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Hyderabad, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the ongoing shortage of LPG due to the Gulf war, Hyderabad Police on Monday busted an illegal LPG cylinder hoarding racket with the arrest of 10 persons and seizure of 414 cylinders hidden in a graveyard. Hyderabad Commissioner's Task Force, along with Banjara Hills Police, busted the racket. According to Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar, the accused were found illegally hoarding 414 LPG cylinders at a graveyard in Banjara Hills to sell them at infla ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30: All refineries are operating at high capacity with adequate crude inventories, and sufficient stocks of petrol and diesel are being maintained while domestic LPG production from refineries has been increased to support local consumption, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said on Monday. Although LPG supply continues to be affected due to the prevailing geopolitical situation, no dry-outs have been reported at LPG distributorships. Most LPG distributorships also opera ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hoteliers and small eatery owners staged a protest in Telangana's Nalgonda district on Monday, March 30, against the shortage of LPG commercial cylinders. A large number of restaurant and bakery owners, pushcart vendors, tea stalls and fast-food owners besieged the office of the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) in Devarakonda Town, seeking relief from frequent raids by the Civil Supplies Department. Kumar Srinivasan Goud, one of the protestors, told the media that the unavailability ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) All refineries are operating at high capacity with adequate crude inventories, and sufficient stocks of petrol and diesel are being maintained while domestic LPG production from refineries has been increased to support local consumption, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said on Monday. Although LPG supply continues to be affected due to the prevailing geopolitical situation, no dry-outs have been reported at LPG distributorships. Most LPG distributo ...Read More >
Gangtok, Mar 30 (PTI) The Sikkim government has set up a control room in all six districts to regulate distribution of LPG cylinders throughout the state, officials said on Monday. A notification issued by Food & Civil Supplies Secretary Devariya Bardhan said that in view of the prevailing geopolitical situation affecting the availability of LPG cylinders, there is a need for an effective monitoring, better coordination, and timely redressal of public grievances related to cooking gas supply. ...Read More >
Bengaluru: As the ongoing Gulf War entered its 30th day, its ripple effects have begun to impact daily life in Karnataka, with a severe shortage of LPG cylinders disrupting households, hotels, and industries across Bengaluru and other regions. The shortage of commercial LPG cylinders has particularly hit hotels, restaurants, and small food businesses, many of which have been forced to scale down operations or temporarily shut. Residents have been seen queuing up outside gas agencies with empty ...Read More >
Chennai, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu Petroleum Merchants Association has clarified that there is no shortage of petrol or diesel anywhere in the state, even as rumours linked to the ongoing Iran conflict triggered panic buying and long queues at fuel stations. Speaking to reporters in Cuddalore, the association's president Murali said that fuel supply is functioning normally across Tamil Nadu and urged the public not to panic. Murali said that all the nearly 7,000 petrol pumps acro ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 12 (PTI) As the LPG supply crisis continues to affect commercial establishments, domestic consumers are now also feeling the heat due to booking issues, with distributors flooded with consumer queries. Although oil companies claim the shortage is limited to commercial cylinders, distributors say many areas are also facing a shortage of domestic cylinders. LPG distributors said they were being flooded with consumer queries but had no clear answers to offer. "Eighty per ...Read More >
Patna, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid concerns among domestic consumers over LPG availability, the district administration in Patna has taken strict measures to prevent black marketing and hoarding of gas cylinders. Acting on the directions of District Magistrate Thiyagarajan SM, the administration has constituted 28 raiding teams to closely monitor the supply and distribution of LPG across the district. To ensure smooth supply and address public grievances, the district administration has als ...Read More >
Indian businesses say they are struggling to keep operations running as gas supplies are disrupted by the US and Israel's war on Iran. Restaurant owners are scrambling to keep kitchens running and entrepreneurs in industries like ceramics and fertilisers say they are unable to maintain their production and are warning of shutdowns. India has said it is not short of gas but has invoked emergency measures to ensure supplies get to domestic consumers and other key users. The country meets half o ...Read More >
