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10:58 PM, May 30, 2012
Chennai: Minutes after making a statement against the UPA, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said that he never threatened the Centre of a pull out from the coalition over the petrol price hike. The earlier statement of Karunanidhi threatening the Centre is being seen as a comment for his constituency in Tamil Nadu where there has been a severe shortage of petrol following the price hike. "We will be...
01:10 PM, May 30, 2012
Chennai: The DMK on Wednesday warned the Central government over the steep hike in petrol price and threatened to pull out of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA). During a protest rally in Chennai on Wednesday, DMK chief M Karunanidhi demanded rollback of petrol price before issuing his threat. "The DMK has been part of central coalitions in the past - with the BJP, with VP Singh. Though we are...
11:33 AM, May 30, 2012
Chennai: After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, another UPA ally, the DMK will protest against the petrol price hike on Wednesday. DMK chief M Karunanidhi will be leading the state-wide protest from Saidapet. The protest comes two days after the ruling AIADMK held a similar agitation demanding a rollback. The demonstration will also be targeting the state government for not rolling back the hike in milk prices, power tariff...
07:19 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Opposition continues to gun for the government over the recent hike in petrol prices. The ruling AIADMK on Tuesday will be holding demonstrations in Tamil Nadu to demand its immediate rollback. It is being seen as a move to upstage rival DMK which is planning a similar rally on Wednesday. Jayalalithaa said the hike in petrol price could have been avoided by reducing the profit of the...
07:03 AM, May 29, 2012
Chennai: After Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit the street, DMK President M Karunanidhi, another key ally of UPA, would lead a protest demonstration in Chennai on May 30 against the recent petrol price hike. The 88-year-old party patriarch would lead DMK's state-wide demonstration by taking part in the protest to be held at Saidapet. The demonstration would also protest against the Tamil Nadu government for...
01:57 PM, May 27, 2012
Chennai: Amid the mounting pressure for rollback of petrol price hike, Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy has said states could reduce the Value Added Tax on petroleum products to provide relief to the people. "The states can lower the VAT and that can help reduce the petrol price," he told reporters at the airport. The latest hike in petrol price by Rs 7.50 has come under flak...
01:35 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Friday ruled out any immediate rollback of the fuel price hike. Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy, defending the move, said the government would wait and watch for a few days and that the country could not be run on popular sentiment alone. The Congress, however, is pushing the government for at least a partial rollback. Meanwhile, with the Opposition and allies announcing a street fight in...
09:43 PM, May 25, 2012
According to sources, the Congress wants the petrol hike rollback to be in the range of Rs 3-5. ...
11:51 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the steepest hike of Rs 7.50 per litre in petrol prices, the Central government on Thursday came under immense pressure for at least a partial rollback from opposition as well as key allies such as DMK, Trinamool and NCP, and even Congress. Angry over the move, the Trinamool Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the DMK on Thursday skipped an important Cabinet meet held...
10:24 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Less than 24 hours after the steepest hike ever in petrol prices, there were reports on Thursday of a possible rollback. Sources said the hike could be rolled back by Rs 2 to 2.50. The Congress, among others, asked for the rollback. Party sources reportedly said that while the hike was needed, its timing, a day after Parliament session ended was all wrong. Sources also said that a...
08:57 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the steepest ever hike in petrol prices on Wednesday, key UPA allies " Trinamool Congress (TMC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and DMK " on Thursday skipped an important Cabinet meet held at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence. The government has been slammed for the hike in petrol prices by opposition parties as well as its allies since the announcement. Even the Congress on Thursday distanced...
07:19 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Just a day after the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government completed three years in office, it dealt a major blow to the common man by the sharpest ever increase in petrol price. The state-owned oil companies decided to raise petrol price by Rs 6.28 per litre excluding local sales tax or VAT. After the addition of taxes the hike translates into Rs 7.50 per litre in Delhi. With...
11:47 PM, May 23, 2012
Chennai: Strongly condemning the steep hike in petrol price, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday demanded its immediate roll back, warning that otherwise people's agony would spell the doom for the 'anti-people' UPA government soon. "The hike of Rs 7.50 will affect the poor and the middle class. This is a gift given to the people by the UPA coalition government on its completion of three years in office,"...
08:38 PM, May 23, 2012
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