Fuel Prices
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Speed News: Domestic LPG cylinder prices hiked by ₹29 across the country
Originals | Jun 07, 2026, 04:48 PM ISTDomestic LPG cylinder prices hiked by ₹29 across the country. Eggs hurled at TMC MLA Madan Mitra's vehicle during a Kamarhati protest. Revanth Reddy’s 'Hitler inspiration' remark triggers political row with the BJP. Cook's negligence likely caused the massive Malviya Nagar fire in Delhi.
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IndiGo to suspend Manchester flights from August 3: Know the reason here
India | Jun 02, 2026, 11:01 PM ISTIndiGo will suspend its Manchester flights from August 31, 2026, due to rising operational costs and international airspace restrictions. The airline will also return a leased Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner as it battles mounting financial pressure.
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Fuel prices hike in Karnataka: A look at petrol and diesel rates across Indian states
India | Jun 17, 2024, 05:19 PM ISTAs Karnataka faces backlash over rising fuel prices, CM Siddaramaiah highlights that the state's taxes are still lower than many others. We compare fuel prices in Indian states to provide a comprehensive view.
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'Bharat is only country where fuel prices over a representative period have come down': Hardeep Puri
India | Jun 17, 2024, 05:14 PM ISTUnion Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Congress party issued oil bonds which was irresponsible and today they are compounding it with lies by saying that fuel price hike is someone else's fault.
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Rajasthan cuts VAT on petrol, diesel, hikes DA of employees by 4 per cent
Rajasthan | Mar 14, 2024, 09:58 PM ISTRajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said that the reduced prices on petrol and diesel will be applicable from 6 am on Friday, March 15. Apart from Rajasthan, the Centre has also reduced petrol, diesel prices by Rs 2 across the country.
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Cuba announces 500 per cent increase in fuel prices as it struggles with worsening economic crisis
World | Jan 10, 2024, 12:39 PM ISTFinance minister Vladimir Regueiro said the cost of diesel and other types of fuel would face similar mark-ups, while also increasing electricity and natural gas prices. The Cuban government would also open 29 new petrol stations that will solely accept payment in US dollars.
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Pakistan: Fuel prices at all time high after government announces another hike
World | Sep 16, 2023, 11:55 PM ISTThe fuel price hike comes on the heels of over 27.4 per cent increase in the rate of inflation in August, putting an unbearable burden on the masses, as petrol and HSD are used by all private and public service vehicles.
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Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi over fuel prices, says 'Bharat Jodo Yatra voice of loktantra against...'
India | Dec 03, 2022, 06:47 PM ISTThe Congress has been attacking the government for not reducing the price of petrol and diesel in the country despite global crude oil prices going down considerably.
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'Modi hamare baap hain...': Maharashtra minister's response over PM's fuel prices remark
India | Apr 27, 2022, 09:30 PM ISTThe prime minister focussed a big part of his concluding remarks of his meeting with chief ministers to review the COVID-19 situation on the issue of rise in fuel prices which has been a matter of public debate and a cause behind the surge in inflation.
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Cash-starved Sri Lanka imposes power cuts as crisis deepens
World | Feb 22, 2022, 07:05 PM ISTElectricity will be switched off on a rotating basis between regions between 4:30 pm and 10:30 pm, according to officials. The state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board had requested permission for the cuts as fuel shortages had caused the loss of 541 MW to the national grid.
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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot asks Centre to further cut excise duty on petrol, diesel
India | Nov 15, 2021, 07:38 AM ISTEarlier in November, in a significant decision, the Centre reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel to bring down the prices of the two petroleum products which had been seeing an upward trend.
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Siddaramaiah demands reduction in cess, sales tax on fuel prices
India | Sep 16, 2021, 10:24 AM ISTSiddaramaiah added that the taxes on diesel should be reduced from 74 pc to 50 pc.
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Consumers expects fall in income, savings due to high fuel, commodity prices: Survey
India | Jul 15, 2021, 06:31 PM ISTRising prices of fuel and essential commodities amidst the Covid-19 pandemic have hit the finances of the people, with a majority of consumers surveyed foreseeing a decline in their income as well as savings during the fiscal, according to a survey.
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Just when fuel prices touch another high, Madhya Pradesh minister says, 'ride a bicycle'
India | Jun 29, 2021, 05:52 PM ISTFuel prices in the country have been on the rise in the last few months.
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'When will petrol and diesel prices come down? Only during next polls…': Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre
India | Jun 22, 2021, 05:18 PM ISTThe hike on Tuesday was the 28th increase in prices since May 4, when state-owned oil firms ended an 18-day hiatus in rate revision they observed during assembly elections in states like West Bengal.
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Lok Sabha adjourned for day as Opposition protests over rising fuel prices
National | Mar 08, 2021, 08:36 PM ISTLok Sabha was adjourned for the day as Opposition members continued their protest over rising fuel prices on Monday. When the House reconvened at 7 pm after an adjournment, the Chair allowed discussion on the issue of women empowerment on the occasion of International Women's Day.
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With old clips of Modi, Congress shows BJP's 'hypocrisy' over rising fuel prices
News | Feb 27, 2021, 06:53 PM ISTBuilding pressure on the central government over the rising fuel prices, the Congress on February 27, during a press briefing, showed old clips of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then Gujarat Chief Minister, criticising the then Congress government over skyrocketing petroleum prices.
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'Yahi hai acche din?' banners put up in Mumbai after fuel prices reach sky high
News | Feb 22, 2021, 11:11 AM ISTThe youth wing of Shiv Sena, Yuva Sena put up banners stating 'Yahi hai acche din?' at various petrol pumps and roadside in Bandra West in Mumbai.
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'Historic, Unsustainable high': Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi over rising fuel prices
India | Feb 21, 2021, 06:26 PM ISTStressing that fuel prices are at a "historic and unsustainable" high, Gandhi said petrol has breached the Rs 100 per litre mark in many parts of the country and the surging price of diesel has added to the escalating woes of millions of farmers.
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Petrol, diesel prices hiked for 7th consecutive day, Congress holds protest in Odisha
News | Feb 15, 2021, 01:17 PM ISTPetrol and diesel prices have gone up in the country, for the seventh day on February 15. Petrol price stood at Rs 88.99/litre (increase by Rs 0.26), while Diesel price are at Rs 79.35/litre (increase by Rs 0.29) in the national capital. Meanwhile, Congress workers observed a six-hour-long statewide bandh and staged 'rail roko' agitation in protest against the rise in fuel prices today. Today, the petrol and diesel prices in Bhubaneswar are at Rs 89.69 per litre and Rs 86.47 per litre respectively.