New Delhi: Petroleum and oil marketing companies have announced a reduction in the price of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 91.50 per unit, effective immediately from Saturday.

As a result, the 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 2,028 in the national capital.

The prices of domestic LPG cylinders, however, remain unchanged.

Earlier this year, on March 1, the companies had increased the prices of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 350.50 per unit and domestic LPG cylinders by Rs 50 per unit. Prior to that, on January 1, commercial cylinder prices were raised by Rs 25 per unit.

It is worth noting that the prices of commercial cylinders were last reduced on September 1, 2022, by Rs 91.50. Additionally, on August 1, 2022, the prices of commercial LPG cylinders were reduced by Rs 36 and, on July 6, 2022, the rates for the 19-kilogram commercial cylinder were cut by Rs 8.5 per unit.

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Tiruchirappalli (PTI): A Bengaluru bound Air India Express flight with about 137 passengers made an "emergency landing," here following a technical glitch, sources at the airport said.

The Thiruvananthapuram-Bengaluru service suffered the glitch mid-air, following which it made the safe landing here, the sources added.

All the passengers disembarked the flight and the technical crew was attending to the fault.

An Air India Express spokesperson said the flight "was diverted to Tiruchirappalli due to a technical issue."

"A replacement aircraft is being organised to operate the flight to Bengaluru. We are providing all administrative arrangements and regret the inconvenience caused to the travel schedule (of passengers)," the spokesperson added.