A 17-year-old minor died while another suffered injury after being stabbed by an individual during a wedding procession in which two groups of boys started quarreling on some issue at around 11:15 pm in Delhi’s Rani Bagh.. The police have apprehended the main accused and his accomplice (Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times file photo). A friend of the deceased said that a scuffle erupted among some children, and the boy must have stepped in to intervene. However, an individual present at the spot thought that he was hitting the children and stabbed him. It is not confirmed yet whether the deceased hit anyone. Another victim suffered minor injuries and is currently hospitalised.. ALSO READ | 16-year-old stabbed to death in northeast Delhi, three held. “Our friend had attended a wedding. While he was there, a scuffle broke out among some children. He must have stepped in to intervene. An older individual present there saw the commotion, perhaps thinking he was hitting the children. They did not actually know whether he was hitting anyone or not. However, when he stepped into the middle of the altercation to intervene, that individual stabbed him with a knife. There were two of our friends who were stabbed. One of our friends has passed away, and the other is currently hospitalised,” he said.. The police have apprehended the main accused and his accomplice. The weapon of offence, a knife, has also been recovered.. An investigation is underway.. Earlier in a separate incident, police from PS Alipur in Delhi’s Outer North District on Friday quickly solved a murder case that took place at a de-addiction centre in Hiranki. The officers had received a report of a stabbing at a colony in Hiranki. The victim was identified as Arun Kumar, a 22-year-old from Burari. A case was registered under Section 103(1) BNS at PS Alipur.. A special team led by Inspector Vivek, under the supervision of Inspector Shailender Sharma and ACP/SP Badli, was formed immediately. Within an hour, the team apprehended the accused, Arun Joshi (27), at the scene itself. A blood-stained knife, believed to be the murder weapon, was recovered from his possession. 

 Ahead of the inauguration of phase 1 of the Noida International Airport on Saturday, the Noida Traffic Police has issued an advisory noting entry routes, parking zones and diversions for vehicles. The advisory is enforced from 7 am to 11 pm, with arrangements for emergency vehicles.. The advisory will remain in force from 7 am to 11 pm, with arrangements for emergency vehicles such as ambulances and fire services. (ANI/Representational Image). Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the first phase of the airport in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar today at 12 noon.. Follow for live updates in Noida International Airport launch. According to the advisory, the movement of heavy goods vehicles, medium goods vehicles, and light goods vehicles will remain restricted on the Noida–Greater Noida Expressway, Yamuna Expressway, and nearby routes. However, emergency vehicles will be allowed through this route.. Traffic diversions. Further, vehicles from Meerut and Ghaziabad will be routed via the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, exiting at Sirsa Toll and proceeding through designated roundabouts before reaching the venue.. Traffic coming from Mathura and Aligarh via the Yamuna Expressway will exit at Jewar Cut and enter through Sabauta Underpass and Kishorpur Gate. Vehicles from Hapur, Bulandshahr and nearby areas will be diverted along the Jewar-Khurja road and enter through Parohi Gate.. Also read: Jewar airport inauguration: A sneak peek into Noida International Airport ahead of opening. Separate entries for attendees of event. VIP and media entry: Dignitaries and VIP’s attending the event have been advised to access the venue through the dedicated Yamuna Expressway interchange. Separate parking zones have been allocated to them. Media personnel will enter via Kishorpur Gate.. Administrative staff vehicles: Police, administrative staff and government employees on duty will also use the Kishorpur Gate, while official buses will be routed via Dayanantpur.. Visitors: People commuting from Noida and Greater Noida using the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway will be diverted through specified roundabouts and service roads before entering via a temporary gate near Ranehra Police Post.. Also read: Are schools open in Ghaziabad today? Check order ahead of Noida airport launch. Two-wheelers and light vehicles will enter via Kishorpur Gate, while vehicles coming from Jewar town will also use the same gate.. The advisory urged commuters to follow designated routes and avoid unnecessary travel near the venue to ensure the smooth conduct of the high-profile event. 

