New Delhi: Petrol price will come down by 92 paise while cost of diesel will go up by 37 paise from midnight Sunday in the capital, with the Delhi government issuing a notification adjusting the Value Added Tax (VAT) on the two fuels. Petrol will cost Rs 70.24 per litre from current Rs 71.16 per […]

Bangalore: Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has said that the decision on cutting down the cess on petrol in the state would be taken in two days after consultation with finance officials. It may be recalled here that the CM had earlier promised to reduce the cess after the MLC elections. Now that the elections […]

Mangalore: The District unit of the BJP has extended its full support to the Bharath Bundh call given on May 31 demanding the roll back on petrol price hike. The BJP at the same time has said that as many auspicious functions are scheduled for that day, the vehicles relating to such functions would be […]

Mangalore : The first ever steepest hike in petrol prices with effect from midnight of May 23, Wednesday, has triggered public outrage throughout the nation. The common man is wondering if it was the UPA government’s third anniversary gift to him, that too after the Parliamentary session ended, just to avoid any confrontation with the […]

Panaji: The neighbouring tiny state of Goa, a Konkani state, has become a model to Karnataka where Konkanigas about, in reducing the petrol price by Rs.11 a litere this week. The new BJP government that came to power here after 5 years, has made the drastic change. The Goa rate is lower by Rs.20 a […]

Kasaragod: What was a religious service in temples having ancient traditions of beseeching God for favours, has turned a political weapon of Satyagraha to ABVP activists(college students). They conducted Urulu seve(roll down the road) on a national highway and abused the UPA government, for raising prices of petroleum products such as petrol and kerosene oil. […]

New Delhi:  In the biggest-ever price increase of the fuel, state-owned oil companies hiked petrol price by Rs. 5 per litre with effect from Saturday midnight. The steep hike in petrol price is likely to be followed by a Rs. 4 per litre increase in diesel rates and Rs. 20-25 per cylinder increase in domestic […]