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Commercial LPG gas cylinder prices were hiked on Sunday after oil marketing companies revised rates upward, increasing the cost of a 19-kg cylinder by Rs 49 with effect from February 1, Sunday. Following the revision, the retail price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder in Delhi has increased to Rs 1,740.50. Prices of domestic LPG…
Oil marketing companies have raised the prices of commercial LPG cylinders from today, reversing recent reductions. The increase is set to push up operating costs for hotels, restaurants and other service providers across the country.The price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder has been hiked by Rs 111 nationwide. In Delhi, the retail price now…
MYSURU: A 42-year-old balloon seller died and four persons, mostly tourists, sustained injuries after a jumbo cylinder used to fill balloons with helium exploded in front of the main entry gate to Mysuru Palace around 8.30pm Thursday.Ruling out foul play, police sources said the name and other details of the deceased were not immediately known….
Balloon cylinder blast near Mysuru Palace kills 1 (Picture credit: PTI) MYSURU: A 42-year-old balloon seller died and four people, including three tourists, were injured after a jumbo cylinder used to fill balloons with helium exploded in front of Mysuru Palace’s main entry gate late Thursday.Ruling out foul play, police sources said the name of…
NEW DELHI: At least 25 people were killed and six others injured after a massive fire broke out shortly after midnight on Sunday at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, North Goa. Police initially confirmed 23 deaths but later revised the toll to 25.A police spokesperson said the deceased included four tourists and…
GOA: At least 23 people have died after a fire tore through a popular nightclub in North Goa’s Arpora village late on Saturday night, officials said. Most of the victims were staff members working at the venue. Goa’s police chief Alok Kumar told news agency PTI that the blaze was triggered by a cylinder blast…
NEW DELHI: State-owned oil marketing companies on Monday reduced the price of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 10 per unit, offering relief to the hospitality sector.However, airlines are set to face renewed cost pressure as Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices were hiked for the third month in a row.With the latest revision, the price of…
Scenes from the explosion (X) A gas cylinder exploded in the basement cafeteria of the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad early Tuesday morning, causing the building to tremble and injuring around a dozen people, according to law-enforcement authorities and media reports.According to Ali Nasir Rizvi, Islamabad’s inspector general of police, the isolated incident…
Image used for representative purpose only NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old woman, her ex-boyfriend and his friend have been arrested for allegedly killing her live-in partner, a UPSC aspirant, in north Delhi’s Timarpur earlier this month and staging it as a fire incident.According to police, she planned the murder as she suspected he possessed a hard…
AYODHYA/LUCKNOW: A massive explosion on Thursday evening in Pagla Bhari village, under the Pura Kalandar police station area of Ayodhya, destroyed a two-storey house, killing five people — owner Ram Kumar Kasodhan, alias Pappu, his two children and two others. Police confirmed the identities of three of the deceased: House owner Ram Kumar Kasodhan (38),…
