Cash payments at toll plazas will be discontinued for travellers on national highways from April 10, the road transport and highways ministry has said.

In a gazette notification, the ministry has said that in cases where a vehicle enters a fee plaza without a valid FASTag, users can still pay via Unified Payment Interface (UPI), but at a higher charge of 1.25 times the applicable toll fee.

As the countdown continues to US President Donald Trump's ultimatum for Iran to come at the negotiating table, President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed that Iranians are ready to sacrifice their lives to defend the country.

He made the remarks in a post on X. The Iranian President said that he, too stands ready to be sacrificed for the country.

The BJP on Tuesday demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his alleged remarks on the people of Gujarat and some other states, saying that the comment was "shameless, demeaning and utterly despicable."

Addressing a press conference here, senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to clarify whether they agreed with Kharge's statement.

As global supply chains remain affected by disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian adviser has warned that Tehran’s allies could shut the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, another key global shipping route, if pressure on Iran continues.

Ali Akbar Velayati, a former Iranian foreign minister and adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, issued the warning on social media.

The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2026, on Tuesday was published in the Gazette after receiving the President's assent, making Amaravati the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh.

Sharing the Gazette publication on X, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced, "The capital of Andhra Pradesh is Amaravati."

US President Donald Trump on Monday said the deadline he has set for Iran to reach a deal by Tuesday is final, warning of consequences if an agreement is not reached.

Trump, earlier in a post on social media, had said his final deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was set for “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time.”

Israel said it killed the intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Monday.

Defence Minister Israel Katz made the announcement.

"The Revolutionary Guard are shooting at civilians and we are eliminating the leaders of the terrorists," Katz said. "Iran's leaders live with a sense of being targeted. We will continue to hunt them down one by one."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that while his government has carried out Operation Sindoor on terror camps in Pakistan, the Congress keeps on "singing to the tune of" the neighbouring country.

On the development front, he alleged that the Congress had always taken a myopic view on the matter, while the BJP works towards ensuring long-term development of the nation.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dealt with the "LPG gas crisis" just like it handled the Covid-19 pandemic as it is "devoid of policy, full of grand announcements", and places the "entire burden" upon the poor.

The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha asked why it is always the poor who perish first in every crisis and urged people to not remain silent.

U.S. President Donald Trump said in an expletive-laden social media post on Sunday that the United States will target Iran's power plants and bridges on Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.

"Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!" Trump said in a Truth Social post, referencing the key shipping lane that Tehran has effectively closed since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran more than a month ago.

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