Fuel prices are back in the political spotlight as the Congress party launches a sharp attack on the Modi government over the latest petrol and diesel price hike. Calling PM Narendra Modi “Mehngai Man”, Congress leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and K C Venugopal accused the Centre of pushing the burden of economic pressure onto ordinary citizens right after elections. The opposition has alleged that while global crude oil prices saw periods of decline, the government failed to provide relief to the public and instead increased fuel costs once polling concluded. Kharge described the situation as a “Modi-made crisis”, linking rising inflation, expensive fuel and growing pressure on middle-class and poor families to the Centre’s economic policies.

The hunt for the "Hiker from Hell" is officially on. The FBI has just slapped a massive $100,000 bounty on the masked predator who snatched 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie from her Tucson home. As the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother hits a desperate Day 12, investigators have narrowed the target to a suspect carrying a specific black Ozark Trail hiker pack. But the mystery goes deeper. Chilling letters sent to TMZ demand a Bitcoin ransom, with a cryptic tipster warning: “I am not being taken seriously.”