New Delhi: Petrol price touched Rs 104.01 and diesel Rs 95.90 per litre in Goa on Monday after state-owned oil companies effected the fourth hike in retail fuel rates in the last 11 days, raising prices by Rs 8 to cut losses from selling auto fuels below market cost.Govt said cumulative under-recoveries on petrol, diesel…
Varanasi: Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) has signed an MoU with BHU for joint efforts in areas of urban management, infrastructure development, environmental sustainability, civic services, beautification, and social development initiatives for the benefit of citizens and the academic community.Municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal and BHU registrar Prof Arun Kumar Singh signed the formal agreement.As per the…
Gandhinagar: The state govt on Monday issued charge arrangement orders, giving additional charge to IAS officers.Suthar Raj Rameshchandra, chief executive officer, Surat Urban Development Authority (Suda) has been given additional charge of the post of MD, Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (DGVCL), relieving Yogesh Choudhary of additional charge of that post.K P Joshi, MS, Paschim…
Ludhiana dreams of building a European-style road corridor but is saddled with dirt tracks Ludhiana: A central money-laundering investigation against a prominent state politician has stalled an overhaul of the industrial city’s infrastructure, exposing internal fractures over privatization and inflated project costs.Essential municipal services, from modern waste management to high-tech street cleaning, have ground to…
Cylinder blasts in Burail Chandigarh Chandigarh: Panic gripped Burail village on Monday after a series of LPG cylinder explosions ripped through a house, leaving several people injured and causing extensive damage.According to initial information, at least three cylinders exploded in quick succession inside the house, triggering massive destruction. Eyewitnesses said the first blast sent shockwaves…
Pune: A 41-year-old eatery owner and his worker were injured after five men allegedly attacked them with a billhook and opened fire at them at Kodawadi Phata in Rajgad taluka, around 50km from Pune, on Sunday night. The victims escaped bullet injuries, but the attackers vandalised the eatery before fleeing.“The eatery owner sustained billhook injuries…
Precautionary Ebola ward readied at NCH Surat: The New Civil Hospital (NCH) in Surat has activated a 10-bed special isolation ward as part of precautionary preparedness measures following reports of Ebola virus cases in African countries including Congo, Uganda and South Sudan.Hospital authorities clarified that no Ebola case has been reported in Gujarat or anywhere…
GUWAHATI: Assam govt tabled a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in assembly on Monday, proposing a common law on marriage, divorce, live-in relationships and succession, following in the footsteps of Uttarakhand and Gujarat, to enact UCC post-Independence.The ‘Uniform Civil Code, Assam, 2026 bill’ introduced by state parliamentary affairs minister Atul Bora, states that the common…
Lucknow: A court on Monday convicted 22 persons for attack, arson and loot of a police outpost in UP’s Barabanki in an 11-year-old case. The court, however, acquitted all of them of attempt to murder charge on account of inadequate evidence.Additional district and sessions judge, Barabanki, Rakesh Kumar Singh also imposed a penalty of Rs…
Rajkot International Airport Rajkot: Rising aviation turbine fuel prices have forced Air India to prune operations across Gujarat, with Rajkot losing key Delhi and Mumbai flights in June and Vadodara facing a reduction in Delhi connectivity for June and July, worsening air links from Saurashtra and central Gujarat and pushing fares higher.Airport sources said Air…
