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Disruptions in LPG commercial cylinder supply due to the conflict in West Asia are forcing hotels and restaurants in Ajmer to revert to traditional fuels. Several small and large eateries across the city have started using these alternatives for cooking, triggering a sharp increase in demand...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday night spoke to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian over the phone and discussed the serious situation in West Asia. Modi expressed deep concern over the escalation of tensions in the region and the loss of civilian lives as well as damage to civilian...
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Authorities have impounded 38 domestic LPG cylinders during raids conducted over the last two days in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district in the Bundelkhand region bordering Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Thursday. The raids came amid reports of a shortage of cooking gas cylinders for the...
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Actor Allu Arjun/Ishant/ANI Photo
Asserting that only talent brings success in the film industry, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday expressed hope that actor Allu Arjun would act in Hollywood movies as well and excel. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating 'Allu Cinemas' in Hyderabad, the CM also said...
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Oman Air on Thursday announced that while most flights continue to operate normally with additional services across its network, several routes remain temporarily affected due to ongoing regional airspace closures amid West Asia conflict.The airline confirmed that flights to and from Amman (AMM),...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at those trying to create panic on the LPG situation in India, and said they are not only exposing themselves before the people but also hurting the country. Addressing the NXT Summit here, Modi also said that no country is untouched by the...
22:42
The Election Commission on Thursday appointed returning officers for all 294 assembly constituencies in poll-bound West Bengal. For the first time in West Bengal, the poll panel has upgraded returning officers of 152 constituencies to sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs), equivalent or higher...
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Eleven accused have been arrested so far, including six bank employees, four private individuals, and one government official, as part of the ongoing investigation into a fraud case involving the IDFC First Bank by the Haryana State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau. According to the...
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In a joint operation, Jammu Police and BSF 101 Battalion have recovered 2 kg of heroin worth Rs 12 crore from agricultural fields on the outskirts of Bahadurpur village in Bishnah.Earlier on Wednesday, the alert troops of White Knight Corps of the Indian army conducted a joint search Operation...
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A Delhi court has issued notice to the joint secretary of the Consular Passport and Visa division (CPV) of the ministry of external affairs to clarify the position regarding extradition proceedings against a former managing director of Bush Foods Overseas Pvt Ltd (BFOPL) and his wife, who are...
21:29
Iran's new supreme leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei./Rouhollah Vahdati/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
In his first statement to the Iranian people, the new supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, vowed vengeance for those who lost their lives in the war.Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in his first-ever statement called for the blockage of...
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A view of the Lok Sabha proceeding./Sansad TV/ANI Video Grab
The Lok Sabha Secretariat is likely to review the list of unparliamentary words and expressions used by MPs and come up with a fresh directory as the usage of many of the words banned earlier has expanded and they needed closer examination, sources said. Words like 'jumlajeevi', 'baal...
20:59
A 28-year-old woman abandoned by her husband allegedly killed her four minor daughters by throwing them into a well and then committed suicide in a village in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, the police said on Thursday. The four sisters, aged between five months and seven years, were found...
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Anupam Kher and Boman Irani-starrer 'Khosla Ka Ghosla 2' is all set to be released this year.On Thursday, the makers announced August 28 as the film's release date.20 years later...The Khoslas are back. #KhoslaKaGhosla2 In Cinemas on 28th August 2026, a post read on the official Instagram handle...
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Amid global energy disruptions following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the government has assured that the domestic supply of LPG, petrol, diesel, kerosene, and natural gas remains stable, while citizens are urged to avoid panic booking and conserve fuel, said Sujata Sharma, joint...
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Communist Party of India-Marxist MLA Kadakampally Surendran on Thursday alleged that Sabarimala gold loss case prime accused Unnikrishnan Potty was conspiring against him to tarnish his image ahead of the state Assembly election. He was responding to reporters here after Potty approached the...
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The rupee recovered from record low levels and settled with a loss of 16 paise at 92.17 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday as global crude oil prices stayed on an upward trajectory amid the raging war in West Asia. A stronger greenback and volatility in the domestic equity...
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A craft rum distillery near Mysuru has temporarily shut its operations after failing to procure gas for its boilers, amid the ongoing LPG supply disruption triggered by the widening West Asia conflict, the unit's founder said. Aruna Urs, founder of the distillery that produces Huli Spirits...
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India has lost three nationals and another remains missing following attacks on merchant vessels in the region, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the four Indians were crew members on merchant ships operating near Iraq and...
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Amid the ongoing crisis in West Asia, the government on Thursday said that 40,000 kilolitre of additional kerosene has been allocated to states as an alternative fuel to LPG. Some more commercial LPG cylinders will be released to beneficiaries identified by state governments, said Sujata...
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Chief of air staff Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh prepares for a solo sortie on MiG-29UPG./ ANI on X
Chief of air staff Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Thursday flew a MiG-29UPG on a solo sortie from a frontline fighter base and reviewed operational preparedness under the Western Air Command. The sortie formed part of his visit to assess combat readiness and operational...
