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  Congress protests against rising prices, power cuts in Delhi

  National | July 13, 2014 12:14 IST

  New Delhi: Alleging that the BJP government has “failed on all fronts”, scores of Congress workers led by Delhi Pradesh Congress Commitee (DPCC) chief Arvinder Singh held a protest near Jama Masjid area here today.

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  No need to panic on price rise; states should take action: Arun Jaitley

  National | July 04, 2014 15:59 IST

  New Delhi: Blaming hoarders for the rise in food inflation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said there is “no panic situation” and asked the states to take measures to crackdown on hoarding and black marketing

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  Don't commit mistakes of UPA: Congress to BJD on price rise

  National | June 20, 2014 15:27 IST

  Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha government hiked the tax rates on petrol and diesel in its budget for 2014-15, opposition Congress today warned the BJD regime not to repeat the mistakes committed by the previous

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  No price hike for domestic LPG cylinders: Pradhan

  June 13, 2014 18:09 IST

  Patna: The price of domestic LPG cylinders will not be increased and the number of subsidised refills given to consumers would continue, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Friday."LPG will be provided to the consumers

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  Diesel price hiked after polling ends

  India | May 12, 2014 21:44 IST

  New Delhi: After a brief hiatus, diesel prices were today hiked by Rs 1.09 a litre, excluding state levies.The monthly increases in diesel rates, which had been put on hold just before India began voting

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  Govt can't discontinue 50p monthly hike in diesel price: EC

  National | March 07, 2014 14:28 IST

  New Delhi: Posing a tricky situation for the government, the Election Commission today said it cannot discontinue with the monthly 50 paise hike in diesel prices till the completion of the poll process.  “If the

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  Diesel price hike of Rs 2-3 per litre on cards

  India | August 14, 2013 18:04 IST

  New Delhi: The government is mulling a one-time hike of Rs 2-3 per litre in diesel prices to offset the impact of fall in rupee value but there is no proposal to raise cooking gas

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  ATF price hiked by steep 6.3 pc

  India | July 31, 2013 21:01 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 31: Jet fuel (ATF) prices were today hiked by a steep 6.3 per cent, the third consecutive increase since June, as a falling rupee made imports costlier.Aviation Turbine Fuel, or ATF, price

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  IGL hikes CNG and PNG prices in Delhi, NCR

  India | June 24, 2013 20:54 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 24: Indraprastha Gas Ltd today announced an increase of Rs 2 per kg in the consumer price of CNG in Delhi and Rs 2.25 per kg in the consumer price of CNG

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  Diesel price for bulk consumers hiked; non-subsidised LPG cut

  India | March 02, 2013 22:55 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 2: Diesel price for bulk consumers like Railways has been hiked by almost a rupee per litre, while the price of cooking gas (LPG) is cut by Rs 37.50 a cylinder that

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  Petrol price hiked again, to go up by Rs 1.40 per litre from midnight

  India | March 01, 2013 19:48 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 1: Petrol price was on Friday hiked by Rs 1.40 per litre, the second big increase in rates in as many weeks.A rise in international oil prices and depreciation in rupee have

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  Diesel, LPG, kerosene price hike on the cards today

  India | January 17, 2013 9:48 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 17: The Union cabinet today met take up for consideration  the petroleum ministry's proposals to increase diesel, cooking gas and kerosene prices. There is also a proposal to rase the ceiling on

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  LPG, diesel to become costlier, hints Moily

  India | January 11, 2013 20:34 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 11: The government will take a decision on raising diesel and cooking fuel prices along with increasing number of subsidised LPG cylinders for households “as quickly as possible,” Oil Minister M Veerappa

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  You will get 3 subsidised LPG cylinders till March 2013

  India | September 14, 2012 19:46 IST

  Chandigarh, Sep 14: Gas companies will be able to easily check the number of subsidised cylinders a household has availed due to ready data available to restrict use of such cylinders to six a year,

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  Our MPs pay peanuts for breakfast, lunch at Parliament House canteen

  India | September 14, 2012 16:28 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 14: One one hand, while the Centre says its budget is groaning under huge subsidy towards diesel,LPG, fertilizers, whatnot, the government is fully subsidizing our  netas elected by the people themselves as

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  Opposition to price hike do not mean we will leave UPA: Mamata

  National | July 27, 2012 22:43 IST

  Bolpur (WB), Jul 27: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that her opposition to hike in prices of essential commodities did not mean that her party the Trinamool Congress would quit the UPA

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  No diesel price hike for now, says Reddy

  June 08, 2012 18:29 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 8: Still battling the fallout of last month's steep Rs 7.54 a litre hike in petrol price, the government today said it is not considering raising rates of diesel, domestic gas (LPG)

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  Mamata demands complete rollback of petrol price hike

  India | June 02, 2012 20:35 IST

  New Delhi, June 2: Expressing her unhappiness over the Rs. 2 per litre cut in petrol price, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday demanded a complete rollback. “I am not happy at the

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  DMK to hold protests against petrol price hike

  National | May 25, 2012 17:21 IST

  Chennai, May 25: Joining the chorus against the steepest ever hike in petrol price, key UPA partner DMK today announced a state-wide agitation on May 30, demanding a substantial reduction in the increase.The unprecedented increase

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  Discounts galore on petrol cars post fuel price hike

  May 24, 2012 21:09 IST

  New Delhi, May 24: A day after petrol prices were hiked by an all-time record of Rs 7.50 per litre, leading car makers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor today announced discounts of up