-The Hindustan Times Patna: Panic-stricken people in Meghalaya today rushed to Grocery stores and purchased salt at exorbitant prices following wild rumours that the commodity was in short supply. In neighbouring West Bengal, similar rumours sent people in Siliguri, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts rushing to stores and buy salt at Rs100-150 a kg since Thursday night. In Bihar, where it all started, the police arrested 21 persons on charges of hoarding and...
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Panic buying: Salt sells at Rs 60 a kg in Odisha
-PTI BHUBANESWAR/JAJPUR (ODISHA): People in various parts of Odisha started panic buying of salt on Monday following a rumour that it would disappear from the market, like potato, stretching the price even to Rs 60 a kg. Hit hard by the ongoing potato pinch for the last several days, people made a beeline to Grocery shops to buy as much salt as they could, thus leading to mad scenes in the...
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-The Hindustan Times Can a bank be held liable if a customer is robbed inside the bank premises, but before he has deposited cash with the cashier? The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has delivered conflicting verdicts. In a recent judgment NCDRC ruled that a bank's security guard is under no obligation to provide security to account holders, and therefore, the bank cannot be forced to compensate a customer whose money...
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-The Times of India DAKSHIN BARASAT (South 24-Parganas): Every other house in this part of Bengal has a rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Saradha Group showed them a dream that was unbelievable when it lasted. But then reality struck a hard, bitter blow. Sixty-year-old Dulal Chandra Gharami walked back home tense on Monday afternoon. He was summoned to the Trinamool Congress office at Beliadanga, where he was asked to cough up protection money. For last four...
More »Tribals in south Gujarat pay 90 per litre for petrol -Melvyn Reggie Thomas
-The Times of India SURAT: For the tribals living in interior villages of Dang, Tapi and Surat districts, driving a motorcycle has become a costly affair. While their counterparts in other areas, who have access to petrol pumps, are paying Rs 70.68 per litre, they have to shell out Rs 90 per litre for the fuel. With no petrol pumps in the interior villages, they are dependent on Grocery stores selling petrol...
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