New Delhi: The government has directed banks and payment system providers not to levy charges on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions of up to Rs 2,000 or on payments made through RuPay debit cards. However, the government has not specified whether charges would be applicable to transactions above Rs 2,000, to be paid by merchants. So far,...

New Delhi: Observing that tribunals should not become defunct owing to vacancies, the Supreme Court Tuesday 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 and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V...

Brahmapur: Tension gripped Kukudakhandi area on the outskirts of Brahmapur after unidentified miscreants allegedly hurled bombs in the locality, sources said Tuesday. The sources added that the group arrived in the locality on five motorcycles and allegedly carried out the bomb attack. The incident came amid tension in the area following an earlier sword attack on a...

Gangtok: Heavy rainfall has triggered heightened landslide activity in Sikkim’s Gyalshing district, particularly at Singlitam and Rimbi, forcing authorities to evacuate 28 houses comprising 128 people from vulnerable locations at Rimbi as precautionary measures, officials said Tuesday. The Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA) said the landslide incidents have been reported since September 12, affecting residential areas...

Kathmandu: Nepal's Press Council has expressed concern over an interview conducted by a YouTuber with flood survivors receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in Kathmandu's Chhauni neighbourhood. In a press statement issued Monday, the press council said it had taken note of a broadcast by the YouTube channel Inside the Bunker', featuring an...

New Delhi: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan Tuesday asserted that human peace and humanity peace are more important than a single country's gain and there was a need to work on this principle. He also said that India has now emerged as a global voice for peace, progress and prosperity. He said the landscape of Indian diplomacy...

New Delhi: Tata Group stocks were in the limelight Tuesday, with Tata Chemicals surging 20 per cent, amid reports that the Reserve Bank has rejected Tata Sons' application to surrender its core investment company registration, killing the Tata Group holding company's attempt to avoid a mandatory stock-market listing and setting the stage for it to become publicly...

New Delhi: Around 200 SpiceJet passengers protested at the Delhi airport as their flights to Dubai were rescheduled multiple times and faced inordinate delay since Monday, according to a source. Two flights SG 5111 and SG 5105 were scheduled to depart for Dubai in the morning and evening Monday, respectively. However, the departures were rescheduled. Many passengers...

New York: An Indian-origin woman heroically dove onto a city subway track to save a friend who had fallen, but tragically, both were killed by an oncoming train that could not stop in time, according to police. The tragedy, caught on an eerie video, happened early Sunday morning (local time) at a Manhattan station in the city's...

Gurugram: Kalyan Bainsla, the car driver accused of hitting a woman biker, was arrested from Rajgarh in Rajasthan Tuesday, police said, two days after his speeding Ciaz allegedly rammed into her Aprilia RS 457, sending her skidding on the road. Shivani Chauhan, the biker who identifies herself as Sia (insta handle rebelwheels_sia_), had earlier released a new...