India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the Asia Cup final in Dubai on Sunday, but the team did not accept the trophy from Naqvi Former Pakistan batter Mohammad Yousuf has come out in support of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi after the trophy controversy following...
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Fee on UPI transactions: Will your payments get costlier? What consumers need to know
Some smaller merchants, though, may pass on at least part of the burden to customers, if not the full burden, executives said. MUMBAI: Will the reintroduction of MDR on select UPI transactions impact you in any way? Well, a lot will depend on individual retailers, even though the government has kept consumers beyond the ambit...
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Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s London event called off after police raise safety concerns
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s public event outside London’s iconic Shard skyscraper was cancelled after the Metropolitan Police raised concerns over crowd safety.Hundreds of fans had gathered at the venue, with several waiting for hours to see the actor-turned-politician. Vijay’s team announced the cancellation over a loudspeaker, citing the lack of...
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Samson’s blitz against Afg keeps Sooryavanshi waiting – and the debate alive
Sanju Samson (PTI photo) New Delhi: Mohammad Nabi moved to his left, leaped ever so slightly at the long-off boundary rope, got his hands underneath the leather and held on. A few inches more and the ball would have possibly evaded him for a six. Instead, he gestured ‘out’ to the umpire and a probing...
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Hear us first if Tata Sons files any plea: RBI caveat in HC
MUMBAI: Anticipating a legal showdown with Tata Sons, Reserve Bank of India has lodged a caveat in Bombay high court after rejecting its application for deregistration as a core investment company, a status that would have exempted it from a stock market listing. The central bank has asked to be heard before any order is...
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Sanjukta Parashar first woman to head CRPF’s CoBRA commando unit
Sanjukta Parashar NEW DELHI: IPS officer Sanjukta Parashar, called the ‘Iron Lady of Assam’, has become the first woman officer to lead CRPF’s jungle warfare commando unit, CoBRA.Parashar, a 2006-batch officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, earned the moniker of Iron Lady after leading the crackdown against militant outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland in 2013-14...
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‘India, China must be sensitive to each other’s concerns’: Govt on what PM Modi told Xi
PM Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi raised Indian concerns in ties with China with President Xi Jinping when the two met last week on the sidelines of the Brics summit, saying both sides need to show sensitivity to each other’s core concerns, according to the Indian government.The MEA assertion...
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Free to fee: 0.4% on UPI payments over Rs 2,000
MDR kicks in from October 15 NEW DELHI: National Payments Corporation of India on Tuesday announced a 0.4% merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000, with an overall cap of Rs 300, and a flat Rs 5 charge for utility payments, fuel purchase, insurance premium, rail tickets, and a host of government...
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Swept away by Ganga 15 days ago, Bihar woman found in UP
NEW DELHI: For 15 days, Sunaina Devi (55) survived on river water and the fragile shelter of a half-submerged thatched hut, after being swept 50km downstream by the monsoon-swollen Ganga. She was found alive Monday by fishermen who heard her cries.Devi, from Kapurpatti village in Bihar’s Buxar district, had gone to bathe on Aug 30...
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Bangladesh PM was invited for Brics meet and bilateral visit: Govt
Tarique Rahman NEW DELHI: Govt reiterated Tuesday that it had invited Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman for both Brics and a bilateral visit. In a letter dated July 14, accessed by TOI, PM Narendra Modi had invited Rahman for the Brics summit in his capacity as Bimstec chair and said his participation would “greatly enrich the...
