LPG cylinder up Rs 50; petrol Rs 99.87 in Raj

New Delhi: Petrol price soared to Rs 99.87 a litre in Rajasthan on Tuesday, the highest in the country. With a hike of Rs 50, LPG cylinder now costs Rs 769 in Delhi. — PTI

Eminent jurist Rama Jois passes away

bengaluru: Eminent jurist and former Governor of Bihar and Jharkhand, Justice (retd) M Rama Jois, passed away here on Tuesday. He was 89 and is survived by wife, son and daughter. Jois was not keeping well due to age-related ailments and suffered a cardiac arrest, family sources said. PTI

Chatterjee takes over as top UN envoy

beijing: Senior UN official Siddharth Chatterjee of India has formally taken over as the UN Resident Coordinator in China, a key posting of overseeing the work of 27 agencies, funds and programmes of the global organisation. He will be UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s senior-most UN Representative in China as the UN Resident Coordinator. PTI

Portal, app for cantt residents launched

new delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched a portal and mobile app to provide civic services to over 20 lakh residents of 62 cantonments across the country. The portal (echhawani.gov.in) will allow residents to avail basic services like payment of taxes and fees. TNS