Fuel
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Sri Lanka runs out of cash to buy fuel: Here's how India is helping forex-starved nation
Business | Feb 22, 2022, 02:42 PM ISTSri Lanka's worsening foreign-exchange shortage has seriously impacted the energy sector, which largely depends on imports for fuel.
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Sri Lanka: Thousands protest amid deteriorating economic conditions, fuel shortage
World | Nov 17, 2021, 12:49 PM ISTThe march came as Sri Lankan Parliament debated the national budget for 2022.
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Fuel station explosion in Pakistan kills 4, injures 6
World | Oct 30, 2021, 07:11 AM ISTThe explosion in Karachi was result of short-circuiting inside a room where electric system is controlled, according to Nasir Aftab, who is deputy-inspector general for the city’s police.
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Government to make it mandatory for vehicle manufacturers to make flex-fuel engines: Nitin Gadkari
India | Sep 30, 2021, 03:42 PM ISTAddressing the annual session of industry body PHDCCI, Gadkari further said that the govt is working to develop an ethanol economy.
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Will soon issue order mandating carmakers to introduce flex-fuel engines in vehicles: Nitin Gadkari
India | Sep 24, 2021, 02:24 PM ISTNitin Gadkari also batted for adopting a low-cost broad gauge metro line to connect Pune with other western Maharashtra districts and proposed to rope in private travel operators to operate them.
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BPCL begins doorstep delivery of diesel in Delhi-NCR
Business | Sep 13, 2021, 05:10 PM ISTM Fuel Kart Pvt Ltd has signed an agreement with BPCL to offer doorstep delivery of high-speed diesel in Delhi-NCR.
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Fuel prices hiked again: Petrol retails at Rs 98/litre in Delhi; Check rates in your city
India | Jun 24, 2021, 10:41 AM ISTThe price of petrol and diesel in Mumbai are Rs 103.89 and Rs 95.79 per litre respectively today.
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Reliance BP Mobility to provide free fuel to COVID ambulances
Business | Jun 01, 2021, 07:27 PM ISTReliance BP Mobility Ltd, the fuel retailing joint venture of Reliance Industries Ltd and BP, has deployed a mobile fuel bowser in Mumbai for supplying fuel free of cost to ambulances on COVID-19 duty, a company statement said on Tuesday.
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CM Mamata holds massive protest against fuel price hike in Siliguri
News | Mar 07, 2021, 05:29 PM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held protest against price hike of fuel and cooking gas in Siliguri on March 07.
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CM Mamata holds massive protest against fuel price hike in Siliguri
Politics | Mar 07, 2021, 04:51 PM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held protest against price hike of fuel and cooking gas in Siliguri on March 07.
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Petrol, diesel prices rise after two-day pause | Check revised rates
Business | Feb 23, 2021, 10:19 AM ISTThe petrol and diesel prices have increased 25 times in 2021 with the two auto fuels increasing by over Rs 7 each per litre.
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Petrol, diesel prices in Bhopal hit new high ₹93.59, ₹83.85. Check revised rates in major cities
Business | Jan 23, 2021, 10:49 AM ISTPetrol and diesel prices on Saturday surged again in India and Bhopal witnessed hike in the rates of fuels with ₹93.59 per litre and Rs 83.85 per litre respectively.
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Petrol, diesel prices hold for 12 days even as crude rises over $52/b
Business | Dec 19, 2020, 02:45 PM ISTOil marketing companies continued to hold back any change in retail price of petrol and diesel continuing with their wait and watch stance that has kept the prices of two auto fuels static for past 12 days.
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Novel system can extract oxygen, fuel from salty water on Mars
Science | Dec 01, 2020, 03:54 PM ISTA team led by an Indian-origin scientist in the US has developed a new system that can extract oxygen and hydrogen fuel from the salty water on Mars, and may radically change the logistics of future missions to the Red Planet and beyond.
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Fuel demand dips 11.7 pc in July
Business | Aug 12, 2020, 04:03 PM ISTIndia's fuel demand is beginning to flatline after showing signs of returning to life, as consumption dipped 11.7 per cent in July, official data showed.
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Villagers loot fuel after truck and fuel tanker collide in Muzaffarpur, Bihar
News | Aug 11, 2020, 08:44 AM ISTIn Madhaul area of Muzaffarpur, Bihar, a petrol-filled tanker collided with a truck and began to leak petrol. Seeing the petrol fall from the truck, people started looting petrol carrying buckets, gallons.
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India's fuel demand reaches 80-85% of pre-COVID levels
India | Jun 16, 2020, 05:53 PM ISTIndia's fuel demand has reached 80-85 per cent of pre-Covid levels in the first half of June but return to 5 per cent growth trajectory may take up to two years, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and industry leaders said on Tuesday.
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India's fuel consumption dips 46 per cent in April; expected to rebound in May
Business | May 10, 2020, 12:18 PM ISTIndia's fuel consumption fell almost 46 per cent in April as all petroleum products, except LPG, saw massive demand erosion following the nationwide lockdown that halted economic activity and travel.
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Healthcare tax imposed on liquor, fuel in Uttarakhand
Business | May 08, 2020, 08:20 AM ISTBy imposing a healthcare tax on liquor and fuel, the Uttarakhand cabinet on Thursday increased the price of liquor by amounts between Rs 20 and Rs 200 per bottle and that of petrol and diesel per litre by Rs one and Rs two respectively.
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COVID-19: No mask, no fuel rule in Odisha
India | Apr 10, 2020, 06:06 PM ISTThe petrol pumps across Odisha on Friday came out with a stringent rule, No Mask, No Petrol/Diesel /CNG, in a bid to strictly enforce government's order making wearing of face masks mandatory while going out of homes.