The diesel price was hiked by 90 paise on Friday. ...
09:22 PM, May 11, 2013
Diesel price was on Friday hiked by 45 paisa per litre, the third increase in the rate of nation's most consumed fuel since January. Diesel price will be hiked by 45 paisa, excluding VAT, from midnight tonight, Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation's largest oil firm, announced. ...
07:42 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Petrol price may be reduced by about Re 1 per litre while diesel price may be hiked by 40-50 paisa a litre from March 15 or 16. While petrol prices are being cut in step with falling international oil rates, diesel rate increase would be in line with the January decision to raise prices in small dozes every month till all of the Rs 11 per litre losses are eliminated....
12:59 PM, Mar 14, 2013
BJP on Tuesday said it will continue to raise in both Houses of Parliament the issue of diesel price hike, which is hitting the common man, but not stall proceedings. The matter was discussed at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting attended by its top leaders on Tuesday morning. ...
01:31 PM, Mar 05, 2013
All eyes will be on Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on February 26 on whether he yields to pressure of hiking passenger fares yet again or looks at other measures to mobilise resources to offset the burden of the recent diesel price hike. Bansal had on January 22 hiked passenger fares across-the-board after the Railways faced a loss of about Rs 25,000 crore in the passenger segment. ...
04:56 PM, Feb 25, 2013
The Ministry of Railways has sought additional funding from the Centre after the recent diesel price hike. Minister of Railways Pawan Bansal on Saturday said, "Rs 6600 crore is enough for operational work only. We have insufficient funds for other maintenance work. If we need to hire more trains, maintenance of existing trains, electrifications etc, we need more." ...
06:16 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Diesel prices set to go up monthly after the government decided to withdraw diesel subsidy. Oil companies say they will increase the price of diesel by 40 to 50 paise per litre every month. ...
02:22 PM, Feb 01, 2013
In Gujarat, over 7000 state-owned buses of the GSRTC are now buying diesel at petrol stations instead of their own depot. The reason - the centre's price hike by Rs 12 per litre which has hit the already-loss-making bus service. ...
09:58 AM, Jan 30, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Uttar Pradesh unit will be carrying out a yatra in Lucknow on Monday to protest against the diesel price hike and general price rise. ...
09:15 AM, Jan 21, 2013
The government's decision to deregulate diesel prices would marginally increase the monthly inflation in the short-run, but eventually would help to reduce fiscal deficit, FICCI said on Saturday. ...
02:39 AM, Jan 20, 2013
Months after her party quit the Congress-led UPA government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed she had wanted to remain in the government, but was forced to pull out as the Centre did not accede to her demands. ...
10:06 PM, Jan 19, 2013
The government's decision to deregulate diesel prices would marginally increase the monthly inflation in the short-run, but eventually would help to reduce fiscal deficit, FICCI said on Saturday. ...
05:22 PM, Jan 19, 2013
It appears that partial deregulation of diesel is here to stay, and Oil Minister Veerappa Moily has ruled out the possibility of a rollback in diesel prices. ...
12:21 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday announced a statewide protest against the hikes in diesel prices and the train fares. ...
11:14 AM, Jan 19, 2013
India's demand for diesel will stay buoyant despite its plan to hike the price of the fuel in small monthly steps, analysts and company officials said on Friday, and the country will keep up the pace of its exports of diesel. ...
12:59 AM, Jan 19, 2013
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday termed as "unfortunate" and "anti-people" the hike in diesel price and demanded its immediate rollback in the interest of the common people. ...
10:59 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Describing the UPA government as an 'exploiter' of the poor, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today attacked it on the latest diesel price hike. "This government is an exploiter of the poor people. It is very distressing that prices of diesel have been further increased," Mamata said. ...
05:15 PM, Jan 18, 2013
India's move to raise the price of subsidised diesel should help with its plans to sell shares in state companies including Oil India Ltd to help bridge the government's fiscal deficit and gives a boost to private oil refiners looking to enter the market for bulk diesel sales. ...
04:59 PM, Jan 18, 2013
The government came under attack from its allies over the decision to partially deregulate diesel price. Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati called the decision anti-people and said the government was only thinking about the rich and not the poor. "This will lead to further price rise of commodities. The government should reconsider its decision," Mayawati said. ...
12:51 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Oil companies on Friday raised diesel prices by 45 paise per litre after a go ahead from the Centre. Sources say up to 50 paise hike will take place every month. ...
10:36 AM, Jan 18, 2013
