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Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 2 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has declared assets worth over Rs 20.64 crore in his nomination affidavit ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, as he gears up for a high-stakes contest from the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency. According to the affidavit, Udhayanidhi declared movable assets worth Rs 12.92 crore in his name and Rs 13.25 crore in the name of his wife, Kiruthiga. He also listed immovable assets worth Rs 7.72 crore ...Read More >
The child is battling for his life in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Mira Road hospital after being denied treatment in four Vasai hospitals. Vasai police said the child, Vignesh, is the son of Atul Kondhare, 32, and the family lives in Anupam Ghar Sankul building near the Vasai court. Vignesh was playing with other children within the society's premises at 8:00pm on Monday, when he wandered into a rickshaw parked in the compound and sat inside it. Upon seeing this, the rickshaw driver, San ...Read More >
Maharashtra: Autorickshaw services across the state are likely to face disruptions on April 8, as auto unions have called for a 'morcha' at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) premises. In Mumbai, the main protest is set to take place outside the Andheri RTO. Commuters who depend on autorickshaws for their morning commute to school or office are advised to plan ahead and make alternative travel arrangements. ALSO READ: Congress Unveils Assam Poll Manifest; 11 Key Focus Areas Include Governance ...Read More >
Kushinagar: One person was killed and around 20 others were injured after a tractor trolley carrying devotees overturned and fell into the Gandak canal in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred near the Siswa regulator under the Khadda police station limits at around 8 pm on Wednesday. The trolley, which was transporting nearly 25 devotees, plunged into the canal. Also Read: Horrific Rampur accident caught on camera as truck topples onto Bolero, cru ...Read More >
LPG shortage in Hyderabad leaves auto drivers stranded in long queues for hours, forcing them to live in vehicles as earnings drop and commuters struggle to find rides Hyderabad: An acute shortage of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) in Hyderabad has pushed thousands of auto-rickshaw drivers into distress, disrupting livelihoods and crippling urban mobility across the city. Triggered by the ongoing conflict in West Asia and disruptions in the global supply chain, LPG availability has sharply decli ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A shortage of auto LPG continued to hit autorickshaw drivers in the city on Wednesday, with long queues at several stations, some stretching over a kilometre. The disruption is not limited to Bengaluru, with drivers across the state facing similar issues.Several outlets in the city imposed purchase limits, restricting autorickshaw refills to Rs 200, while cars were allowed up to Rs 500. The shortage sparked protests near RT Nagar on Devegowda Road, where drivers demonstrated demanding ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A strike called by autorickshaw drivers due to the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) shortage at an Indian Oil petrol pump near Sagar Highway in LB Nagar brought traffic to a standstill on Wednesday, April 1. Police quickly intervened and cleared out the traffic in 15 minutes, LB Nagar Traffic Police told Siasat.com. Even though the situation did not escalate this time, autorickshaw drivers have been struggling due to the fuel crunch triggered by US-Israel strikes on Iran since mid-Marc ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Apr 1 (PTI) Telangana Civil Supplies Department Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra on Wednesday directed private auto LPG marketing companies to immediately source and import LPG from all available channels in view of shortage faced by LPG autorickshaws in the state, especially in Hyderabad. While domestic LPG supply is successfully being maintained, the auto LPG segment has been experiencing 35 per cent drop in supply, an official release said. The Commissioner convened a meeting her ...Read More >
Thrissur rarely follows a script -- and this election is no different. As the campaign enters its final stretch, the cultural capital is once again poised on a knife's edge, with three candidates locked in a contest that refuses to tilt decisively in any direction. After delivering a shock verdict in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, will voters return to familiar political ground, or push forward a new shift? All the three candidates -- Left Democratic Front's (LDF) Alankode Leelakrishnan, United ...Read More >
