New Delhi : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday that the government has decided to reduce the Central excise duty on petrol by Rs 8 per litre and on diesel by Rs 6 per litre. This will reduce the price of petrol by Rs 9.5 per litre and of diesel by Rs 7 per […]

Mangaluru : The DK District unit of the Youth Congress staged a protest to oppose the rising petrol and diesel prices in front of the party office here on June 7, Monday Addressing the protestors, senior party leader Ibrahim Kodijal said the Union Government by increasing fuel and LPG prices has created more problems for the […]

New Delhi : In a third such reduction in a month, petrol prices were reduced by Rs 1.51 per litre from midnight on Sunday while diesel prices were increased by 50 paise per litre excluding value added tax (VAT) . The cut in petrol price will be more after the local taxes or VAT is […]

New Delhi : Diesel prices may be increased by at least Rs 3 a litre after the Monsoon Session of Parliament ends next week as the depreciating rupee threatens to widen the government’s fuel subsidy bill. Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said while there was no proposal with him “just now” to raise diesel prices, […]

New Delhi:  The  government on Thursday  hiked diesel prices by a steep Rs 5.62 per litre and restricted the supply of subsidised cooking gas to 6 cylinders per household in a year to fetch an additional Rs 20,300 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the decisions which […]