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Photo credit: ANI NEW DELHI: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced a Rs 500 increase in the monthly honorarium for priests and muezzins in West Bengal, hours before the Election Commission is scheduled to announce the poll dates for assembly elections in four poll bound states and the Union Territory of Puducherry. She...

Mayank Chakraborty becomes the first GM from Northeast India (Special Arranements) NEW DELHI: On Saturday morning, Rajib Dhar, the general secretary of the All Assam Chess Association, was having a good sleep. And why not? His protégé, Mayank Chakraborty, had just secured his final Grandmaster (GM) norm at the 8th GM Tournament in Sweden. In...

Rahul Gandhi (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the Bharat Ratna be conferred posthumously on Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram.In a post on X, he wrote, “I demand that the Government of India honor the great...

Babar Azam and Virat Kohli (Agency Image) The decision to push Babar Azam down to No.4 during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup created plenty of debate in Pakistan, and the experiment ultimately failed to deliver. The former Pakistan captain endured a difficult campaign as he struggled to accelerate in the middle order throughout the...

BATHINDA: A 30-year-old Punjabi cab driver was shot dead in North Battleford in what police have described as a homicide. The victim, Devinder Singh, had gone to pick up a woman passenger from a motel on Friday when a man following the woman opened fire, according to his family in Punjab. Devinder Singh, a native...

The Madras High Court allowed a CBSE student to take mathematics as an additional subject, criticizing India’s education system’s focus on admissions over learning (AI image) CHENNAI: Parents in India make children run a terrible rat race to secure admission in a medical or engineering college, while the rest of the world sees the purpose...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-129587560,imgsize-205806,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-32.jpg" alt="Middle East conflict forces Indian exporters to reroute shipments, absorb higher costs" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo Indian exporters and logistics providers are scrambling to limit disruptions from the worsening Middle East conflict by closely tracking shipping carriers, planning consignments earlier and exploring alternate routes, even as freight rates, insurance...

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has increased the fee for the FASTag Annual Pass. Effective April 1, 2026, the annual pass will cost Rs 3,075. NHAI announced the FASTag Annual Pass in June 2025. It is a prepaid toll plan which is designed exclusively for non-commercial private vehicles such as cars, jeeps, and vans....

ICC Chairman Jay Shah emphasized that no team is bigger than the organization, reflecting on the recent T20 World Cup’s success despite pre-tournament uncertainties. He highlighted shattered viewership records and congratulated associate teams for their strong performances. Shah also urged India’s captain and coach to maintain their winning momentum and plan for future tournaments. Jay...

Jairam Ramesh (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission will hold a press conference at 4 pm to announce the schedule for the general elections to the legislative assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The terms of these assemblies are set to end on different dates in May and June.Ahead of the...