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New Delhi, March 22 Three men were arrested in southwest Delhi's Mahipalpur for allegedly hoarding LPG cylinders to sell them at a higher price, police said on Sunday.They were identified as Krishna, Dinesh Sahu, and Mithilesh, aged 33, 46, and 39, all from Bihar but living in Delhi.The...

Jaipur, March 20: Raising concerns over the functioning of the opposition, Rajasthan unit BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Madan Rathore said on Friday that the opposition lacks a clear policy, ideology, and agenda.He remarked that instead of engaging in meaningful debate in Parliament and...

New Delhi, March 19 The government has classified energy data as a matter of national security, mandating all entities across the oil and gas value chain to provide detailed operational information.The Oil Ministry's Petroleum and Natural Gas (Furnishing of Information) Order, 2026 requires...

New Delhi, March 18 The Delhi Police has busted an illegal LPG cylinder storage unit in Rajpur Khurd, south Delhi, arresting two persons and seizing 223 cylinders from the premises, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Hitesh Rathi, 38, and Arvind Kumar, 40, were allegedly...

Bengaluru, March 18 In a crackdown against the illegal storage of cooking gas in the city, Bengaluru Police have seized 155 LPG cylinders that were stored in a warehouse here, police said on Wednesday.The seizures were made on Tuesday following a raid conducted within the jurisdiction of the...

Bengaluru, March 18 In a crackdown against the illegal storage of cooking gas in the city, Bengaluru Police have seized 155 LPG cylinders that were stored at a warehouse here, police said on Wednesday.The seizures were made on Tuesday following a raid conducted within the jurisdiction of the...

Thane, March 17 Police have seized 405 LPG cylinders, including 96 filled ones, allegedly stored illegally for sale, in Bhiwandi in the district, an official said on Tuesday.A First Information Report was registered at the Narpoli police station on Monday under the Essential Commodities Act...

Mumbai, March 17 There is no shortage of LPG in Maharashtra, and the stocks of petrol and diesel are adequate, state minister Chhagan Bhujbal told the legislative assembly on Tuesday, adding that the government was taking several measures to prevent the black marketing of these essential...

Medininagar, March 17 Nine police personnel have been suspended in Palamu district, Jharkhand, after 36 LPG cylinders were allegedly stolen from the basement of a building where an explosion took place on March 15, police said.An explosion rocked the basement of the building at Bairiya Chowk...

New Delhi, March 17 A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly selling LPG cylinders illegally in the Jamia Nagar area of southeast Delhi, with police recovering 62 cylinders and a vehicle used for transportation, an official said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Shahnawaz, was caught...

New Delhi, March 16 At least six FIRs have been registered across Delhi in connection with the illegal storage, refilling, and black marketing of LPG cylinders, with over 600 cylinders seized amid concerns over a possible supply shortage, police said on Monday.Two cases were registered in...

New Delhi/Mumbai, March 16 Amid concerns over LPG supply in various parts of the country, the issue was raised in Parliament on Monday, where opposition and ruling BJP members clashed over the energy crisis.Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge, stated that...

New Delhi, March 16 The food ministry has approved an additional export quota of 87,587 tonnes of sugar for the 2025-26 marketing year (October-September), following requests from sugar mills, the ministry said in a circular on Monday.The government had earlier permitted exports of 1.5 million...

Mumbai, March 16 – Former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray launched a sharp attack on the Maharashtra government and the Centre on Monday over the escalating LPG crisis.He said that nearly 40 per cent of restaurants in Mumbai have been forced to close due to a severe...

New Delhi, March 16 Delhi Police has busted a racket storing over 600 LPG cylinders in a warehouse in the Mundka area and arrested a man in a separate case for illegally refilling gas cylinders, officials said on Monday.In the first case, the Crime Branch conducted a raid at a warehouse under...

Lucknow, March 15 An FIR has been filed against several individuals in Lucknow, including a gas agency owner and manager, for allegedly illegally storing domestic LPG cylinders and attempting to sell them on the black market, officials said on Sunday.According to officials, the case has been...

New Delhi, March 15 The government has banned households with piped cooking gas (called PNG) connections from retaining or obtaining subsidized domestic LPG connections, even as the sector regulator has urged city gas distributors to accelerate PNG rollout to ease pressure on cooking gas...

Beed, March 14 A joint team of the police and revenue department seized 29 LPG cylinders in the Beed district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday, an official said.The raid was carried out around 1:30 am in the Shivnerinagar area on the Imampur road, he added."Acting on a tip-off...

Varanasi/Sultanpur, March 14 The distribution of prasad at the Annapurna temple in Varanasi has been affected due to a perceived shortage of LPG cylinders, even as authorities in Uttar Pradesh reiterated that there is no supply shortage and warned of strict action against hoarding and black...

Gangtok, March 14 – Amidst the panic buying of LPG cylinders in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, in the backdrop of the war situation in West Asia, Gangtok District Superintendent of Police Mahendra Subba appealed to residents on Saturday not to believe rumors about a possible shortage of LPG...