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LPG commercial cylinders price hike: The revised prices apply to 19-kg commercial LPG cylinders, primarily used in hotels, restaurants, and businesses. Oil marketing companies (OMC) have raised the price of commercial Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders by ₹6 across Indian cities, effective Saturday, March 1. According to Indane, a subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation, the price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder has increased from ₹1,797 to ₹1,803. This hike comes after OMCs reduced commercial LPG cylinder prices by ₹7 in February. The latest increase is expected to offset some of the benefits received by hotels, restaurants, and other commercial…

Rescue teams from Army, Navy, and Singareni Collieries have been working for days at the Telangana tunnel collapse site, but no breakthrough has been made yet. Over 500 rescuers are working on a war footing to locate the eight workers trapped inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool, which partially collapsed on February 22. Teams from the Army, Navy, Singareni Collieries, and other agencies have been engaged in rescue operations for several days, but no breakthrough has been achieved yet. Rescue teams are currently cutting through a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to create a passage and…

Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid pending a review to ensure all projects funded with US taxpayer money are aligned with “America First” policy. After the Donald Trump administration froze funds for foreign aid projects under the US Agency for International Development (USAID), India’s first three clinics for the transgender community in Hyderabad were shut last month. The stop-work order from the USAID has disrupted services for nearly 5,000 people. US President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid pending a review to ensure all projects funded with US taxpayer money are aligned with…

Pune bus rape: On Friday, a Pune court sent accused Dattatray Gade to police custody till March 12. Pune bus rape accused Dattatray Ramdas Gade called the 26-year-old woman ‘didi’ (sister) and took her to an empty ‘Shiv Shahi’ bus parked at the Swargate depot and raped her, the police told court on Friday. The 37-year-old accused faces half a dozen criminal cases in Pune and Ahilyanagar districts, and was clearly seen in the CCTV footage of the bus terminus on the day of the incident. According to the police, data of the mobile phone he was using was yet…

Tempers had flared even before the Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky meeting began. It took just 90 seconds for weeks of intense diplomacy to fall apart. In the Oval Office on Friday, President Donald Trump openly reprimanded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, making it clear that, despite relentless efforts from US allies, he remains determined to end Russia’s invasion—whether or not the terms work in Ukraine’s favour. As President Donald Trump greeted Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, he told reporters it was an honour to welcome the Ukrainian leader for an “exciting moment” — signing a landmark deal securing access…

CAG report on Delhi’s liquor sector claimed that the 2021-2022 excise policy resulted in a cumulative loss of over ₹2,000 crore to the Delhi government. Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Friday said the second Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit report to be tabled on “Public Health Infrastructure & Management of Health Services,” will reveal that AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is “blatantly dishonest.” Sirsa claimed that the reports will reveal the alleged misuse of funds meant for hospitals and health services during the AAP rule. A CAG report on the scrapped Delhi liquor policy, which revealed an alleged…

Uttarakhand avalanche: Nilesh Bharne, a police spokesperson, said the avalanche occurred near a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) camp. An avalanche hit Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday, entrapping 57 people under snow. 16 people were later rescued; 41 are missing. The road to the affected area is also closed due to the avalanche, impeding rescue and relief operations.The incident took place near Mana village. Those trapped are construction workers. ITBP and the army are engaged in the rescue operation. SDRF and NDRF are trying to reach the spot. Chamoli DM Sandeep Tiwari confirmed that 57 people were trapped under the snow.…

The Pune Police had announced a ₹1 lakh reward for providing information about bus rape case accused Dattatray Gade. The Pune Police on Friday arrested Dattatray Gade, accused of raping a 26-year-old woman inside a stationary bus at the city’ Swargate bus station.Gade, a 37-year-old history-sheeter, was initially detained by a team of the Pune Crime Branch from a village in Shirur Tehsil of Pune district. Later, he was formally arrested, DCP Smarthana Patil, Zone 2, Pune City Police said. On Thursday, the Pune Police formed 13 teams to nab Gade, named in half a dozen theft, robbery and chain-snatching…

Shah Rukh Khan and his family have leased four luxury apartment floors till their home, Mannat, will undergo renovation for two years. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and his family are preparing to move out of their iconic home Mannat as the house will likely be renovated later this year. The family has reportedly leased four floors of a luxury apartment building in the Pali Hill area of Bandra for around two years. Shah Rukh Khan’s home, Mannat, is not just his abode but is also one of Mumbai’s most popular tourist attractions. Situated in the city’s posh Bandra Bandstand…

Trump changed years of American policy regarding Ukraine two weeks ago when he spoke to Russia’s Vladimir Putin. US President Donald Trump will host Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House and sign a deal granting Washington access to Ukraine’s rare minerals, week after dubbing his Ukrainian counterpart a “dictator”. The deal would see the United States jointly develop Ukraine’s mineral wealth, with revenues going to a newly created fund that would be “joint for Ukraine and America”, a senior Ukrainian source said. Zelenskyy’s delegation is expected to sign a landmark economic agreement with the US aimed at financing the reconstruction…