The BEST Undertaking may soon allow commuters to buy bus tickets through UPI payments, with the transport body mooting a proposal at the committee meeting on Friday, aimed at promoting cashless travel and reducing disputes over change between passengers and conductors. Mumbai: The BEST Undertaking may soon allow commuters to buy bus tickets through UPI…
Varanasi: Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) national president and Union minister Chirag Paswan on Thursday addressed the ‘Nav Sankalp Mahasabha’ in Varanasi, urging party workers to expand the organisation’s support base in UP, strengthen its cadre and prepare for upcoming elections.The event was held at Jagatpur Inter College, where a large number of supporters gathered….
Pic for representational purpose Kolkata: Non-BJP parties have demanded online voter roll search option.Congress has written to Bengal’s chief electoral officer (CEO), the state election commissioner (SEC) and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) commissioner demanding that each MRO be assigned an email ID where people can file claims and objections against the draft voters’ list for…
Kawasaki has launched the 2027 Ninja 300 in India at an ex-showroom price of Rs 3.34 lakh, making the entry-level twin-cylinder sportbike Rs 17,000 more expensive than before. While the latest model year update does not bring any mechanical changes, it gets a few cosmetic revisions, updated tyres and fresh graphics. Deliveries of the motorcycle…
Indian customs authorities are holding dozens of containers of bulk Scotch whisky imported by Pernod Ricard and Diageo as investigators insist that the shipments attract a 150% import duty, despite assurances from the commerce ministry that the lower tariff under the India-UK trade pact would be honoured.The dispute centres on whether bulk Scotch concentrates used…
Police paraded three of the four Sarsuna arrested accused barefoot and shirtless Kolkata: The West Bengal Human Rights Commission has sent a notice to Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand over reports that police paraded three arrested accused semi-naked at Sarsuna in Behala ostensibly to reconstruct a crime. The state commission took suo motu cognisance of…
Image Credit: Tarun Rawat/TOI NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality deteriorated further on Monday morning, with parts of the national capital slipping into the ‘severe’ category as a thick blanket of smog reduced visibility across several areas.Data shared by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed that the air quality monitoring station at ITO recorded an…
Tagore with Maitreyi Devi. The photo will be part of an exhibition marking the bard’s 165th birth anniversary and the 260th anniversary of Christie’s founding I was very happy to receive your gift of oranges. Orange juice is now my principal drink.” (Translated from Bengali.)It is Dec 13, 1940, and Rabindranath Tagore is writing from…
The tribunal examined whether the taxpayer could rely on the selection in his return when it contradicted the prescribed form he had already filed. (Image for representative purpose only) You opt out of the new income tax regime by filing Form 10-IEA, but while filing your income tax return opt for the new regime. Under…
Comedian and actor Russell Brand and his wife Laura Gallacher walk, at Southwark Crown Court in London, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, where he is charged with counts of rape and sexual assault against six women. (Yui Mok/PA via AP) Jurors have begun considering their verdicts in the trial of Russell Brand on charges of rape…
