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Puja Return Travel Squeezes Tatkal as Payments and Policy Rules Shift for Festive Week
Sunday’s India edition tracks Coromandal sell-outs, UPI Lite reload rules, a Surat phishing bust, and state moves on metro land and hockey camp funding.
BusinessIRCTC Tatkal Quota on Howrah–Chennai Coromandal Vanishes in Under Five Minutes on Opening Day
Durga Puja return traffic is colliding with Tatkal’s 10:00 AM release window, and the Coromandal’s AC three-tier berths are the first to disappear.
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TechnologyNPCI Circulates UPI Lite Reload Circular Requiring Issuer Banks to Top Wallets Under ₹2,000
Credit CardsHDFC and SBI Raise Contactless Limits to ₹5,000 on RuPay Festive POS Campaigns
SecurityGujarat Police Bust Surat SIM-Box Ring Pushing Spoofed Income Tax Status Pages
PoliticsKarnataka Cabinet Clears Bengaluru Metro Pink Line Land Pooling Before Model Code Kicks In
OpinionOpinion: Repo Pause Does Not Pause Term-Deposit Curve That Still Punishes Savers
StocksMidcap Derivatives Ratio Tops Three-Year High as Investors Hedge Q2 Bank Earnings Gap Week
AINITI Aayog Pilot Routes District Block Complaints Through Vernacular LLM Triage in Six States
SportsHockey India Names 20 for Asia Cup Camp in Bhubaneswar After Odisha Funding Row Settles
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Durga Puja return traffic is colliding with Tatkal’s 10:00 AM release window, and the Coromandal’s AC three-tier berths are the first to disappear.