DELHI MAN KILLED FOR SAKE OF MATCH STICK
NEW DELHI: A seemingly trivial refusal to lend a matchbox to light a cigarette escalated into a fatal quarrel and stabbing incident in northwest Delhi, leaving a 30-year-old man dead and another injured, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday in front of a wine shop in the Keshav Puram area when […]
AKHILESH PICKS UP LAL TOPI, BLUE T-SHIRT & JEANS
NEW DELHI: For decades, the Samajwadi Party has been instantly recognisable by two colours — red and green. Its leaders in red caps, often riding the party’s bicycle symbol, became one of the defining visual signatures of Uttar Pradesh politics. Now, ahead of the 2027 Assembly election, party president Akhilesh Yadav is adding a new […]
HANDSHAKE SIGNALS PUNJAB CONG THAW UNDER PILOT
NEW DELHI: They gathered for a march, but their coming together was more notable than the protest itself, as the Congress leadership in Punjab showed some unity in Chandigarh on Tuesday for a demonstration against the AAP government. The party’s new central in-charge Sachin Pilot led the protest, where former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi […]
NO FOREIGN INFLUENCE ON UPI DECISION
NEW DELHI: The government has rejected the opposition’s charge that the introduction of a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI payments was intended to benefit American card companies. The Centre on Wednesday rejected claims that the introduction of a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI payments was driven by foreign influence, after the opposition alleged […]
PM’S SCHOOLMATE ASGAR VORA GETS BACK MUMBAI LAND FROM BJP MLA
NEW DELHI: Asgar Ali Vora, an 81-year-old school friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, got back his land from a BJP MLA in Mumbai’s Mira-Bhayandar days after meeting the PM and seeking his intervention in the decades-old property dispute. On Tuesday, BJP MLA Narendra Mehta said he was relinquishing possession of the disputed plot and […]
SC ASKS CENTRE TO EXTEND TENURE OF RETIRING MEMBERS OF TRIBUNALS
NEW DELHI: Observing that tribunals should not become defunct owing to vacancies, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) asked the Centre to consider extending the tenure of retiring presiding officers and members of such quasi-judicial bodies for a month or so till fresh appointments are made. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant […]
CONTEMPT NOTICE AGAINST EDUCATION SECRETARY
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a contempt petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay against Union Education Secretary T.K. Anil Kumar, alleging non-compliance with an earlier direction to consider his representation seeking regulation and monitoring of institutions imparting religious education to children below the age of 14 years. A Bench […]
SC LAUNCHING HINDI SERVICE FOR EASY ACCESS TO KEY VERDICTS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced that it will soon launch a dedicated public information service in Hindi to provide citizens with simple and accessible summaries of important judgments and orders. The announcement was made on the occasion of Hindi Diwas, as the Court seeks to make judicial information more accessible beyond the […]
FREE UPI PAYMENTS UP TO RS 2,000
NEW DELHI: For millions of Indians, paying by UPI has become as routine. A quick scan, a PIN and the payment is done. But recent discussions around UPI charges are raising a bigger question: could users eventually have to pay for making larger UPI payments? On Monday, the government has now clarified one important part […]
RAHUL SLAMS GOVT’S UPI MOVE
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has accused the Centre of quietly opening the door to UPI charges through its latest notification. He claimed that “compromised” Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “again surrendering to American pressure”. His comment came after a notification said banks and payment system providers cannot charge for UPI payments of up […]
