• Dealers say some companies delivering small amounts of diesel.
• Fuel pumps running dry and unable to serve customers: dealers
• Dealers also complain of cancellation of orders after placement. 

Fuel traders warn that a manufactured shortage of high-speed diesel is affecting petrol pumps nationwide, calling on the government to act before conditions deteriorate, The News reported on Saturday. 

In a letter to the chairman of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), the Petrol Pump Dealers Association said oil marketing companies (OMCs) have been limiting diesel supplies for the past week. 

According to the dealers, some companies are delivering very small amounts, while others are not supplying fuel at all. Because of this, many pumps are running dry and are unable to serve customers. 

Dealers say they place orders that later get cancelled, and fuel trucks are left waiting for hours without being loaded. They believe the shortage is not natural but artificial, created by companies ahead of a possible increase in fuel prices expected later this month. 

The association said the supply cuts are so severe that stations are “hardly able to meet the public’s needs”. They have asked Ogra to direct OMCs to provide diesel based on each pump’s regular sales so that stations can operate normally again.

The letter, sent on November 14 by the association’s vice chairman, was also shared with senior officials, including the petroleum minister, the petroleum secretary, the director general oil, and the secretary of the Oil Companies Advisory Council.

It may be noted that a fuel price update is expected at midnight today. 

The government jacked up the fuel prices for the outgoing fortnight, effective from November 1, following recommendations from the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) and the relevant ministries.

The petrol price was increased by Rs2.43 per litre and set at Rs265.45 per litre till tonight, while the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) was also increased by Rs3.02 to Rs278.44 per litre, the Finance Division said in a notification based on the authority’s last review.

The new The Beatles’ biopics have suffered a major problem.

Reportedly, the filmmakers of all four The Beatles biopics have been banned from shooting at the iconic Abbey Road.

Earlier this year Sony confirmed the cast for the four Beatles projects following a sea of speculation, with all four films set to be released in April 2028.

Paul Mescal will play Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson will play John Lennon, Barry Keoghan will star as Ringo Starr and Joseph Quinn will play George Harrison in the films about The Fab Four.

However, with production underway, it’s now been claimed bosses have been blocked from filming at the iconic Abbey Road crossing.

Sam Mendes, who is directing the films, had wanted to recreate the Beatles’ 1969 album cover on the crossing.

Westminster Council have reportedly refused permission as filming at the legendary location would force result in the road being temporarily closed, causing traffic chaos.

An insider told The Sun: “It’s believed they turned down the request on the basis that they’d have to shut down the road for filming to take place safely.”

They continued, “The trouble is that the huge number of tourists who visit the area often cause disruption by having their picture taken recreating the scene.”

“That would be magnified by having dozens of cast and crew present to do the same thing for ” movie. Now the producers are facing the prospect of omitting the scene as they really don’t want to rely on CGI because that would not look authentic,” the insider further mentioned.

“The hope is that they kind a road that looks similar enough that they can still make it happen in some form,” the source concluded.

Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming opened up about her raw feelings and thoughts after her husband was diagnosed with dementia.

The wife of the legendary actor confessed to grief expert and author David Kessler that she felt “anger and resentment” after Bruce was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023, via Radaronline.com.

It is pertinent to mention that the 70-year-old actor retired from acting in 2022 amid his battle with aphasia.

In the touching conversation, Emma said to the expert, “When we received that diagnosis, you know, we walked out of there with nothing. With no hope, no support, no road map.

“It was just ‘check back in in a couple months’, and we were sent on our way.”

She went on to say, “And I thought, ‘How could this be? How are people being diagnosed and pushed out the door with no support?”

And this question became her inspiration to write a book and share her experience in her memoir, The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path.

Moreover, Emma also dished on her emotions she went through after Bruce’s diagnosis.

She wrote, “The most jarring ones for me were the anger and the resentment that I started to feel. I had so much shame, and just felt like a horrible person because I was having these feelings.”