Fuel Shortage

'Can't afford petrol or time in queues': Sri Lankans switch to bicycles as fuel shortage hits hard

Sri Lankans furious over fuel shortages have staged protests, blocked roads and confronted police

Why Sri Lanka has been forced to keep its schools shut?

The unprecedented fuel crisis has left Sri Lanka with no choice but shut schools once again. There is not enough fuel to transport children to school and prolonged power cuts are unavoidable

Sri Lanka economic crisis: Truck driver dies after waiting for five days in queue at fuel station

The death toll in queues now stands at 10 and all the victims have been men aged between 43 and 84 years. Majority of the deaths reported in queues have been due to cardiac arrests

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work as it battles acute fuel shortage

State- and government-approved private schools closed Friday amid the worsening fuel shortage, with thousands of people waiting in queues at fuel stations across the country for days at a time

Explained: How Sri Lanka's economy went into a tailspin

Months of lengthy blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and medicines have infuriated the public, with huge protests demanding the government's resignation turning violent this week

Loyalists turn on Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as pressure from protests grows

Sri Lanka is suffering its most painful economic downturn since independence in 1948, with months of lengthy blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and other essentials

With no escape from crisis-hit country, desperate Sri Lankans are risking their lives to enter India

Most Sri Lankan refugees would have been stranded if not found by the coast guard and taken to the camps. The refugee camps in Tamil Nadu, especially those with Sri Lankan refugees, are now open prisons overcrowded with multiple families jostling for space

Jammu and Kashmir admin orders rationing of fuel, cites shortage of stocks due to closure of highway

As panic-gripped people queued outside petrol pumps across Kashmir, the administration on Saturday ordered rationing of fuel, citing low stocks due to persistent closure of the Jammu-Srinagar highway.

Flight landing delay: IndiGo debunks Mamata's conspiracy theory; her life was not in danger

The airline pinned the blame on the ATC controller at Kolkata for the mess up and said the delay in landing was due to congestion issues at Kolkata airport