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Shiite Muslims protest in Srinagar against killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei./Sharafat Ali/Reuters
Foreign disputes should not affect law and order in India and those disturbed by such events should not create unrest here, said a police officer during a security review meeting for the upcoming Alvida prayers and Eid. The video of the meeting held at the Sambhal Kotwali police station on...
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A major explosion was averted in southwest Delhi's Matiala area when a Delhi police head constable smashed the window of a locked CNG-fitted car and moved it away from a raging fire that destroyed over 400 shanties, officials said on Thursday. The fire broke out in a slum cluster in the...
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Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan, who was hospitalised in February after brain haemorrhage, is doing better now and hopefully will be discharged soon, son Arbaaz Khan said. The actor shared an update about his father's health when reporters caught up with him while he was leaving an Iftar...
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Ship carrying crude enters Mumbai
The government on Thursday asserted in the Lok Sabha that there is no shortage of petrol, diesel and kerosene in the country due to the West Asia crisis and it is not the time for rumour-mongering or fake narratives. Responding to concerns raised by Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi,...
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Benchmark equity indices ended with deep cuts on Thursday, with the Sensex tumbling over 800 points amid a sharp rise in crude oil prices due to the heightening crisis in West Asia. Besides, sluggish global market trends, weakness in the rupee and persistent foreign capital outflows also...
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Demand for private charter flights out of the Middle East has surged since the beginning of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, with those who can afford it paying astronomical prices to leave the region.The war, which began on February 28, has triggered the biggest...
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In an 'open letter war', Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar declared that he was parting ways with party colleague Shashi Tharoor while the latter hit back at the veteran politician for his many gratuitous comments.It all started with Aiyar penning an open letter to Tharoor that was published in...
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Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi speaking in the Lok Sabha says, A war has broken out in the Middle East. The United States, Israel and Iran are at war. This war is going to have far-reaching consequences. The central artery from where 20 % of the global oil flows, the Strait of Hormuz,...
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India has received requests from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives for petroleum products, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday.This follows growing disruptions in global fuel supplies due to the ongoing West Asia conflict triggered by the war between US-Israel and Iran....
16:04
Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi
External affairs minister S Jaishankar has spoken to his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi to discuss the safety of shipping and energy security, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a press briefing on Thursday. The briefing was held following a string of attacks on commercial vessels...
15:56
Retailers across the national capital have reported a sharp spike in the sale of induction cooktops and electric cooking appliances as concerns over LPG availability push households and eateries to seek alternative cooking options. Shopkeepers said the surge in demand has been visible for...
15:51
Shortage of cooking gas cylinders has begun to affect midday meals in schools across West Bengal, forcing authorities to adopt alternative fuels such as firewood or serving limited food items to students, officials said on Thursday. At Krishnachandrapur High School in South 24 Parganas...
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Senior Delhi Police officials have directed their officers to prepare a list of gas agencies in their respective jurisdictions and deploy personnel to maintain law and order in view of the ongoing problem of LPG supply in the city. The move aims to ensure smooth distribution of cooking gas...
15:33
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday left for a brief official visit to Saudi Arabia with Pakistan's role coming under scanner due to its defence agreement with the kingdom. The two countries signed a mutual defence pact in September last year with the commitment to come to the defence...
14:54
Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova has issued a stark condemnation following a drone strike on the LNG carrier Arctic Metagaz in the Mediterranean Sea. The spokesperson characterised the incident as a gross violation of international law with potentially grave...
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A Liberia-flagged tanker Shenlong Suezmax carrying Saudi crude has reached Mumbai Port, becoming the first India-bound vessel to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since the Iran-US conflict began.The tanker had loaded crude from Ras Tanura port in Saudi Arabia on March 1 and departed on March 3....
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If crude oil prices sustain above USD 100 per barrel in FY27, the Central government's annual additional expenditure could rise by Rs 3.6 lakh crore, according to a report by Elara Securities. The report highlighted that the ongoing Middle East conflict shows few signs of de-escalation,...
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met his father and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah here on Thursday morning, hours after security personnel foiled an assassination attempt on the veteran leader at a wedding function in the city.Leaders cutting across party lines also...
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Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, suffered a fractured foot and other minor injuries on the first day of the US and Israel's bombardment campaign, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.In addition to his injured foot, Khamenei, 56, received a bruise around his left eye, as...
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A queue outside a LPG distribution centre in Mumbai. Pic: Mahipal Soni/Rediff
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday urged a discussion on the reports of shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the Parliament, underlining that the Parliament is a platform to assure the public and conduct discussions on such important matters. Such issues should be discussed in...
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The rupee tumbled 35 paise to hit all-time intra-day low of 92.36 against the US dollar on Thursday as global crude oil prices kept rising overnight and showed no signs of easing amid the raging war in West Asia. A stronger greenback, and weak sentiments in the domestic equity markets further...
