02 February 2026
New Delhi: The government had waived service charges in November last year after demonetisation to encourage digital modes of booking. The facility had been extended to June 30 and then September 30.
The Railway Board has directed Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) that the benefits be extended till March next year.
Service charges on booking train tickets online through IRCTC ranges from Rs 20 to 40 per ticket.
Raipur: A 77-year-old BJP MP has been caught on camera remarking that Chhattisgarh girls are now becoming "tan-a-tan", inviting wrath of the Opposition leaders.
Bansilal Mahto, who represents Korba in Lok Sabha, was speaking at a wrestling competition as part of Gandhi Jayanti celebrations.
The septuagenarian leader, said, "State sports minister Bhaiyalal Rajwade often tells me that now there is no need for girls from Mumbai and Kolkata. Turis (girls, in Chhattisgarhi dialect) from Korba and girls of Chhattisgarh are now becoming tan-a-tan."
New Delhi: The BJPs Karnataka unit has castigated actor Prakash Raj for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on those "celebrating" the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, saying he has shown "political immaturity."
Raj had described as "chilling" the silence of Modi on those "celebrating" the killing of Lankesh, including the ones followed by him on Twitter.
State senior BJP leader and spokesman S Suresh Kumar said, "The actor has shown his political immaturity by making a statement that suits his political ideology. Such allegations were made to win accolades."
New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah has fired a salvo at Kerala chief minister Pinayari Vijayan and accused the senior CPM member of being directly responsible for the violence.
"The bloodstains of more than 120 BJP and RSS workers killed in political violence in Kerala are on your (Vijayan's) clothes. You are directly responsible for killing of CPM's opponents," Shah said at the beginning of a 14-day 'Jan Raksha Yatra' from Payyanur, seen as a Left stronghold. Kannur, the site of particularly bloody clashes, is the CM's home district.
The yatra slogan, "All have to live! Against jihadi-red terror" reflects the BJP narrative that Left and Islamist extremists have joined hands against the Modi government.
New Delhi: Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has been arrested in London in a money laundering case. The Crown Prosecution Service of the UK has confirmed the development. He was granted immediate bail after an hour.
In July this year, Mumbai PMLA Court had issued a non- bailable warrant against him in 950-crore loan transaction between his company KFA and IDBI Bank.
ED has already filed charge sheet against him in the case. His extradition case hearing comes up in December.
