New Delhi, April 2 Four people were injured, one of them critically, after a CNG cylinder exploded on a truck during a refill at a CNG pump on the Najafgarh-Mitraon Road in Dwarka on Thursday, police said.According to police, information about the explosion was received from the Rao Tula Ram...
Hyderabad, March 30 Amid the ongoing shortage of LPG due to the Gulf war, the Hyderabad Police busted an illegal LPG cylinder hoarding racket on Monday with the arrest of 10 people and the seizure of 414 cylinders hidden in a graveyard.The Hyderabad Commissioner's Task Force, along with the...
Rudrapur (Uttarakhand), March 29 An alleged case of black marketing through fraudulent cooking gas bookings has come to light after the BJP MLA, Shiv Arora's, wife received a message, officials here said.According to officials, a cooking gas connection in the name of the MLA's wife, Seema...
Phagwara, March 27 Local residents blocked vehicular traffic for about 15 minutes near Bhagwan Valmiki Chowk on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road here on Friday, citing alleged shortages of cooking gas.Eyewitness accounts said that the blockade caused significant inconvenience to commuters.The...
New Delhi, March 26 The Delhi Police have arrested the owner of a gas agency for allegedly hoarding and illegally selling LPG cylinders in the Ranhola area of outer Delhi, seizing 459 cylinders during a raid, an official said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Susheel Kumar Singhal, owner...
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...
March 17, New Delhi — As the crisis continued for several days, the Goa government, in coordination with the Centre, has taken necessary steps to ensure the availability of essential supplies.Authorities have made proper arrangements to ensure the uninterrupted supply of Liquefied Petroleum...
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...
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...
Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), March 14 Consumers blocked a road outside a gas agency in Raisen district on Saturday after failing to obtain LPG cylinders despite waiting in queues for hours, officials said.Hundreds of LPG customers had been standing in a queue since around 7 am, but when the agency...
Pune, March 13 Amidst the West Asia crisis and rumors of an LPG shortage, a team from the food supplies department discovered 57 illegally stocked cylinders at a gas agency in Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune, on Friday, an official said.The action by the department's squad, set up at the direction of...
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 – Even as the Centre has repeatedly asserted that there is no shortage of LPG in India amidst the worsening West Asia crisis, given that the nation has adequate reserves of the cooking fuel, people across Kerala continue to panic over the issue.People are not...
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Kolkata, March 12 Long queues of auto-rickshaws outside LPG dispensing stations and domestic consumers at local gas agency offices were seen on Thursday in Kolkata and several districts of West Bengal, as government assurances failed to calm panic buying that has sharply pushed up demand for...
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 11 Reports of disruptions in LPG supply due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East triggered panic among customers in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, with many rushing to gas agency distribution centers to collect cylinders on Tuesday.District...