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“Don’t tarnish your father’s legacy”: Youth Congress hits back at YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for criticising protest at AI Summit

New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Saturday hit back at YSR Congress Party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy over his criticism of their protest at the India AI Impact Summit. The IYC jibed that while he is facing multiple CBI and ED cases, he should not tarnish the image of his father, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy. In a post on X, IYC shared, “Dear Jagan, Your father, our proud leader Late Shri Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), dedicated his life to fighting communal, divisive & compromised forces. We understand you

NH toll plazas may go cashless from April 1; NHAI proposes only FASTag, UPI payments

New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) Highways authority NHAI is considering discontinuing cash payments at highway toll plazas from April 1, requiring commuters to use only digital modes such as FASTag or UPI for toll payments. Post implementation, all toll payments at National Highway fee plazas will be processed exclusively through digital modes, using FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said. The authority said it is contemplating completely discontinuing cash transactions at the National Highway fee plazas across the country from April 1, 2026, in order to develop a fully digital National Highway tolling

Answer to ‘abject surrender’ lies in ‘grips’, ‘chokes’ placed on PM: Rahul on India-US trade deal

New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) Stepping up his attack on the government over the interim US trade deal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the answer to why Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to a deal, where India gives so much and appears to get so little, and make an “abject surrender” lies in the “grips” and “chokes” placed on him. The leader of opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha also claimed that with this deal, India is going to become a “data colony”. Gandhi, who has been attacking the BJP-led government and accusing it of a sell-out through

Rupee plummets 31 paise to settle at 90.99 against US dollar

Mumbai, Feb 20 (PTI) The rupee plunged 31 paise to settle at 90.99 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, tracking a strong American currency against major currencies and higher crude oil prices amid intensifying US-Iran tensions. Positive momentum in domestic equity markets failed to support the Indian, forex analysts said. They attributed the strengthening greenback and volatile crude prices to heightened tension between the US and Iran, with both countries signalling they are prepared for war if talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme fizzle out. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 90.94 against the US dollar and

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