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Nagpur: Despite repeated claims by the govt and oil marketing companies (OMCs) that LPG supply is normalising, residents and businesses across the city are complaining about acute shortage of cylinders, with delivery delays stretching up to 20-30 days after booking.Several consumers told TOI that the situation has worsened over the past few weeks, severely affecting household routines and commercial operations. In many cases, residents said that even after completing the mandatory 25-day gap between bookings, they had to wait another 20 to 30 days for delivery, pushing the total waiting period close to 50 days.Some consumers reported that their bookings…
NEW DELHI: Indian fishermen who were stranded in Iran amid escalating conflict in the Middle East have expressed deep gratitude to the Indian Embassy and the government for ensuring their safe return home, crediting coordinated diplomatic efforts for bringing them back safely from a tense regional situation.The fishermen returned to India on Saturday night and were received at Chennai International Airport by Union minister for commerce Piyush Goyal.Rajesh Patel, a fisherman from Gujarat’s Valsad district who had been working in Iran’s Kiru region for the past four years, said deteriorating conditions forced them to leave and credited the Indian mission…
Bengaluru: City police arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly setting a cowshed in DJ Halli, eastern part of city on fire, resulting in the death of five cows on the intervening night of April 6 and April 7.Accused is Mohammed Imran, resident of KG Halli. A daily wage worker, Imran lives alone. “Roaming around KG Halli and DJ Halli areas at night, Imran would set garbage heaps on fire whenever and wherever he sees them,” an officer said.However, the fire Imran set on the particular night did not end in destroying the garbage heap. Instead, it extended to a cowshed…
Hyderabad: Warning of far-reaching political consequences, deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Saturday said delimitation based solely on the 2011 population data, without factoring in caste census figures, could diminish the political weight of southern states and enable govt at the Centre to be formed without their adequate representation.He was speaking at the bicentenary celebrations of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule at Ravindra Bharathi. He noted that southern states are at the forefront of social transformation and are collectively pressing for equitable policies, but alleged that the Centre has been reducing their share in tax revenues as part of a broader strategy…
Chennai: Election flying squad officials seized gold and silver ornaments worth several crores in two different incidents in the city. Officers seized gold and silver ornaments from a car during a vehicle check in Narasimman street in Thousand Lights constituency on Thursday night. When the occupants failed to produce valid documents, the consignment was seized and handed over to income tax department officials in Nungambakkam. Preliminary inquiry revealed that the jewellery was brought from Mumbai by flight for a jewellery outlet in Chennai and was being transported from the airport. In another incident, a vehicle was intercepted near Lakshmapuram on…
BJP had said that nepotism would play no part in candidate selection for the AMC elections, but in more than half a dozen cases, the sons, wives, nephews, or nieces of former councillors or former MLAs have entered the fray. These candidates became known on the last day of filing nominations, Saturday. From the Khadia ward, Pareshkumar Lalji Anand, the son of former mayor Lalji Parmar, has been nominated by BJP. Lalji Parmar served as the mayor from 1997 to 1998. Hetal Umang Nayak, the wife of Umang Nayak, who was a councillor from 2021 to 2026, has also been…
Pune: Shivajinagar police have registered a case of outraging the modesty of a woman against the director of a capital market investment company and three other officials, after a female employee reported harassment last week.The FIR was initially registered at a police station in Mumbai and was later transferred to Shivajinagar police station on Friday for further investigation.According to the police, the alleged incidents occurred between May 2024 and April 8 this year.The complainant, a 33-year-old resident of Mumbai, alleged that the director and other officials of the company repeatedly touched her inappropriately at the company’s office in Shivajinagar. She…
Jind: The farmers on Saturday blocked the Delhi-Patiala national highway near Tarkha Kothi village here to demand the rollback of new wheat procurement rules.The protesters blocked the road between 11 am and 3 pm and raised slogans against the govt.Police personnel were deployed around the protest site, while traffic was diverted via Safa Kheri and Dumarkha, even as long queues of vehicles were witnessed on both sides of the highway due to the blockade.The protesters said the new wheat procurement rules were presented as farmer-friendly, but in reality, these created difficulties for farmers. They demanded the withdrawal of the new…
Lucknow: UP govt on Saturday removed Deoria SP Sanjeev Suman following a controversy over a dispute related to road construction on a drainage (chak nali) in Lakshmipur village of the district. Barhaj in Deoria. He has been attached to DGP headquarters.Earlier, SDM Vipin Dwivedi was suspended in connection with the same incident. indicating serious administrative concern over the handling of the case.The dispute escalated during the construction work, leading to heightened tensions in the village. Amid the tension, a lawyer reportedly suffered a fatal heart attack. Subsequently, an FIR under murder charges was registered against the village pradhan and his…
Nagpur: Travellers flying from and landing at the city airport are likely to face a lot of inconvenience as a union of app-based taxi drivers has threatened to withdraw services from April 14. The union also plans to block entry of other cabs in the airport premises, a move that could leave passengers stranded and trigger on-ground confrontations.The protest, called by the Taxi Vahan Chalak Malak Sanyukt Kruti Samiti, will begin on April 14 and continue indefinitely. While the suspension of app-based services itself is expected to inconvenience travellers, the union’s decision to prevent other taxis from entering the airport…