Petrol, diesel prices on April 19: Check latest rates in your city

Petrol, diesel prices remained unaffected on Wednesday, Goodreturns website showed. Prices across major cities including New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai did not mark any shift from yesterday’s figures. In Delhi-NCR petrol prices were marked at ₹96.72 for the national capital, ₹97.10 for Gurugram, ₹ 96.77 for Noida, the data showed. Mumbai’s petrol price was marked […]

Shanghai Auto Show: China’s Xpeng takes cues from Tesla for its new EV platform

Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc is the latest manufacturer hoping to save money and speed development and production by shifting to a digital vehicle architecture – an approach that bears a striking resemblance to Tesla Inc’s. Unveiled this week ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show, Xpeng’s Smart Electric Platform Architecture 2.0 has essentially the […]

UPSRTC Board Meet: 100 electric buses for Lucknow, maternity privileges for women employees

The U.P. state road transport corporation (UPSRTC) at its 244th board review meeting on Tuesday cleared maternity privileges for employees and introducing 100 electric buses to its existing fleet in the state capital. In the meeting, chaired by principal secretary, transport, L Venkateshwar Lu, 11 matters were finalised including interdepartmental switch for pregnant women operators. […]

Centre derails two multi-crore rail projects under MUTP 3A

The Central government has scrapped the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)-Panvel elevated fast corridor and the Virar-Vasai-Panvel suburban rail line, which could have enhanced the connectivity between Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Palghar. Additionally, the number of air-conditioned (AC) local trains, which were poised to be procured in the future, had been brought down from […]

Full emergency declared at Delhi airport after Air India plane lands with crack in windshield

Full emergency was declared at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday for a Delhi-bound Air India flight owing to a glitch, a source said. The flight had 180 passengers on board. Air India, in a statement, said that its flight AI858 operating on Pune-Delhi route landed ahead of its scheduled time following a minor […]

Govt depts to make centralised payment of power bills

LUCKNOW In a bid to streamline the bill payment process and help cash-strapped Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) maintain liquidity, all government departments, corporations, development authorities, and local bodies will now pay their electricity dues centrally. According to officials, the government has decided to introduce a centralised billing system in which power bills to […]