Mangalore : A majority of fishing boats have been anchored in the Malpe harbour following the hike in diesel rates. Nearly 300 fishing boats have not ventured into the sea since the hike in the diesel price and the fishing scenario has turned gloomy at Malpe harbour. The rise in diesel price has resulted in […]
New Delhi : Petrol price will be hiked by 30 paise per litre and diesel rate by 18 paise a litre after government decided to increase the commission paid to petrol pump dealers. The Petroleum Ministry on Thursday decided to increase the dealer commission on petrol from Rs. 1.499 per litre to Rs. 1.799 a […]
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee’s ministers will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh around 3 pm today to resign from his government over the new reforms he cleared last week. They will then head to Rashtrapati Bhawan where they will formally withdraw their letter of support to the ruling UPA coalition in which Ms Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress […]
Mangalore : The bundh call given by the BJP and other opposition parties opposing FDI in retail sector and also opposing diesel price hike is near total in Karnataka. Schools, colleges as well as IT companies remained closed in various parts of the state including Bangalore. Attendance of staff in state government offices was lean […]
Mangalore : BJP leaders and workers staged a protest in front of the Party office in Mangalore on September 20, Thursday opposing the diesel price hike and permission for FDI in retail sector. Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, Srikar Prabhu, City unit BJP President, Nitin Kumar and several other party leaders and workers were present. In […]
Mangalore: The bandh call given by the NDA and other opposition parties has completely paralyzed normal life in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on September 20, Thursday. The bundh is in protest against the diesel price hike and the government decision to allow FDI in retail sector. Both government as well as private buses are […]
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress is all set to pull out of Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government after its 72-hour deadline to rollback diesel price hike, remove the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders and disallow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail ends on Tuesday evening. Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata […]
Mangalore: Members of the Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike in association with the Autorickshaw and Tempo Drivers Owners Association organised a protest meet at the Tokkottu Junction on September 18, Tuesday morning, to condemn the recent hike in diesel prices and also against the cap on the number of LPG cylinders to be supplied during a year. […]
Mangalore: Yogish Bhat, MLA and Deputy Speaker has come down heavily on the Union government for increasing the price of diesel and for the cap on the number of LPG cylinders supplied during a year. He also made a strong case for the government to revoke its decision on allowing FDI in multi-brand retail sector. […]
New Delhi : Unfazed by large scale protests over diesel price hike, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asserted it was a step in the right direction and expressed the hope that economy would rebound in the second half of the current fiscal. “The recent increase in diesel prices is an important step in the right […]
