Petrol price slashed by Rs. 3.77, diesel by Rs 2.91 per litre from midnight

While affordability and transparency in healthcare are important objectives shared by all stakeholders, the issue needs to be examined in its proper regulatory and administrative context, they said. 

Speaking to ANI, Alvi said, "Over the past 12 years, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been doing everything that goes against Muslims. Will the UCC improve the economic situation? Will the UCC eliminate unemployment? Will the UCC bring down petrol and diesel prices? You intend to implement it in 21 states. The very concept of a Uniform Civil Code implies uniformity within civil laws. Currently, Hindus, Muslims, and Christians have distinct personal laws.”

The move comes after authorities identified gaps in the existing system, with some commercial vehicles obtaining fitness certificates at testing centres that rely on outdated technology, while private vehicles were getting pollution-under-control certificates from booths located outside petrol pumps.

Telangana BJP Chief N. Ramchander Rao said, "The Congress has not learned the lessons from its past experiences. Vande Mataram has to be respected. Parliament has passed a clear-cut order for the entire country to sing and render all the stanzas. But even in Jammu and Kashmir, when the government there plays Vande Mataram, the Congress objects

In a swift and coordinated maritime intelligence operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully intercepted a suspicious vessel suspected of illicit diesel smuggling off the coast of Mumbai, recovering concealed cash and contraband.