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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicToll charge

Topic: Toll charge

Faster FASTag linking: What are new Know Your Vehicle rules set to come into force on 1 Feb

Under existing norms, there is a provision for validation of vehicle details after a FASTag has been issued. This will be discontinued from next month. 

No service, no toll—why SC upheld HC order limiting NHAI from charging NH-544 users in 65-km stretch

Hearing NHAI's challenge to Kerala HC order last week, the top court underscored that statutory rights to collect tolls could not be divorced from performance of statutory duties.

Starting this I-Day, Rs 3,000 annual toll pass will allow you to zip through national highways

The pass will get activated on the existing FASTag and will be valid for a year from the date of activation or up to 200 trips, whichever comes first.

‘Unacceptable to charge toll with safety, traffic issues’—House panel bats for new road tariff authority

Pulling up road ministry, parliamentary panel pushed for rationalisation of toll collection on any highway stretch, and its reduction post recovery of capital & routine maintenance costs.

‘Unfairly charged twice’ — why Shiv Sena (UBT) wants toll at Mumbai’s 5 entry points scrapped

In letter to BMC official, Sena (UBT)'s Aaditya Thackeray says 'highways maintained by BMC but toll goes to Maharashtra govt'. MNS has highlighted issue of toll collection across state too.

SubscriberWrites: President to PM, India’s dignitaries draw handsome salaries. Why exempt them from toll fees

​​The fee collection guidelines are still based on NH Fee Rules 1997. It's time to revisit these outdated fee rules and modify them to meet the current expectations, writes V. Subramanian.

Toll gate receipts won’t help you in medical emergency, viral message is complete hoax

Toll charges & receipts have been used previously for many feel-good hoaxes, like the one that claimed you do not need to pay toll for a 12-hr journey.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.