Indian Sub-continent

New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) CNG prices in Delhi, Mumbai and Gujarat on Wednesday saw steep hikes after the government raised input natural gas prices to record levels.

Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) raised compressed natural gas (CNG) price by Rs 7 per kg to Rs 67 per kg in Mumbai while Gujarat Gas hiked rates by Rs 6.5 per kg to Rs 76.98.

In the national capital, Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) raised CNG price by another Rs 2.5 per kg, taking the total increase in rates in the last one month to about Rs 10 per kg.

New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Asserting that India is strongly against the Russia-Ukraine conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said if New Delhi has chosen a side, it is the side of peace and for an immediate end to violence.

Replying to the discussion in the Lok Sabha on the situation in Ukraine, Jaishankar said all members would agree that India's approach should be guided by its national beliefs and values, national interest and by its national strategy.

Kanpur: An FIR has been registered here against the Mahamandaleshwar of Nirvana Akhara for allegedly raping and molesting a girl on the pretext of performing initiation of the rituals.

The victim met godman Prakhar Ji Maharaj at a religious event in February 2020 to which she had flown from Bengaluru, along with her parents.

Mahamandaleshwar Prakhar Ji Maharaj of Nirvana Akhara was also present at the same event.

Kanpur: A chartered accountant, SK Poddar, reached the Central Bank of India (Karachi Khana branch) on Monday noon to check on his ₹35-lakh jewellery kept in the locker.

Poddar could not open it with his keys, but after efforts by bank officials, he could do so, only to find the valuables missing.

The victim had operated the locker after a gap of two years due to the pandemic.

In the last two months, this was the third such incident when a customer of this bank complained to the police about missing jewellery and valuables, said the police.

Kanpur: A couple in Kanpur has accused a seer and his disciple in Haridwar of brainwashing their daughter with the help of black magic and keeping her in their ashram forcibly.

The couple appealed to the State Women Commission and has given an application in this regard.

The Kanpur Police Commissioner has entrusted the investigation of the case to ACP Babu Purwa.

Kanpur: Stray animals roaming on the roads are increasingly becoming a cause of accidents. There were reported as many as two mishaps in Panki and Kalyanpur here. Two have lost their lives as a result.

In Panki a speeding car after losing balance collided with a tempo owing to a bull coming in front of the car.

The accident occurred near the railway Pul Turn at Panki Bhatia Tiraha.

Three passengers in the tempo got injured badly. One seriously injured passenger got admitted to a private nursing home.

ISLAMABAD, April 5 (APP): Russian Federation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said that there was an attempt by the US to interfere in the internal affairs of an independent state.

Commenting upon the political developments in Pakistan the other day, she said from facts and reports, it emerged that a conspiracy against the government was inspired and financed from abroad.

ISLAMABAD, Apr 5 (APP): Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the “senseless” vandalization and burning of more than 40 houses of the Muslim community in Karauli area of Rajasthan, India by radical Hindu zealots belonging to BJP-RSS dispensation with the connivance of local security authorities.

“Equally alarming is the apathy of state machinery which wantonly looked the other way and failed in its basic duty of protecting the lives and properties of its citizens,” the Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement.

COLOMBO, April 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late on Tuesday revoked the emergency rule ordinance that had gone into effect on April 1, even as the government struggled to quell protests amid the nation's worst economic crisis in decades.

In a Gazette notification, Rajapaksa said the emergency rule ordinance would stand revoked as of midnight on April 5.

New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed the blocking of 22 YouTube-based news channels, of which four are from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading fake news to mislead viewers.

This is the first time that action has been taken against the Indian YouTube-based news publishers since the notification of the IT Rules, 2021 in February last year, it said.