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NOIDA: Through the first two weeks of March, many factory workers in the informal sector rode the sudden cylinder shortage, hoping it would be a passing phase. But when things didn’t look up by the end of March, they started leaving for home. Better to wait it out, they believed, at home than spending on…
The Centre took another step towards easing availability of fuel for migrant workers across the country, doubling the allocation of 5-kg Free Trade LPG (FTL) cylinders to states. In a notification issued late Monday, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas informed that the the move is based on the average daily supply to migrant…
AI-generated representational image. NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old delivery worker allegedly stabbed a minor girl multiple times in east Delhi‘s Seemapuri on Friday evening, leaving her critically injured, before later dying in a suspected cylinder blast at his residence, police said.The accused, a delivery executive with an e-commerce platform, lived with his mother in New Seemapuri….
NEW DELHI: With LPG availability remaining critical, oil marketing companies may resort to delivering underweight cylinders for more equitable distribution of cooking gas.While petroleum ministry officials dismissed reports suggesting OMCs may start selling 10 kg gas in 14.2 kg domestic LPG cylinders, calling them “highly speculative”, refiners confirmed such a proposal was pending before govt….
Gurgaon gets NCR’s first LPG vending machine Gurgaon: Gurgaon has become the first city in NCR to get an LPG ATM — a smart vending machine that can hand out a lightweight gas cylinder in just two to three minutes. Installed at Central Park Flower Valley in Sector 33 of Sohna, the Bharatgas Insta LPG…
he LPG cylinder rates were last revised earlier this month, effective March 7, 2026. (AI image) Latest LPG, petrol, diesel prices today: Amid LPG supply pressures and some panic buying on fears of shortage, prices of LPG cylinders – domestic and commercial – remain unchanged across cities. The LPG cylinder rates were last revised earlier…
“The tea is 15 rupees,” said the tea stall vendor outside Noida Sector 16A metro station, apologetically handing over a cup of tea that had suddenly become more expensive.When asked why the price had increased, the vendor offered a brief explanation with tired eyes, the “cylinder has gone very costly.” Even the samosas and pakoras…
Distribution of commercial LPG cylinders has begun across 29 states and Union Territories, while enforcement agencies have stepped up raids and surprise inspections nationwide to check hoarding and black-marketing amid pressure on cooking gas supplies, a senior oil ministry official said on Saturday.Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Sujata Sharma said…
NEW DELHI: There was chaos across several parts of the city on Friday, particularly Old Delhi and adjoining areas, as residents scrambled for LPG cylinders. With tensions running high, police had to be deployed outside a few gas agencies.TOI witnessed long queues and frayed tempers for domestic-use cylinders outside an LPG agency office at Delhi…
GURGAON: Amjad Ali, owner of Alam Chicken Biryani Corner in Udyog Vihar, is now down to his last cylinder. He feels helpless; his routine supplier first refused any further deliveries and then stopped taking his calls entirely. “Despite several efforts, I could not arrange cylinders. I will have no option but to close the dhaba….
