Oil prices have surged since Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the subsequent US naval blockade of Iranian ports, yet crude has stopped well short of the $200-a-barrel levels many analysts once feared. According to maritime intelligence firm TankerTrackers, one key reason is the emergence of alternative shipping networks that are allowing oil…
Chennai: Police arrested a 24-year-old man for smuggling liquor from Puducherry to Chennai in an SUV, on Wednesday. The arrest followed a surveillance operation conducted by a team from the CMBT police station on April 28 near the Koyambedu metro railway station. Acting on a tip-off, police attempted to stop a suspicious car for inspection….
Ahmedabad: With temperatures climbing in the city, candidates contesting the upcoming Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections are facing an unusual challenge: convincing voters to step out in the heat and actually vote.Voting for the AMC general elections is scheduled for April 26. Candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and…
NEW DELHI: In a significant breakthrough, the Centre and Ladakh representatives Friday agreed on creation of an elected body at UT level “with full legislative, executive and financial powers”, apart from having similar bodies in each of the seven districts.The two sides – which resumed talks after a gap of over three months, with environmentalist…
Energy minister AK Sharma on Sunday launched a 76-day public outreach and cleanliness campaign in the City South assembly constituency Varanasi: Urban development and energy minister AK Sharma on Sunday launched a 76-day public outreach and cleanliness campaign in the City South assembly constituency, under which local MLA Neelkanth Tiwari and BJP workers will visit…
Texas MAGA influencer said Indians who call their August 15 event better than July 4 should not waste their time in the US and go back to India. A social media post by Indians in a private group of Prosper and Celina, two towns in Texas, has enraged American influencers. And this time, some Indians…
Kolkata: Middle-class households across Kolkata woke up to a cold shock this Sunday, June 7, as domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices surged by Rs 29, bringing the cost of a 14.2 kg cylinder to Rs 968.The hike comes a mere five days after a massive Rs 53.50 jump in commercial gas prices, which now…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the online satirical movement, claimed another setback on Saturday after founder Abhijeet Dipke said the outfit’s official website had been taken down by the Centre, days after its main X handle was withheld in India following a legal demand.However, till the filing of this report there had been no…
Mapusa: Mopa airport police on Friday registered an FIR against an Australian flight crew member after a prohibited satellite tracking device was found in his baggage during security screening.The accused, Brett Gordon Brander, 30, was scheduled to board an IndiGo flight to Chennai when CISF personnel detected a ResQLink 400 personal locator beacon (GPS device)…
For people living across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, early July brought another reminder of how quickly conditions can change in the western Pacific. Super Typhoon Bavi arrived as an exceptionally powerful storm, crossing near the islands with destructive winds, heavy rain and dangerous coastal flooding. According to Nasa, the cyclone reached its greatest…
