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It will provide some relief to restaurants, eateries and tea stalls etc which constitute the largest user segment of the 19 kg cylinder. (Representational image: ANI)

Commercial LPG cylinder prices slashed by Rs 102.50

A 19-kg cylinder, following the new rate cut, will cost Rs 1,998.50 as against Rs 2,101 in Delhi

1 Jan 2022 1:41 PM IST

The customers are eligible for five free transactions (inclusive of financial and non-financial transactions) every month from their own bank ATMs. (Representational Image/PTI)

ATM service charges increase, to cost Rs 21 per transaction from today

Banks have been permitted to charge Rs 21, instead of Rs 20 with applicable taxes, if any, shall be additionally payable

1 Jan 2022 1:11 PM IST

Women shout slogans during a protest of Delhi Commission for Women against the Hyderabad rape-murder case and alleged rise in the number of incidents of crime against women at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Nearly 31K complaints of crimes against women received in 2021,...

There was a 30 per cent rise in complaints of crimes against women in 2021 as compared to 2020 when 23,722 complaints...

1 Jan 2022 12:36 PM IST

Devotees return without darshan and prayers due to a stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, in Reasi district, Saturday morning, Jan 1, 2022. (PTI Photo)

J-K Lt Governor Sinha orders probe into stampede at Vaishno Devi...

Lt Governor Sinha announced an ex gratia relief of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 2 lakh to each...

1 Jan 2022 11:38 AM IST

A policeman asks visitors to vacate the area around Gateway of India amid restrictions imposed due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, on New Years Eve in Mumbai, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

India logs 22,775 new COVID cases; Omicron tally rises to 1,431

Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of 454 Omicron cases, followed by Delhi with 351, Kerala 118 and Gujarat 115

1 Jan 2022 10:30 AM IST

: Devotees on their way to Vaishno Devi Shrine as yatra resumes after a stampede incident at the shrine triggered by a heavy rush of devotees, at Katra in Reasi district, Saturday, Jan 1, 2022. (PTI)

New Year gloom: 12 killed, 14 injured in stampede at Vaishno Devi...

The Prime Minister's Office also announced an amount of â‚¹ 2 lakh each to the families of those who lost their lives in...

1 Jan 2022 10:09 AM IST

A health worker collects swab samples of passengers to conduct COVID-19 test, amid concern over rise in Omicron virus variant cases, at the Anand Vihar railway station near New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)

'Precaution dose' vaccine: NTAGI to decide next week

Around 80 million eligible children can register on the CoWIN app for their first vaccine dose from Saturday

1 Jan 2022 8:32 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman gestures during a news conference after the 46th GST Council meeting, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec 31, 2021. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

GST council puts off rate hike on textiles

The matter has been referred to the tax rate rationalisation committee and it will be discussed again at the next...

1 Jan 2022 7:13 AM IST

Sriram Karri | Don't be like me, please! Welcome dissent. Be kind....

As a parent, I, 2021, have surely shamed you. I was myself born of an equally, or more, ignominious parent, 2020

1 Jan 2022 12:47 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Ringing in 2022 amidst the spectre of Covid, Omicron

My Christmases and New Years are pleasantly haunted by the ghosts of Christmases and New Years past

1 Jan 2022 12:25 AM IST

A tour of the unique Patpong Museum, said, and showed it all. (DC Image)

Bangkok's newest museum chronicles its notorious nightlife

Michael Messner, long-time Austrian resident of the city, set up Patpong Museum after 14 years of intensive research

31 Dec 2021 8:10 PM IST

Labourers walk to return to their native places, during the 21-day lockdown across the country to contain the Covid-19, in New Delhi. PTI photo

2022: Daunting labour reforms, informal workers' social security fund...

More than 17 crore informal sector workers have registered themselves on the e-Shram portal

31 Dec 2021 3:11 PM IST