSep 16India, Pakistan naval vessels collide; MEA summons Pakistan envoy in New DelhiIndia summons Pakistan envoy and lodges strong protest over “unacceptable and unprofessional conduct”; Pakistani vessel approached Indian ship at high speed but suffered damage in collision and returned to harbour; Indian warship remains deployedThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16SC rebukes PIL petitioner, dismisses plea on fake medical degreesYou file one PIL per week. What kind of petitions do you draft? You have made it a factory, the bemch saidThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16CMRL pay-off case: official retracts statement to EDIt has now come to light that P. Suresh Kumar submitted a retraction statement to the ED Directorate in Delhi, alleging “illegal and high-handed conduct of the officers of the Kochi office of the Enforcement Directorate.”The Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Kerala PSC recruitment exam case: CM says PSC members should answer police summonsThe PSC members and chairperson justified rejecting the Crime Branch summons by underscoring the constitutional body’s institutional autonomy and hinted that they would challenge it in court.The Hindu
DisasterSep 16Why Keralam is facing a power crisis | ExplainedKeralam is facing a severe power crisis, leading Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan to announce emergency measures. Congress-led UDF govt is now collaborating with eight States and power agencies to secure immediate electricity and develop a revised power policy for long-term energy security even as KSEB has imposed power restrictions due to supply shortagesThe Hindu
BusinessSep 16Who has to pay MDR on UPI and who stands to gain the most? | ExplainedWhat is the new UPI MDR system? Who will have to pay the charges? Which transactions will remain free? How much could banks and payment platforms earn?The Hindu
PoliticsSep 16SC agrees to hear a plea for standard format for election manifestosIn a 2022 petition, the petitioner-advocate had sought a direction to the Ministry of Law and Justice to take appropriate steps to make political parties accountable for essential rational manifesto promisesThe Hindu
BusinessSep 16ED raids in Kolkata, Indore in investment ‘fraud’ linked PMLA caseThe officials said that Amrit group of companies and its directors are alleged to have collected money from the general public under the guise of various deposit schemes with the promise of high return but did not repay the promised returnThe Hindu
WorldSep 16Gurugram hit-and-run case: Victim says Bainsla’s arrest not enough, demands strict actionBiker Sia also hit back at comments made by accused Bainsla’s cousin Kamal, who claimed that she was “playing the victim card”The Hindu
PoliticsSep 16Jaishankar to visit Bhutan, hold talks with his counterpart from September 16-17The External Affairs Minister will pay an official visit to Bhutan from September 16-17 at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Bhutan, Lyonpo D.N. DhungyelThe Hindu
WorldSep 16‘AISA seeks FIR over alleged death threats to national president Neha Bora in UPStudent body says threatening messages and voice notes were sent to its official contact number; complaint names sender’s mobile numberThe Hindu
PoliticsSep 16I’m facing health issues due to hunger strike, tour might be cancelled: JarangeReservation is more important than the tour, which seems impossible because of the burning sensation in my stomach and feet, says Maratha quota activist Manoj JarangeThe Hindu
DisasterSep 16Rainfall to intensify in interior places, likely to keep temperatures moderate in T.N.The India Meteorological Department is expecting the monsoon to begin retreating from parts of the country from September 19The Hindu
PoliticsSep 167 Keralam wards face bypolls as civic representatives quit for secure jobs38 local body wards in Keralam go to polls on September 28The Hindu