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Union home ministry denies Hardeep Puri’s Rohingya tweet – but blames media

Hardeep Singh Puri, union minister for housing and urban affairs, tweeted on Wednesday that the Indian government will provide housing and police protection to the Rohingya refugees in Delhi. Just a few hours later, the union home ministry denied there was such a plan. Instead of clarifying, however, that Puri…

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Govt flats to Rohingya refugees trigger row, home ministry clarifies

NEW DELHI: A controversy erupted on Wednesday over allotment of government flats to Rohingya refugees in Delhi. Critics said it was against the Centre’s earlier claims that the Rohingya Muslims were not refugees but illegal immigrants and that the Kashmiri Pandits and Hindus from Pakistan living as refugees in the…

The Times of India

India denies it will provide homes to Rohingya in capital

Hours after a federal minister says refugees will be given apartments in New Delhi, home ministry denies media reports.

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Union Home Ministry overrules Housing Minister’s tweet on providing flats to Rohingya

Denial comes after Hardeep Puri announces shifting them to an apartment complex

The Hindu

Rohingya refugees in India's capital to be given flats, security

NEW DELHI: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in India's capital will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, a government minister said on Wednesday, signalling a change in the stance towards members of the Muslim minority.

Bangkok Post

India backtracks on support for Rohingya refugees, will deport them

India's home ministry said on Wednesday that Rohingya refugees in the capital New Delhi would be held at a detention centre and then deported, contradicting a minister's earlier statement promising flats and security to members of the Muslim minority.

Reuters

Parliamentary proceedings | Profit of oil companies increased manifold: Centre tells Rajya Sabha

LPG price increased only by 41.5% while Saudi Contract Price had increased by 207% from 2020 to 2022: Minister

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Centre to probe STP proposal at Avikkal Thodu in Kozhikode

MP Raghavan meets Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in New Delhi

The Hindu

61 lakh 'pucca' houses made under PMAY-U: Hardeep Puri to Lok Sabha

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri informed the Lok Sabha that central assistance has been provided to States and Union Territories since 2015 for the pucca houses project

The Hindu

Central Vista Avenue redevelopment project to be completed by July 18: Puri

Earlier this week, Mr. Puri had visited the stretch and said that Delhiites, who have warm memories of the place, would be pleasantly surprised to see how it is being totally transformed

The Hindu

4 die as Pawan Hans helicopter headed for oil rig off Mumbai coast lands at sea, goes down

MUMBAI: Four of the nine occupants of a Pawan Hans helicopter died after the aircraft, carrying ONGC officials to an oil rig in Bombay High, made an emergency landing in the Arabian sea on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka restricts fuel use, tells residents to stay home

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka abruptly restricted fuel supplies and told residents to stay home, raising the risk of more unrest as the government struggles to provide essential goods due to a crippling sovereign debt crisis that has rocked the country for months.

The Times of India

LPG subsidy only for poor, no respite from record price for others

NEW DELHI: LPG subsidy will be given only to poor households with ‘Ujjwala’ connections and all others will have to pay market price but the government is likely to continue to keep fuel prices in check.

The Times of India

Fuel retailers talking of under-recoveries on petrol, diesel: Hardeep Puri

NEW DELHI: With fuel prices remaining unchanged for almost two months despite a rise in cost, oil companies have started detailing under-recoveries or losses, which are as high as Rs 17.1 per litre on petrol and Rs 20.4 on diesel.

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People don’t feel safe in Punjab, says Hardeep Singh Puri

Union Minister Hardeep Puri says it has become a ‘free-for-all’ after the Aam Aadmi Party came to power

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Quad leaders meet in Tokyo at 2nd in-person summit; India to be the leader of green hydrogen, says Puri in Davos, and more

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India to be the leader of green hydrogen: Puri in Davos

India is moving faster than any other country towards a green transition, Petroleum Minister says at Davos

The Hindu

27 dead in massive fire near Delhi’s Mundka metro station

Owners of the company where the blaze broke out detained; PM announces ₹2 lakh ex gratia.

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First RRTS train set on way to Ghaziabad from Gujarat

The first train set of Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), equipped with modern mobility features, was handed over to NCRTC by Alstom India as it rolled out of its manufacturing plant in Gujarat's Savli on Saturday.

The Hindu

PM’s fuel VAT remark ignites war of words between Centre, Telangana

Modi says TS among 7 States that did not agree to reduce VAT; KTR claims tax was ‘never’ increased

The Hindu

Govt asks state-run petroleum firms to consider buying Russian oil assets

The call on companies to explore buying the stake in Rosneft came after BP CEO Bernard Looney met Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in March

The Hindu

KTR hits back at Union Minister on fuel prices

‘State govt. did not hike taxes even once’

The Times of India

Structural safety certificate from project engineer must be made mandatory for buildings, says advisory panel

NEW DELHI: Amid a public outcry over partial collapse of a residential building in Gurugram, a top central advisory body on Tuesday pitched for making it mandatory to obtain structural safety certificates from the promoter of the project and the site engineer for seeking the completion certification.

Radio France Internationale

India jacks up diesel, petrol prices in aftermath of state elections

Indian state fuel retailers have increased petrol prices almost daily since the curtains fell on key state elections. The government blamed the rapidly rising costs on the Ukraine war, while experts warned the price surge could derail livelihoods and businesses.

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No relief for petrol/diesel users: 14th hike by makes them dearer Rs 10/litre in 16 days

Fuel prices go up by another 80 paise a litre on Wednesday; after this 14th hike in the past 16 days petrol and diesel become dearer by Rs 10 a litre.

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