NEW DELHI — Nayara Energy, India’s largest private fuel retailer, on Thursday raised petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 3 a litre, passing on part of the recent surge in global oil prices following the war in the Middle East, sources said. Fuel marketing companies in India have been under […]
NEW DELHI — The price of premium or higher-grade petrol price on Friday was increased by Rs 2 per litre while the rate of bulk diesel sold to industrial users was hiked by about Rs 22 a litre, reflecting the spike in global oil prices amid conflict in the Middle-East. However, the price of normal […]
INDORE — Seven persons were killed when a fire broke out after an explosion at an electric car charging point outside a three-storey house in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city early on Wednesday, officials said. Some cooking gas cylinders inside the house also exploded, which further intensified the fire, they said. The blaze erupted at the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) has urged Amit Shah to intervene in the issue concerning Kashmiri students studying at Mewar University in Rajasthan, alleging that the B.Sc Nursing programme lacks mandatory approvals from regulatory bodies. In a letter to the Union Home Minister, JKSA said more than 40 Kashmiri students […]
JAIPUR — Seventeen Kashmiri students pursuing B.Sc in nursing at Mewar University in Chittorgarh were arrested on Monday after a protest over the non-recognition of their course at the institute, officials said. The students staged a demonstration on the university campus in the afternoon, raising slogans and demanding recognition for their degree programme from the […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Monday granted interim bail for 10 days to Delhi riots accused and Jawaharlal Nehru University scholar Sharjeel Imam to attend his brother’s wedding and to take care of his ailing mother. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma courts granted bail to Imam from March 20 to March […]
NEW DELHI — The prices of domestic LPG and commercial cylinders were hiked by a steep Rs 60 and Rs 114.5, respectively, amid rising energy costs linked to the West Asia conflict. Non-subsidised LPG, the one that common household users other than the Ujjwala beneficiaries use in their kitchens, will now cost Rs 913 per […]
AMARAVATI/BENGALURU — Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on Friday became the first two Indian states to ban the use of social media for children, albeit in different age groups. While the TDP-led NDA ruled Andhra Pradesh said social media will be prohibited for children below 13 years of age, the Congress government in neighbouring Karnataka said […]
GUWAHATI — Two pilots were killed in the crash of a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, the Indian Air Force said here on Friday. The jet, which was on a training mission, crashed approximately 60 km from Jorhat air base, from where it had taken off on Thursday evening. “IAF acknowledges […]
NEW DELHI — The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has set up a control room to assist those affected by the escalating crisis in West Asia. The MEA has said almost one crore Indian citizens live in West Asia and their safety and well-being is of “utmost priority” for New Delhi. As the Iran-US conflict […]