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Explained: Why President Murmu questioned venue shift at Bengal tribal event

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
NCP (SP) workers protest in Thane against LPG price hike, demand rollback

NCP (SP) workers protest in Thane against LPG price hike, demand rollback

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
Maharashtra govt's crop loan waiver inadequate, says farmers' body

Maharashtra govt's crop loan waiver inadequate, says farmers' body

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
Post-mortem concluded on Iranian sailor deaths in Sri Lanka

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 | PTI

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