Mumbai: Amid concerns over possible LPG shortage, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has directed catering units at railway stations in its western zone to shift to microwave and induction plates and maintain stocks of ready-to-eat food items for passengers. Also Read: You may have to carry your food on trains as Railway catering may be suspended due to gas cylinder crisis In a communication issued on March 10, IRCTC asked operators of food plazas, refreshment rooms and 'Jan A ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) A fire broke out at a cluster of shanties near Eco Park in the New Town area near Kolkata on Wednesday evening. There was no report of any casualty in the blaze, which broke out in one of the shanties around 7.30 pm and quickly spread to adjoining houses, officials said. Twenty fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames, a fire brigade official said. "The fire has been contained. But due to presence of combustible materials in the shanties, it is taking t ...Read More >
Jaipur: Two people were killed and six injured when a bus carrying 65 passengers, mostly labourers from Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, caught fire after coming into contact with an 11 kV overhead power line in Todi village, Manoharpur, roughly 55 km from Jaipur Tuesday morning.Additional SP Tejpal Singh said the deceased were in the process of deboarding the bus near a brick kiln, when it came into contact with the power line. Bystanders and some passengers had tried to warn the driver of the hazard j ...Read More >
A devastating fire engulfed a restaurant at Moradabad's Clarks Inn Hotel, escalating rapidly after multiple gas cylinder explosions. Firefighters heroically rescued 16 individuals, including women and children, along with a dog. Tragically, one person was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital, while others are reported stable. The blaze's origin remains under investigation. In a dreadful incident, a massive fire broke out in a restaurant on the ground floor of Clarks Inn Hotel under the Ka ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old woman, her ex-boyfriend and his friend have been arrested for allegedly killing her live-in partner, a UPSC aspirant, in north Delhi's Timarpur earlier this month and staging it as a fire incident.According to police, she planned the murder as she suspected he possessed a hard disk containing "objectionable" videos and photographs of her.The accused - Amrita Chauhan, her ex-boyfriend Sumit Kashyap (27) and his friend Sandeep Kumar (29) - hail from UP's Moradabad, where t ...Read More >
Jaipur: Tuesday night's tragedy on Jaipur-Ajmer NH-48 has once again exposed the lethal combination of unsafe roadside parking, hazardous goods transport, and weak enforcement on one of Rajasthan's most vital freight corridors.While an investigation is underway to probe the reason behind the collision of a chemical-laden tanker with a truck carrying LPG cylinders, sources said the probe is focused on the immediate cause of the crash, not on the chronic road safety hazards on this highway. "The c ...Read More >
New Delhi | Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices were hiked by over 3 per cent and commercial LPG rates by Rs 15.50 per cylinder on Wednesday as oil firms revised fuel prices in line with global benchmarks. Jet fuel (ATF) price was increased by Rs 3,052.5 per kilolitre, or 3.3 per cent, to Rs 93,766.02 per kl in the national capital - home to one of the busiest airports in the country, according to state-owned fuel retailers. The increase comes on the back of a 1.4 per cent (Rs 1,308.41 per kl) ...Read More >
India's industrial gas demand is falling. Factories now prefer cheaper LPG and wood briquettes. Crude oil prices make natural gas expensive. LPG prices are lower than natural gas. Biofuels also reduce gas sales. Overall gas consumption dropped this fiscal. Power and refinery sectors cut gas use. City gas and petrochemicals show growth. India's industrial demand for natural gas is weakening as factories increasingly turn to cheaper alternatives such as LPG and wood briquettes. With crude steady ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sept 30 (PTI) Two women, who were critically injured in a cooking gas cylinder explosion in Mumbai last week, died on Tuesday, taking the toll in the tragedy to six, civic officials said. Janaki Gupta (39) and Durga Gupta (30), who had suffered 70% and 90 % burn injuries, respectively, succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment at the Airoli Burns Hospital, Navi Mumbai. A total of seven persons were injured in a blaze triggered by an LPG cylinder blast at a shop in Ram Kisa ...Read More >
Wheels India rose 4.30% to Rs 900.70 after the company said it entered into a technical agreement with SHPAC, a South Korean hydraulic cylinder manufacturer, for technology transfer in manufacturing.The company said hydraulic cylinders have been identified as a strategic growth area, and the agreement is expected to support expansion in this segment. Wheels India plans to leverage the partnership to access new global opportunities in the hydraulic cylinder industry. Managing director Srivats Ra ...Read More >
