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NEW DELHI: Dismissing reports of any shortage, govt on Thursday asserted that there was no rationing of petrol and diesel anywhere in the country and attributed long queues at fuel pumps in some parts to bulk diesel consumers, such as industries, shifting to retail outlets due to a price gap of nearly Rs 42 a…
PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi trolled for ‘long queues at petrol pumps in India’ remark NEW DELHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi has come under heavy criticism online after making claims about fuel shortages in India while Pakistan itself deals with a worsening energy crisis. His remarks came at a time when PSL 2026…
India’s financial ecosystem has undergone a major transformation in recent years, with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) emerging as the centrepiece of the country’s digital payments revolution. Just ten years ago, financial transactions in the country were slow and largely cash-dependent but now, they are just a touch or click away, enabling instant, seamless and…
NEW DELHI: With the IPL 2026 opener around the corner, Congress MLA Kashappanavar Vijayananda Shivashankarappa on Thursday kicked up a row, saying legislators were being forced to stand in queues or buy tickets at inflated rates despite being “entitled” to passes. He also alleged large-scale black marketing by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), even…
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…
Shilpa Shetty’s newly launched restaurant AmmaKai grabbed eyeballs on January 26 after announcing a free breakfast to mark Republic Day. The first-come, first-served offer saw people lining up outside the Bandra outlet as early as 7 am, much before the restaurant opened. Videos of long queues quickly went viral, with several content creators capturing the…
KOLKATA: Sunday marked two months of the SIR rollout in Bengal as people struggle to get back something as basic as their voting right amid confusion among officials over which documents are kosher, multiple orders from Election Commission, flip-flops, and innumerable goof-ups.The chaotic drive led CM Mamata Banerjee to write on Saturday to chief election…
KOLKATA: A Kargil war hero, who was in Leh protecting India’s borders when the last Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was held in Bengal in 2002, is among the 32 lakh-odd citizens queuing up for hearings to get back their voting rights.Sanjib Bhattacharya, 64, who served in the Indian Army’s Bofors unit from…
Crowd outside Barabati Stadium (Video grab) NEW DELHI: A familiar scene of Indian cricket mania unfolded in Cuttack on Friday, as thousands of eager fans gathered outside the Barabati Stadium for tickets to the first T20I between India and South Africa. What began as a routine offline sale quickly spiralled into chaos, with a viral…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo’s operational crisis entered its fourth straight day on Friday, triggering widespread chaos at airports across the country, leaving thousands of passengers stranded with no food, no water, vacant counters and lost luggages.IndiGo has suspended all departures from Delhi Airport until midnight on Friday, intensifying the ongoing travel chaos. This comes a day…
