New Delhi [India], Mar 14 (ANI): The government on Saturday hiked the excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre and road cess by Re 1, effectively a Rs 3 per litre hike on both commodities.
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): The Congress party on Wednesday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party government over the price of petrol, diesel, LPG saying the government must pass on the relief of record low crude oil price to the people of India by lowering petrol, diesel, LPG rates.
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Petrol and diesel prices registered a drop across the country on Monday as global oil prices plummeted around 30 per cent after Saudi Arabia slashed prices and set plans for a dramatic increase in crude production in April.
New Delhi [India], Dec 30 (ANI): Petrol and diesel prices went up for the third consecutive day in the national capital and stood at Rs 75.04 and Rs 67.78 per litre, respectively on Monday.
Jalpaiguri (West-Bengal) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): An oil tanker caught fire after being hit by a dumper near Bandhunagar in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Thursday morning.
New Delhi [India], Sept 30 (ANI): The fight against air pollution will receive a boost from October 1, as the sale of BS-VI petrol and diesel through 2,200 outlets will be expanded to seven more districts of Haryana covering the entire National Capital Region (NCR) with BS-VI fuels.
Bhopal [Madhya Pradesh], Sept 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morch (BJYM) workers on Sunday organised a protest against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath led state government for the rise in prices of petrol and diesel.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 16 (ANI): Congress party on Monday protested in Kanpur against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath demanding the government to roll back hikes in power tariffs and petrol-diesel prices.
Kathmandu [Nepal] Sept 10 (ANI): With the launch of the first trans-border pipeline between India and Nepal on Tuesday, the Nepal Oil Corporation cut down the price of petrol, diesel and kerosene by 2 Nepalese Rupee per litre.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Demand for petrol and diesel has decreased in Odisha after the implementation of new Motor Vehicle Act 2019 as fewer vehicles are plying on roads due to fear of higher fines as provisioned under the new traffic rules.
New Delhi [India], Sept 5 (ANI): Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that the government has no intention to ban petrol and diesel vehicles.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh minister Siddharth Nath Singh on Tuesday affirmed that government is tax-neutral towards petrol and diesel prices and the recent increase in VAT on these commodities would not drastically affect the oil prices.