Top news of the day: LPG price hiked by ₹144.5 per cylinder in steepest rise since January 2014, Pakistan court convicts Hafiz Saeed of terror financing, and more
The HinduLPG price was increased to ₹858.50 per 14.2 kg cylinder from ₹714. But to insulate domestic users, the government almost doubled the subsidy it provides on the fuel to keep per cylinder outgo almost unchanged. Sara Abdullah Pilot filed a petition against the government’s move to charge the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister under the Public Safety Act. | MLAs with criminal cases almost doubled from 2015: ADR | Eight of nine women candidates fielded by AAP emerge victorious | Delhi 2020: Full coverage Lahkmen Rymbui of the United Democratic Party will be the new Home Minister of the State. The NIA in September 2019 filed a charge sheet claiming that JeM’s Sajjad Ahmad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Mudassir Ahmad Khan, was conspiring terror acts across India.