According to residents and eyewitnesses, the cloud kitchen had seven employees -- six women who were ancillary workers and a man who was the head cook. A fire broke out at a cloud kitchen in the densely populated Akurli area at Mumbai's Kandivali (east) on Wednesday morning, grievously injuring seven people. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) disaster management cell, the fire broke out around 9.05am at a shop located on the ground floor of a two-storey structure. Acc ...Read More >
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) saw a significant reduction in LPG under-recoveries during Q1 FY26, decreasing by approximately 35% due to price hikes and moderated sourcing costs. Despite this improvement, under-recoveries remained substantial, leading to a cumulative burden. The LPG under-recovery for Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) witnessed a sharp decline in the first quarter of FY26, narrowing by nearly 35 per cent quarter-on-quarter, according to a report by Care Edge Ratings. The report ...Read More >
Oil marketing companies have reduced the price of 19 kg commercial LPG cylinders by ₹33.50, effective August 1, bringing relief to businesses. This follows a series of price cuts in recent months, driven by a drop in crude oil prices. While domestic LPG prices remain stable, increased adoption has doubled connections to 33 crore households. Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have announced a price cut of Rs 33.50 for 19 kg commercial LPG cylinders, effective August 1. In Delhi, the revised retail ...Read More >
Tiruvallur: Tiruvallur Collector M Prathap on Monday said the cargo train carrying diesel from Chennai Harbour to Walajah Road Siding got derailed due to a crack in the track, causing friction resulting in the fire. Addressing mediapersons here, the collector said, almost 15 wagons of the train were completely burnt. However, diesel was recovered from the two unaffected wagons. More than 700 railway staff worked swiftly and diligently throughout the night and repaired the third and fourth track ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Tavarekere police have arrested a 22-year-old carpenter for allegedly raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl at her house in Karaga Beedhi on Wednesday afternoon. The accused, Yellappa, who worked near the victim's house, observed her movements closely. He found her to be alone at home as her parents, who are construction labourers, left home for work around 8 am daily. Her elder brother works at a local shop and her younger brother goes to school. The victim discontinued studies af ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Four air conditioning mechanics died of suspected gas leak at their rented accommodation in south Delhi's Dakshinpuri area, police said on Saturday. Police said a man named Zeeshan called them up, saying his relative was not responding to the calls and that the house was locked from the inside. When police arrived at the spot, they found four unconscious men on the first floor of the house in Dakshinpuri. The victims were rushed to Ambedkar hospital, which referred them to Safdarjung ...Read More >
New Delhi: State-owned fuel retailers on Tuesday hiked price of jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF) sharply by 7.5 per cent, while the cost of LPG used in commercial establishments was reduced by Rs 58.50 per cylinder, reflecting shifts in international benchmark rates. However, cooking gas used in domestic households remained unchanged at Rs 853 per 14.2-kg cylinder, according to a notification by oil-marketing companies (OMCs). The hike in ATF price is in line with the surge in internatio ...Read More >
Guwahati: Oil marketing companies reduced the price of commercial LPG cylinders from Tuesday (today), lowering the cost of a 19 kg cylinder by Rs 58.50. This price cut, which took effect from July 1, is expected to benefit commercial users such as hotels, restaurants, and various businesses. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! In Delhi, the revised retail price for a 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder now stands at Rs 1,665, down from the previous rate. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Oil marketing companies revised the prices of commercial LPG gas cylinders on Tuesday, reducing the cost of a 19 kg commercial cylinder by Rs 58.50. The new rates came into effect from July 1, bringing relief to commercial users such as hotels, restaurants, and businesses. While in Delhi, with the latest revision, the retail sale price of a 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder was set at Rs 1665, down from the previous rate. There was, however, no change in the price o ...Read More >
New Delhi | July 1, 2025 -- In a welcome move for commercial establishments, oil marketing companies have slashed the price of 19 kg commercial LPG cylinders by ₹58.50, effective July 1. This brings the price in Delhi down to ₹1,665, compared to ₹1,723.50 in June. Also Read: Delhi Scraps Police Licensing for Hotels, Pools, and Discotheques in Major Business Reform However, the 14.2 kg domestic LPG cylinder price remains unchanged, leaving household budgets under continued pressure despite rep ...Read More >
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