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New Delhi: A day after the reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel, the Congress on Sunday said that the step was a political gimmick and not relief to people, as it was like ‘three steps forward and two steps back’. Addressing a press conference here, Congress spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh said that the BJP […]
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Hyderabad: The controversy over fuel prices continued on Thursday too with Minister K T Rama Rao hitting back at the Centre reminding about the collection of cesses thereby depriving the States of their rightful share. The war of words on the social media platform was triggered when union Petroleum and Natural Minister Hardeep Singh Puri […]
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Hyderabad: What was supposed to be a platform for discussing the prevalence of Covid in the country turned out to be a platform to point accusing fingers at the States, for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. He used the interaction with the Chief Ministers to literally arm twist the non-BJP ruled States on […]
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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has increased fuel prices to a record high. With the latest price hike on Monday, the price of Octane 92 petrol rose by 33.1 per cent to a record 338 Sri Lankan rupees ($1.04) a litre, and the price of auto diesel increased by 64.2 per cent […]
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Hyderabad: Industries Minister KT Rama Rao has accused the union Government of misleading the nation over rising fuel prices, citing Russia-Ukraine war, when the fact was that India imported less than one per cent crude oil from Russia. India imports majority of petroleum products from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, UAE and United States. While, there […]
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New Delhi: The state-run oil marketing companies on Tuesday raised key transport fuel prices for the 13th time in the last 15 days. Consequently, in the past 15 days, petrol prices have increased by Rs 9.40 per litre in the national capital. These prices were revised for the very first time on March 22 after […]
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Hyderabad: Fuel prices went up on Saturday, the 10th time in 12 days, taking the petrol price in Hyderabad to Rs.116.33 per litre, while that of diesel went up by 87 paise to Rs.102.45. The hike in petrol price on Saturday was by 91 paise, taking the petrol prices up by Rs.8.13 in the city […]
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Sheohar: A person hailing from Bihar’s Sheohar district has come up with a unique protest against the fuel price hike across the country by riding a horse while going to work. The man, who works with the state electricity department, collected electricity bills from people while riding a horse from one village to another, instead […]
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Hyderabad: The recent announcement by drivers and gig workers association in Telangana about charging extra for turning on AC as there has been a hike in fuel prices and low trip rate, Uber India has decided to take matters in its own hands. In a statement released on Friday, the app-based taxi aggregator announced that […]
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Hyderabad: Due to the rise in fuel prices, some drivers of online cab aggregators like Uber and Ola have decided to charge passengers extra for air conditioners. A sticker has been put up saying ‘AC on extra charges Rs 50 to Rs 100’ in a few taxis. According to a city-based cab driver, currently, the […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday alleged that the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was blaming the Centre on paddy procurement issue to divert the attention of people from the recently increased power charges. Addressing a press conference, he reiterated that the Central government would purchase every grain from farmers. “We […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS along with other Opposition parties staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha on Tuesday in protest against the recent hike in fuel and cooking gas prices. They rushed into the Well of the House and demanded rollback of the hiked prices. As soon as the Lok Sabha met for Question Hour, the […]
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New Delhi: Ahead of the final phase of voting for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the BJP-led Central government on Saturday over rising fuel prices and advised people to fill up their fuel tanks, warning them that the Centre’s “election offer is going to end”. Rahul Gandhi […]
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New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices, which have been on a freeze for the past four months in view of assembly elections in states like Uttar Pradesh, need to be increased by over Rs 12 per litre by March 16 for fuel retailers to break even. International crude oil prices shot above USD 120 a […]
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Hyderabad: In recent times, fuel prices have become rock steady and there was no revision of prices. Does it mean the international crude oil prices have become stagnant? Not necessarily! On the contrary, the crude oil prices are skyrocketing and are almost touching $100 per barrel. Currently, the price is hovering around $96-97, breaching the […]
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New Delhi: Barring Delhi, the prices of diesel and petrol remained unchanged across major Indian cities on Thursday. Accordingly, diesel and petrol prices in Delhi stood at Rs 86.67 per litre and Rs 95.41 per litre, respectively. Notably, prices of petrol in Delhi had been static at Rs 103.97 per litre since the past one […]
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New Delhi: The prices of petrol and diesel have remained static for the 19th consecutive day on Tuesday under the daily price revision mechanism followed by oil marketing companies. The pump price of petrol in Delhi, which fell to Rs 103.97 a litre at 6 a.m on November 4 from previous day’s level of Rs […]
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Hyderabad: Fed up with the rising fuel prices, a techie from Hyderabad has come up with an idea to save money he spends on commuting. Aseem Abdul, who had to spend over Rs 150 every day for travelling to and from work, converted his old bicycle into an electric bike. The resident of Vengal Rao […]
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Hyderabad: Heavy rains in the season, coupled with escalating fuel prices, have resulted in highly volatile vegetable prices in the city’s markets. The prices, which have been going up and down, have again shot up this week in comparison with last month. The prices of tomatoes, in particular, shot up over the last one month. […]
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Hyderabad: Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday slammed the Centre on reduction of fuel prices saying the marginal decrease would not serve any benefit to general public. The Centre earned Rs 1.92 lakh crore through fuel sales during August, September and October. The total value of fuel price reduction was […]