Auto-rickshaw driver grappling crisis: Long queues, stretching up to several kilometres, have been reported at multiple filling stations. Auto-rickshaw drivers in Bengaluru are grappling with a twin crisis as soaring LPG prices coincide with a sharp drop in fuel availability across the city, severely impacting daily operations. The price of auto LPG has surged dramatically in recent days. In areas such as Peenya 2nd Stage, rates have shot up to as high as Rs 105 per litre, compared to nearly R ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The western region cyber police arrested an autorickshaw driver for allowing a cyber fraud racket to use his account to divert defrauded money from an Andheri based senior citizen who was cheated of ₹1.54 crore. The victim, a 69-year-old resident of Andheri who retired from a private firm, was trapped by a cyber criminal who called him in December 2025 and claimed he had been circulating obscene clips for extortion. Officers from the cyber cell said the frauds told the elderly they we ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 1: In a concerning case of cyber fraud, a sitting judge of a city court in Mumbai was duped of Rs 93,000 by cybercriminals who used a malicious customer care application to gain access to his banking details. The 46-year-old judge, posted at the Small Causes Court, sought technical assistance after noticing a display issue on his mobile phone on March 30. While searching online for help, he came across a contact number claiming to be that of Samsung customer care. Upon calling the ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a concerning case of cyber fraud, a sitting judge of a city court in Mumbai was duped of Rs 93,000 by cybercriminals who used a malicious customer care application to gain access to his banking details. The 46-year-old judge, posted at the Small Causes Court, sought technical assistance after noticing a display issue on his mobile phone on March 30. While searching online for help, he came across a contact number claiming to be that of Samsung customer care. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Wednesday criticised the Centre over the recent hike in LPG prices, questioning how long the government will continue to increase rates and alleging that it is burdening the public. Speaking to ANI, Tiwari said, "There has been a continuous rise in the price of LPG. Till how long will the government continue to raise the prices of LPG? The PM should answer how much his govt will loot the people?" Congress MP Rajiv Shukla said," Thi ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has urged Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to increase the availability of auto LPG at outlets run by public sector companies such as IOCL, HPCL and BPCL. He also sought directions to these companies to supply LPG to private distributors. In a letter on Tuesday, Uttam said the ongoing conflict in West Asia has disrupted LPG supplies, severely affecting Telangana, where nearly 1 lakh auto-rickshaw drivers depend on auto LPG. He hi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: An acute shortage of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) in the city has been causing significant distress among nearly one lakh auto-rickshaw drivers, impacting their livelihoods. Besides, urban mobility across the city has been affected. The impact is visible across several areas in the city, where streets are empty of auto-rickshaws while long lines extending for kilometers are visible outside gas stations. Auto drivers continue to face problems due to a shortage of LPG gas. They compl ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a shocking incident from the Vasai area of Palghar district in Maharashtra, a man dragged a four-year-old child out of an auto-rickshaw and slammed him onto the ground, days after having a verbal altercation with the boy's father reportedly over a minor issue. The incident took place within a housing society in Vasai and was captured on CCTV footage installed at the location. The victim, Vignesh, was seen sitting inside a parked auto-rickshaw and playing with other children. Just ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday urged Union petroleum and natural gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri to ramp up Auto LPG availability, stating there is a shortfall of 55 metric tonne (MT) of it per day in Telangana due to prevailing supply constraints.Seeking an urgent intervention to address the shortage of Auto LPG, Uttam Kumar Reddy, in his letter to the Union minister, stated that nearly a lakh auto-rickshaws run on LPG in the state. All these autos were now fa ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Mar 31 (PTI) Telangana Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday urged Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri for urgent additional LPG supplies by the Centre in view of shortages being faced by LPG autorickshaws in the state, mainly in Hyderabad. In a letter addressed to Puri, Reddy said the domestic LPG supply is being maintained at 10 per cent to meet essential household needs, and commercial LPG allocations are being regulated in accordance w ...Read More >
Hyderabad, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Telangana government on Tuesday requested the Centre for urgent additional supply of auto LPG to the state to overcome the daily deficit. Minister for Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday sent a letter to Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri stating that the state is currently facing a daily shortage of 55 MTs. The state government called for ramping up the auto LPG availability at public sector undertakings' (IOCL, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Minister for Food and Civil Supplies N Uttam Kumar Reddy has written to Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri seeking urgent intervention to address a severe shortage of auto liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the state, warning that the supply crunch is disrupting public transport and threatening the livelihoods of around 1 lakh autorickshaw drivers. In a letter dated March 30, Uttam Kumar said a daily shortfall of around 55 metric tonnes of auto LPG has left a majorit ...Read More >
