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Bhubaneswar: Restaurants, roadside eateries, tea stalls and small catering businesses across Odisha are bracing for higher operating costs after the price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder was raised by Rs 62.50 from Thursday, taking the retail price to Rs 2,810.The latest revision comes barely a month after a Rs 9.50 increase in Sept, when the cylinder price stood at Rs 2,747.50. Consecutive hikes have sparked concerns among small business owners, many of whom depend heavily on LPG for daily operations.While larger establishments may be able to absorb increased costs, smaller players say the rise could squeeze already thin profit…

The moment I got off the bike, I realised how unsafe the spot was Gurgaon: I booked an Uber Bike at 7.42pm on Wednesday from my Udyog Vihar office in Gurgaon to my home in Dwarka, expecting a routine ride home. However, the journey took an unexpected and frightening turn when the driver stopped the bike midway and asked me to get down. He said he mistook the destination for Qutub Minar, whereas my destination was Qutub Vihar. He said it would require him to travel a long way and refused to take me to my destination. He then abruptly…

Day After, Patient Dies Of Cirrhosis ComplicationsAssam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma addressing a municipal poll rally at Silchar on WednesdaySilchar: Four cops managing traffic in south Assam’s Silchar were suspended Thursday for briefly stopping an ambulance ferrying a critically ill patient the previous day to let CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s convoy pass.The action, coinciding with the 47-year-old cirrhosis patient’s death at Silchar Medical College and Hospital, came a day after Himanta ordered an inquiry and publicly apologised to the family for what he termed an “unacceptable” violation of his standing order not to inconvenience ordinary citizens in the name of…

Jhansi: Railway employees participated in a mass cleanliness drive at Veerangana Laxmibai Jhansi station under ‘Swachhata Hi Seva 2026’ campaign Thursday.The ‘Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath’ initiative was organised to promote collective responsibility and public participation. The drive was led by Railway Board additional member (Works) Rajesh Agrawal in presence of DRM Aniruddh Kumar. Employees cleaned station premises, removed waste from tracks through rag-picking and segregated wet and dry waste.Agrawal said cleanliness should not be restricted to a day or campaign but treated as continuous responsibility. He said passengers and public also had important role. DRM Aniruddh Kumar said…

TNNLudhiana: A group of unidentified miscreants allegedly stole a Swift car parked on a street in Maharaj Nagar after breaking its lock. Strangely, the accused arrived in an SUV. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera.Car owner Mehakdeep Singh of Muktsar Sahib said he lives in paying guest accommodation and had parked his car in the street at night. In the morning, he found it missing. On checking the CCTV footage, he saw the miscreants stealing his car.The footage showed a white Creta reversing into the street and stopping behind the Swift. One of the suspects got out of…

Mysuru: JD(S) leaders on Thursday strongly objected to minister HC Balakrishna’s allegations against Union minister HD Kumaraswamy, calling him a “blackmailer”, “backstabber” and “black magician”.Speaking to reporters, former minister SR Mahesh and JD(S) district president and former MLA Ashwin Kumar termed Balakrishna’s allegations baseless and irresponsible. Mahesh alleged that Balakrishna was unable to respond to the allegations made by Kumaraswamy and was resorting to personal remarks instead.“We too worked with you during elections. When you were in the JD(S), did you not know about the alleged blackmail by Kumaraswamy?” Mahesh asked.Mahesh said Congress leaders were responsible for the BJP coming…

The fire spread and burnt down two furniture warehouses in the area Ghaziabad: A major fire broke out in a dark store of Instamart on Kala Patthar Road in Indirapuram and spread to adjacent furniture warehouses, a diagnostic centre and a housing society behind it.No casualties were reported in the incident but goods in the store and furniture in the affected shops were destroyed. As a precaution, the fire department had to evacuate houses and shops as smoke engulfed the nearby area. While the cause has not been determined yet, chief fire officer Saurabh Kumar Singh said the fire is…

Safar Chhand plans a heritage walk to explore iconic food outlets in the city on Friday Pune: A series of prayers, peace marches, dialogues and community programmes began on Thursday to mark Gandhi Jayanti in the city on Friday.At Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Gandhi Bhavan, Kothrud, a week-long Gandhi Week has started from Oct 1 to 7. It will feature lectures, discussions, cultural programmes and films on Gandhi’s ideas, social movements, democracy and the environment.“The programmes would include prayers and bhajans followed by a peace march. We have been looking forward to participating in the various discussions taking place…

The project, tendered in Sept 2025, envisages a transport hub combining a bus terminal and commercial complex Margao: More than a year after the transport department floated a tender to redevelop the Kadamba bus stand at Margao on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis, the Rs 250-crore project remains stuck awaiting govt clearance.The project, tendered in Sept 2025, envisages a transport hub combining a bus terminal and commercial complex under a design, build, finance, operate and transfer model. The concession period was proposed at a minimum of 33 years for the bus port facility and 57 years for the business complex,…

Senior SAD functionary Daljit Singh Cheema said the door-to-door campaign would be launched by Badal from Attari and held simultaneously across all assembly constituencies to seek suggestions for the party’s election manifesto. Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday announced an intensive campaign programme for the 2027 Punjab assembly elections, with a door-to-door campaign from Oct 6 and a statewide bus yatra led by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal from Nov 10.Senior SAD functionary Daljit Singh Cheema said the door-to-door campaign would be launched by Badal from Attari and held simultaneously across all assembly constituencies to seek suggestions for the…