Domestic LPG price hiked by ₹60 amid West Asia conflict

The price of domestic cooking gas LPG on Saturday (March 7, 2026) was hiked by a steep ₹60 per cylinder as oil companies factored in increased energy prices in view of the West Asia conflict. Non-subsidised LPG, the one that common household users other than the poor Ujjwala beneficiaries use in their kitchens, will now cost ₹913 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi, according to the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) website.

Iran vessel with 183 sailors docked in Kochi on March 4

Days before the sinking of IRIS Dena by a U.S. submarine, Iran had approached India to let an Iranian ship dock in Kochi, sources in the government said. Iran had requested to “take in IRIS Lavan which was in India’s territorial waters for the International Fleet Review in Vishakhapatnam”, the source said.

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