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New Delhi: The Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on selected Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions involving merchants will be introduced after Diwali, with the revised implementation date to be announced separately. The decision was taken on October 13, following a review of the proposed changes and the need to avoid disruptions during the festive shopping season. The charges were initially scheduled to come into effect on October 15. Under the proposed structure, a Merchant Discount Rate of 0.4 per cent would apply to eligible person to merchant (P2M) UPI transactions exceeding Rs 2,000. The charges would be paid by merchants rather…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The families of those killed in the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub fire have sought compensation of at least ₹50 lakh per victim, prompting the High Court of Bombay at Goa to suggest an interim deposit of ₹20 lakh each by the club’s owners, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra. During Monday’s hearing, advocate Prachi Sawant, appointed under the legal aid scheme to represent the dependants of all 25 victims, told the Division Bench of Justice Valmiki Menezes and Justice Amit Jamsandekar that nine families had responded to the owners’ earlier compensation proposal. The brothers had previously offered ₹15…

New Delhi: Gill won the men’s award for a record fifth time after scoring 110 and 223 in the ODI series against the West Indies. His double-century helped India chase down a massive target of 406 runs. Shafali earned the women’s honour after scoring 360 runs at a strike rate of 184.61 and taking six wickets during the Women’s Asia Cup. She also scored an unbeaten century against Bangladesh in the Asian Games semifinal and 48 in the final against Sri Lanka. With this achievement, Gill equals West Indies captain Hayley Matthews, who has also won the award five times.…

New Delhi: Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh has flown his final fighter aircraft sortie in the indigenous Tejas, marking a significant milestone in his career as he prepares to retire later this month. The sortie took place at Jodhpur Air Force Station during Exercise Tarang Shakti. The Indian Air Force shared a video of the flight along with photographs showing Singh flying alongside aircraft from participating foreign air forces and the Suryakiran Aerobatic Team. The sortie reflected Singh’s enduring passion for flying and his commitment to leading from the front. Although his career as an active…

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police on Tuesday after they and a group of party volunteers entered Jantar Mantar to protest against the Centre’s decision to remove the location from the list of designated protest sites. The protesters climbed an iron gate and crossed police barricades to reach the area, carrying party flags and raising slogans including “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Inquilab Zindabad”. Police personnel stationed at the site attempted to stop the group before detaining the demonstrators and taking them away. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke shared a…

New Delhi: Four Pakistani terrorists, including a senior Lashkar e Taiba commander, were killed in a landmine blast while allegedly attempting to infiltrate into India across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday. The explosion occurred in the Satwal Naki area of the Krishna Ghati sector, a forward region along the LoC that has previously witnessed infiltration attempts. The blast reportedly involved an improvised explosive device and occurred when a group approached the Indian side of the border from Pakistan administered Jammu and Kashmir. The four individuals were identified as Muhammad Ishtiaq, Muhammad Faizan,…

New Delhi: Delhi Police has sought an extension of the deployment of 273 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in the national capital until October 20, citing concerns over possible escalation of protests and emerging law and order challenges. In a letter dated October 12, 2026, addressed to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Office of the Special Commissioner of Police, Operations, requested that the existing deployment be continued beyond October 12 to maintain security preparedness across the city. Delhi Police had received approval for 301 CAPF companies. Of these, 221 companies were sanctioned on October 6, while…