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NEW DELHI: Indian oil companies, fertiliser importers and exporters are cheering the opening of the Strait of Hormuz for global commercial vessels.There are 41 India-bound ships, both Indian and foreign-flagged, loaded with cargo, including crude, LPG, LNG and fertiliser, that are waiting to cross the narrow channel, where Iran has blocked normal movement since Feb 28, the day US and Israel launched a joint military strike.Over a dozen of these ships are carrying fertilisers, which are crucial for India to receive before the kharif sowing starts. Of the vessels waiting west of Hormuz, 15 are Indian, while the remaining 26…

Mumbai: Six months after being initiated and subsequently stayed, BMC has cancelled the transfers of over 120 civic engineers following allegations of corruption.Last month, mayor Ritu Tawde had asked the civic body to “take note of the issue and take appropriate action” regarding the transfers. She was referring to a letter from Ramakant Bane of the Municipal Mazdoor Union, which called for lifting the stay on the transfers. Tawde had forwarded the letter to additional municipal commissioner Avinash Dhakne for action.”The transfers were initiated in Oct 2025. These orders were stayed by the then municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani. The office…

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday sought a response from Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea by actor Jacqueline Fernandez seeking to turn approver in a Rs 200-crore money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.Special judge Prashant Sharma issued the notice to the agency and listed the matter for hearing on April 20. The development comes amid proceedings in the high-profile case, where Fernandez was named as an accused for the first time in a supplementary chargesheet filed by ED. Watch Jacqueline Fernandez Offers To Testify In ₹200 Crore Fraud Case Involving Sukesh Chandrashekhar The actor had earlier…

Yadgir: Nine members of a family, including four children, were burnt to death after their car collided with a private bus and caught fire at Shantapur Cross in Surpur taluk on the Bidar-Srirangapatna Highway Friday.The accident occurred around 9.45 am when the car attempted to overtake another vehicle and got wedged between it and the bus before the collision. The impact was so severe that both the car and the bus were completely gutted in the blaze, though all 20 bus passengers managed to escape in time. Police said 10 people, including five children, were travelling in the car. Nine…

Hyderabad: Telangana Rythu Power Distribution Company Ltd (TGRPDCL), the state’s newly-formed third discom, has applied to the Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) for a power distribution licence under the Electricity Act, 2003.TGRPDCL was incorporated on March 11, 2026, as a govt-owned power distribution company aimed at improving electricity supply to critical sectors across the state. The discom plans to supply power to the agriculture sector, lift irrigation schemes, Mission Bhagiratha water supply projects, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, and selected municipal water connections. Its responsibilities will include power procurement, providing new agricultural service connections, maintenance of transformers and…

Chennai: A 17-year-old boy was apprehended for assaulting a woman traffic constable after being stopped for traffic violations at Vyasarpadi Market Junction on Thursday evening.The victim, Pooma Sri, 28, a Grade II constable attached to the Vyasarpadi traffic enforcement wing, was on duty around 5pm when she intercepted a scooter coming in the wrong direction without a number plate.During the check, the teenager engaged in an argument with the constable, abused her and assaulted her. He pushed her to the ground, causing an injury to her hand. She later received treatment at Govt Stanley Hospital and lodged a complaint at…

Ahmedabad: A sales manager of a private bank has been accused of cheating a customer of Rs 1 lakh on the pretext of opening a current account. The complaint filed with Navrangpura police on Thursday states that the accused, in Aug, took Rs 80,000 first and Rs 20,000 the next day for opening the account but deposited the money into his own account. The customer approached the bank and the Reserve Bank of India after finding that the account had not been opened. An internal vigilance probe confirmed the alleged misconduct. The employee resigned and the bank said it repaid…

Lok Bhavan in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: Lok Bhavan on Friday constituted a four-member high-level committee to investigate allegations of misconduct by its staff against two IRS officers during a courtesy visit to the governor’s office on Thursday.“The committee will hear both sides and submit its findings to the governor,” a Lok Bhavan official told TOI.On Thursday, D Sudhakara Rao, principal chief commissioner of Income Tax in Odisha, had lodged a written complaint with the governor’s secretariat alleging that his officers — Manish Kumar and Satya Prakash Mishra — were forcibly removed from the governor’s house in a police van and taken…

Coimbatore: All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AIPTMMK) general secretary V K Sasikala on Friday said the DMK govt lacked accountability and had pushed the state into a severe debt crisis.”The govt has borrowed nearly Rs12 lakh crore and is paying around Rs7,000 crore every month as interest. How will it fulfil its election promises under such financial strain?” she questioned, calling the upcoming polls a decisive election to “end DMK governance”. Campaigning for her party candidates Rahul Gandhi in Coimbatore North constituency and Mallika in Kavundampalayam assembly seat, Sasikala accused DMK govt of facilitating illegal mining activities. “If…

Gurgaon: A 33-year-old American Express executive was found dead by his wife on Friday morning inside his flat at Pyramid Paradise in Sector 76.She flew in from Mumbai after he stopped answering her calls following a fight over the phone on Thursday evening. The deceased was originally from Kanpur, while his wife, 32, is from UP’s Mirzapur.Police said the couple married four months ago but lived in different cities because the woman is employed with a private firm in Mumbai. The couple frequently fought, primarily because Sonam was not able to relocate to Delhi NCR due to her job, putting…