Hyderabad, March 31 (UNI)Telangana Civil Supplies Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy has written to union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, seeking urgent intervention to address the shortage of Auto LPG affecting thousands of LPG-run auto-rickshaws in the state, particularly in Hyderabad. In his letter, the Minister highlighted that while Telangana is strictly adhering to the Centre's directives amid the ongoing Middle East crisis -- ensuring 100 per cent supply of domestic LPG an ...Read More >
Telangana Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy wrote a letter to Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, N. Hardeep Singh Puri, with three requests to address the issues with shortage of Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG) shortage in Telangana. The issues, specifically faced by autos depended on LPG, is affecting livelihoods of the drivers and their families, and public transport too. 80% LPGs to autos supplied by private outlets Citing available data, Mr. Reddy said in the letter dated ...Read More >
In a major crackdown, the Commissioner's Task Force (Jubilee Hills Zone), along with Banjara Hills police, arrested 10 persons for illegally stocking and selling LPG cylinders at inflated prices. Acting on credible information, the police raided a location near a graveyard at Nagarjuna X Road in Banjara Hills on Sunday. The accused were caught red-handed allegedly dumping cylinders and selling them at higher rates. During the operation, officials seized a total of 414 gas cylinders of various ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Monday said the Budget 2026-27 was designed to bring every family in the state under the welfare net, which is why it is being termed a 'People's Budget'. He also said the government is considering increasing the monthly allocation towards employee retirement benefits to Rs 1,000 crore from '700 crore. The Assembly passed the Telangana Appropriation Bill, 2026 on Monday. Replying to the discussion, Vikramarka said the government aims t ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 31: In a shocking case of cyber fraud, a 69-year-old retired senior officer from the DN Nagar area of Andheri in Mumbai was subjected to 'digital arrest' for 25 days and defrauded of Rs 1.57 crore by cybercriminals posing as police and court officials. The accused even staged a mock court hearing via video call, invoking the name of a former Supreme Court judge to intimidate the victim. According to Mumbai Police, acting swiftly on the victim's complaint, the Cyber Cell arrested a ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a shocking case of cyber fraud, a 69-year-old retired senior officer from the DN Nagar area of Andheri in Mumbai was subjected to 'digital arrest' for 25 days and defrauded of Rs 1.57 crore by cybercriminals posing as police and court officials. The accused even staged a mock court hearing via video call, invoking the name of a former Supreme Court judge to intimidate the victim. According to Mumbai Police, acting swiftly on the victim's complaint, the Cyber ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The western region cyber police arrested an autorickshaw driver for allowing a cyber fraud racket to use his account to divert defrauded money from an Andheri based senior citizen who was cheated of ₹1.54 crore. The victim, a 69-year-old resident of Andheri who retired from a private firm, was trapped by a cyber criminal who called him in December 2025 and claimed he had been circulating obscene clips for extortion. Officers from the cyber cell said the frauds told the elderly they wer ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Ten persons, including a cooking gas agency operator, were arrested for the alleged selling of LPG cylinders at inflated prices near Nagarjuna crossroads in Banjara Hills, police said on Monday. The Jubilee Hills commissioner's task force along with Banjara Hills police caught the accused red-handed while they were dumping HP gas cylinders at a graveyard in violation of safety norms, police said.The police identified the main accused as Mohd. Aamir, who allegedly ran the Metro Gas Age ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Ten individuals were arrested on Monday, March 30, for allegedly storing and selling 414 LPG cylinders worth Rs 21.88 lakh in Hyderabad's Banjara Hills. The seized items included 148 full 19-kg cylinders, 30 full 47-kg cylinders, 35 full 5-kg cylinders, as well as 192 empty 19-kg cylinders, and nine empty 5-kg cylinders. According to the police, the ten accused - Mohd Aamir, Mohd Yousuf, Mohd Ismail, A Rama Rao, Lok Kumar, Mohd Sakruddin, Mohd Muntaz Ansari, Mohd Minaj Ansari, Rajes ...Read More >
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