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Congress to protest against fuel price hike, rising inflation on June 11

The Congress will stage protests across Rajasthan on June 11 against fuel price hike and rising inflation, as part of a countrywide agitation call. State Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra told reporters here on Tuesday that due to wrong policies of the Centre, inflation has become uncontrollable in the country and the prices of all essential commodities, including petrol, diesel and cooking gas, are increasing at an unprecedented rate. He said party workers will stage protests in front of petrol pumps in all districts of the state as part of the call given by the All India Congress Committee. Dotasra said that the price of crude oil in the international market in April 2014 was USD 108 per barrel and the price of petrol in the country was Rs 71 per litre and diesel Rs 57 per litre. But in June 2021, despite the price of crude oil being USD 61 per barrel, the price of petrol is Rs 102.82 per litre and diesel Rs 95.96 per litre, he said. Dotasra said the rising inflation has h

OMCs keep petrol & diesel rates unchanged across four metro cities

The oil marketing companies (OMC) kept petrol and diesel prices unchanged on Tuesday across the four metro cities

Fuel price hike: Pradhan blames it on global crude oil price surge

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday blamed the recent surge in global crude oil prices for the fuel price hike in India.

Waves of tax collection epidemic continuously coming: Rahul on fuel prices

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the waves of tax collection epidemic are continuously coming

Fuel price rise for second consecutive day takes it to new highs

Fuel price rise in the country continued on Monday with oil marketing companies (OMCs) increasing the the pump rate of both petrol and diesel for the second consecutive day

Petrol prices cross Rs 95/litre in Delhi, Rs 101/litre in Mumbai

Petrol and diesel prices increased across the four metros on Sunday, with petrol price in the national capital crossing the Rs 95-per-litre mark.

A monetary policy of continuity with change

This time, RBI's rate-setting body is not only talking about sustaining growth but also reviving it

Petrol, diesel price remain unchanged as OMCs goes for a longer pause

Fuel price rise in the country went for a longer pause as OMCs kept the pump rate of petrol and diesel unchanged for the second consecutive day on Thursday

Fuel sales plunge to lowest in year in India as states lock down for Covid

Oil demand across wide swathes of Asia has been hurt by resurgent coronavirus waves in recent months

At Rs 105.52 a litre, faraway depots make Sri Ganganagar's petrol costliest

High VAT, freight costs push petrol up to Rs 105.52/ litre, diesel Rs 98.32/ litre

Petrol now costs almost twice as much in Mumbai than New York

Indian fuel prices have soared in the past year as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration has repeatedly raised sales taxes

Fuel prices continue northward march; petrol and diesel again get costlier

After hitting new highs a day earlier, fuel prices rose once again. Petrol rates crossed Rs 100 a litre mark in several cities across the country

Petrol prices continue to soar above Rs 100 per litre in Mumbai, Bhopal

Fuel prices have touched an all-time high after Monday's fresh hike

Petrol crosses Rs 100 a litre in Mumbai after 15th increase this month

Petrol price on Saturday crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Mumbai after the 15th increase in fuel prices this month

High level of taxation widens divergence in diesel inflation in WPI, CPI

Diesel retail prices are back to more than Rs 80 a litre in the national capital throughout this month and remain on an upward trajectory

Petrol prices cross Rs 100/litre in Thane, hits Rs 99.94 in Mumbai

Petrol price on Thursday crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Thane district of Maharashtra, while it was hovering a tad below that level in Mumbai, after fuel prices were raised again

Petrol hits record Rs 99.71/litre in Mumbai after another fuel price hike

Petrol price inched towards the Rs 100-mark in Mumbai on Tuesday after fuel rates were hiked again

Fuel prices hiked again across metros, petrol crosses Rs 93 in Delhi

After a gap of two days, petrol and diesel prices again witnessed a minor hike across the metros on Friday

Fuel prices at record high; Petrol breaches Rs 99/litre in Mumbai

Under the new found preference for revising fuel prices every alternate day, the Oil and marketing companies (OMCs) raised the pump prices of petrol and diesel yet again on Tuesday

Wholesale inflation soars to 10.49% in April on higher fuel prices

Prices of primary articles were up 10.16% in April from -1.08 per cent a year ago; little scope for rate cuts, say experts