Category: Nation

Nation

Three months on, family of custodial torture victim refuses to receive his body

June 15, 2026 admin

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday (June 15, 2026) posted the matter for compliance to Tuesday. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO More than three months after Akash Delison, 26, died following alleged custodial torture by the police, his family on Monday (June 15, 2026) refused to receive his body from the mortuary of…

Nation

TMC MP Abhishek appears before ED in primary school jobs scam case

June 15, 2026 admin

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday (June 15, 2026) appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged primary school jobs scam case. Mr. Banerjee arrived at the ED’s CGO Complex office at 11 a.m. in response to a summons in a money…

Nation

Federation opposes Tata Power plan for parallel power distribution in MESCOM areas

June 15, 2026 admin

Office bearers of the Federation of Karnataka Electricity Board Employees Union and Associations submit a memorandum to Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Federation of Karnataka Electricity Board Employees’ Union and Associations on Monday opposed Tata Power Company Limited’s (TPCL) application to the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC)…

Nation

CMRL pay-off case: ED questions company MD’s daughter

June 15, 2026 admin

Shibi Kartha arrives at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office for questioning in connection with the CMRL-Exalogic financial transactions case in Kochi on Monday. | Photo Credit: PTI Shiby S. Kartha, daughter of Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) managing director Sasidharan S. Kartha, was questioned by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) here on Monday in…

Nation

434 booked for drunk driving during three-day special drive in Chennai

June 15, 2026 admin

The Greater Chennai Traffic Police (GCTP) have booked 434 motorists for drunk driving during a special three-day enforcement drive conducted across the city from the night of June 12 to June 14. The operation was carried out as part of ongoing efforts to ensure safe and accident-free city roads, following directions from Greater Chennai Commissioner…

Nation

Educators urged to inspire critical thinking in students

June 15, 2026 admin

Educators should move beyond merely imparting knowledge and become mentors who inspire students to think critically, act ethically, and serve society, said Fr. Francis P. Xavier, former Rector of Loyola College, Chennai, and former Provincial of the Jesuit Madurai Province. Participating in the staff orientation programme organised by Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada on Monday,…

Nation

Hyderabad sees jump in property registrations in May ahead of revised guidance values

June 15, 2026 admin

Hyderabad witnessed a rise in residential property registrations in May, with homebuyers accelerating purchases ahead of the Telangana government’s revision of guidance values that came into effect on June 5, said a report released by Knight Frank India on Monday, June 15. Residential properties worth ₹5,887 crore were registered during May, marking a 35% increase…

Nation

Turpu Kapu leaders seek higher political representation

June 15, 2026 admin

Public representatives Botcha Satyanarayana, Anepu Ramakrishna Naidu and others participating in Turpu Kapu ‘Atma Gowrava Sammelanam’ held in Srikakulam. Arrangement | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT The Andhra Pradesh Turpu Kapu Samkshema Sangham on Monday has urged political parties to ensure adequate political representation of the community, stating that Kapus have reportedly been allocated fewer seats in…

Nation

Chennai hospital gets pulse field ablation technology for treating heart rhythm disorders

June 15, 2026 admin

Delegates at the press meet held for the launch of pulse field ablation technology at Kauvery Hospital on Monday. | Photo Credit: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN Pulse field ablation (PFA), an advanced technology to treat heart rhythm disorders, has been introduced at the Alwarpet and Vadapalani branches of Kauvery Hospital. The technology is primarily used to treat…

Nation

100% ethanol fuel approval cheers sugarcane growers in Mysuru

June 15, 2026 admin

Kurubur Shanthakumar | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM Welcoming the Union government’s decision to permit the use of 100% ethanol as an alternative to petrol and diesel, Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers’ Association has said the decision fulfils a long-pending demand raised by farmers nearly two decades ago. The association president, Kurubur Shanthakumar, recalled that delegates at…

Nation