-1772899397058_d.png "Explained: Why President Murmu questioned venue shift at Bengal tribal event")
President Droupadi Murmu expressed displeasure during her visit to a tribal event near Bagdogra airport after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her ministers were absent to receive her, flouting protocol
07 March,2026 09:33 PM IST | Siliguri | mid-day online correspondent
The party workers demanded that the Centre withdraw the hike, saying it amounted to "robbery of the people at a time when inflation was already high"
07 March,2026 06:15 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
In his budget speech on Friday, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Shetkari Karjmafi Yojna, a loan waiver scheme for farmers under which crop loans of up to Rs 2 lakh till September 30, 2025, will be written off
07 March,2026 05:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent-1772806841151_d.png "Post-mortem concluded on Iranian sailor deaths in Sri Lanka")
Post-mortem examinations on 84 bodies of Iranian sailors recovered from the sunken frigate IRIS Dena have been concluded at Karapitiya Hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka, with 80 of the 84 bodies identified by survivors. The ship was sunk by a US submarine off Sri Lanka's southern coast while returning to Iran from Visakhapatnam
06 March,2026 08:11 PM IST | Colombo, Sri Lanka | PTIADVERTISEMENT