 New Delhi: Crude oil prices breaching the $100 per barrel threshold is the equivalent of midflight turbulence to global economy. Business as usual has to be suspended and a prolonged phase can cause serious damage. For a country like India, which is heavily dependent on oil imports, crude crossing $100 per barrel today is not the same as when it breached this threshold earlier. To be sure, this is true for all countries to some extent and nominal crude prices, even in dollar terms, follow a different trajectory compared to real dollars. HT showed this in a chart on March 10.. Crude oil prices matter for government finances and refinery margins. For the retail economy what matters are things like the prices of petrol and diesel. (Reuters/Representational Image). However, for a country like India, the dynamics are vastly different because of the exchange rate dynamics at play. Crude oil is almost always paid for in dollars, unless the trade is with a country like Iran or Russia which is facing US economic sanctions. This means the actual prices for the Indian economy, in rupee terms, can be drastically different. A long-term analysis of the data shows this clearly.. Crude in March 2026 and March 2022 is not very different in $ terms, but ₹ price is very different. Also read: How will current oil shock impact Indian factories? | Number Theory. CMIE gives monthly and daily data for the price of crude oil in dollar terms. Brent crude was priced at $117.2 per barrel in March 2022. This is an important milestone because the Russia-Ukraine war started in February 2022. Brent crude’s price was $118.4 per barrel on March 20, 2026. This is a difference of just about 1% from the immediate aftermath of Ukraine war. However, the price in INR in these two periods varies by a much larger amount. This is because of the movement in the INR-USD exchange rate. This number was ₹76.24 per USD in March 2022, leading to a price of ₹8,935.3 per barrel for Brent crude. With the INR-USD exchange rate falling to ₹93.35 per USD on March 20, 2026, the domestic currency price of Brent crude was ₹11,052.64 per barrel; a difference of 23.6%. Such differences can also be seen in historical data. (See Chart 1). Crude price chart. This also means retail transmission of fuel prices looks different when compared with crude prices in $ or ₹ terms. Crude oil prices matter for government finances and refinery margins. For the retail economy what matters are things like the prices of petrol and diesel. How have the two moved in India? The picture looks very different if one compares the retail price of petrol (in Delhi) with crude prices in USD and INR terms. The former shows that retail prices had not come down as much as crude prices until the current war broke out while the latter shows that even though crude prices had been falling, retail prices were still lower in proportional terms as they had not increased. (See Chart 2A, 2B). Also read: Indian Oil buys first Irania 

 New Delhi. India backs Bangladesh’s quest for justice for atrocities by Pakistan in 1971. India on Friday strongly backed Bangladesh’s quest for justice for atrocities by the Pakistani military, including the killing of millions of Bangladeshis and mass sexual violence against women, during the country’s liberation war in 1971 in the face of Islamabad’s non-commital response to Dhaka’s recent highlighting of these crimes.. The external affairs ministry outlined India’s position on the issue three days after Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman described Operation Searchlight – the Pakistani military’s brutal crackdown on the nationalist movement in the erstwhile East Pakistan – as “one of the most heinous genocides in history”.. External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal referred to the “terrible atrocities” perpetrated by Pakistan during Operation Searchlight while backing Bangladesh’s desire for justice. “The genocide involved systematic and targeted killing of millions of innocent Bangladeshi people and mass sexual violence against women. It also forced millions of Bangladeshi people out of their country – they came to India as refugees,” he told a weekly media briefing.. “These atrocities, needless to say, shook the conscience of the world at large. Pakistan however, remains in denial to this very day of its crimes. We support Bangladesh in its desire for justice,” Jaiswal said.. As Bangladesh observed “Genocide Day” on March 25 to pay tribute to those killed in 1971, Rahman issued a message that said the genocide perpetrated on that day was a “pre-planned massacre”. March 25, 1971, “remains one of the most disgraceful and brutal days” as Pakistani occupation forces indiscriminately opened fire on teachers, intellectuals and civilians at various places, including Dhaka University and Rajarbāgh Police Lines.. Rahman said the resistance against the genocide by the 8th East Bengal Regiment in Chattogram on the night of March 25, 1971, led to the nine-month liberation war.. Bangladesh has long sought an apology from Pakistan for the killings and sexual violence by Pakistani forces in 1971, though Islamabad has routinely spurned such requests.. When Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesperson was asked about Rahman’s message, he replied that Islamabad considers the events of 1971 to be “complex and open to differing interpretations”. The spokesperson also called for constructive engagement based on objectivity, mutual respect and a shared commitment to historical accuracy and made no reference to an apology.. India’s victory over Pakistan, along with the surrender of more than 90,000 Pakistani soldiers, on December 16, 1971 led to the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation.. Jaiswal responded to another question on Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s reported criticism of Pakistani Shias who are sympathetic towards Iran by saying that Islamabad has an 

 Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s arrival in Kolkata was delayed by two hours after a severe thunderstorm lashed the city and its outskirts around Friday midnight.. Shah left the airport in a convoy at 2 am for a city hotel, where he was received by senior state BJP leaders. (ANI). According to airport sources, the special aircraft carrying the home minister from Delhi was scheduled to land at 11:46 pm. However, the plane was forced to hover over the airspace of the neighbouring Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts as a ‘nor’wester’ triggered lightning and heavy rain.. The aircraft landed at 1:46 am on Saturday. Shah left the airport in a convoy at 2 am for a city hotel, where he was received by senior state BJP leaders.. A senior party leader said Shah had departed from Delhi at 10:46 pm.. The weather-induced delay comes a day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s flight from Andal faced similar conditions. On March 26, her aircraft was unable to land at the Kolkata airport for an hour due to a thunderstorm before weather conditions improved.. On Saturday afternoon, Shah is expected to release a ‘charge sheet’ against the Trinamool Congress government at a hotel in New Town. The document is a compilation of the BJP’s allegations against the TMC ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal.. Shah has made frequent visits to West Bengal over the past two months to lead organisational meetings, public rallies, and outreach programmes, including the ‘Poriborton Yatra’, to strengthen the party’s grassroots network and poll strategy.