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A queue for gas cylinders in Kandivali, Mumbai. Pic: Mahipal Soni/Rediff
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid concerns over reported LPG shortage, saying the PM is asking the people not to panic but is himself panicked for completely different reasons. Gandhi alleged that the prime minister is panicked because of the...
12:15
Iran's state news agency IRIB has reported that a Senior spokesperson for Iran's armed forces has warned that Iran would attack ports across the region if its ports are targeted.IRIB quoted the official as saying, If any attack is carried out against Iran's economic ports, all docks, ports, and...
11:56
The government expects Apple Inc to undertake 30 per cent of its global iPhone production from India in the next few years, and does not see any impact or change in its growth plan due to the US supreme court verdict, declaring the 10 per cent fentanyl duty imposed on China and other countries as...
11:54
To ensure regulatory harmonisation in testing blood products with global norms, the Centre has proposed doing away with testing of pooled blood plasma for Hepatitis B surface antigen and antibodies to HIV and Hepatitis C, considering these tests are done before the products are...
11:43
Iran said the Thai vessel had not asked for clearance
With the West Asia Conflict putting stress on fuel supply routes that use the Strait of Hormuz, sources said that Iranian authorities have decided to allow Indian flagged ships to pass safely through the Strait, where maritime traffic has all but halted since the US and Israel attacked...
11:29
A damaged building in Tehran. Pic: IRIB/ANI video grab
Iran on Thursday spelt out three conditions to end the war with Israel, US, which today entered its thirteenth day. Taking to X, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said he reaffirmed the country's commitment to peace by talking to Russia and Pakistan.He said the only way to end the war that...
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Three members of a family -- a woman, her son and her brother-in-law -- were found dead inside a locked room of their house in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district, police said on Thursday. Preliminary investigation pointed to a possible suicide pact amid financial distress, they said. The...
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The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is developing 220 Megawatt (Mw) Bharat Small Modular Reactors, also called BSMR-200, at a cost of Rs 5,960 crore apart from two units of 55 Mw capacity Small Modular Reactor or SMR-55 at a cost of Rs 7,000 crore.BARC has undertaken design and...
10:54
An strike on a building in Beirut. Pic: Stringer/Reuters
A residential building in southern Kuwait was struck by an aerial strike on Thursday morning, resulting in multiple casualties and physical destruction.According to the Ministry of Defence, an enemy drone targeted a residential building in the south of the country during the dawn hours today. The...
10:38
A Thai ship was bombed in the Strait of Hormuz
With the West Asia crisis entering its 13th day, oil terminals at Iraqi ports on Thursday said they have suspended operations following attacks on tankers near its waters, according to Iraqi authorities cited by state media. Farhan al-Fartousi, director general of the state-owned General...
10:22
The West Bengal assembly polls are likely to be held in two phases, a senior official of the Election Commission said on Thursday. He said the final decision will be made after another round of meetings at the EC's New Delhi office. The assembly elections to 294 seats in West Bengal will...
09:53
Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi on Thursday said that efforts are underway to bring the LPG crisis under control and that avenues are opening for India to secure additional supply.Speaking to reporters, he said Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had answered...
09:48
Indian oil marketing companies (OMCs) and gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd are facing cashflow pressure from prolonged oil and gas supply disruption tied to the Iran conflict, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.'An extended closure of the Strait of Hormuz or sustained high oil prices beyond a few...
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Peer-to-peer messaging app WhatsApp on Wednesday introduced new parent-managed accounts that will allow parents and guardians to set up WhatsApp for children under 13, with strict privacy controls managed only on the primary device.'To begin, parents will need the phone they have bought for their...
09:43
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) reported a total income of Rs 2,713 crore in 2024-2025 (FY25), up 31 per cent from Rs 2,075 crore recorded in FY24, according to the latest audited annual accounts. The market regulator's corpus or the capital fund also expanded to Rs 7,235...
09:14
An Indian national has reportedly been killed in an attack carried out by Iran using a 'suicide' boat against a United States-owned oil tanker near Iraq.US-owned and Marshal Island-flagged oil tanker Safesea Vishnu was attacked off Khor Al Zubair port inside Iraq's territorial waters by an...
08:58
The United States Department of Energy announced its plan to offload 172 million barrels from the strategic petroleum reserve 'beginning next week', following significant volatility in oil prices triggered by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.In a post to X, the department indicated that...
08:54
India co-sponsored a resolution in the United Nations Security Council that condemned the 'egregious' attacks by Iran against Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Jordan and demanded immediate cessation of all attacks by Tehran while denouncing its threats of closure of the Strait of Hormuz.The...
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Jamieson Greer
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) office on Wednesday launched a sweeping investigation into manufacturing and industrial practices in 16 economies, including India, citing concerns over what it calls 'structural excess capacity' that could distort global trade.Announcing the move on...
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday raised question over the security of Farooq Abdullah after an assassination attempt on his father at a wedding in Jammu.Omar questioned how the attacker had got close to the former Chief Minister despite the high security.In a post on X,...
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