A major accident on the Indapur-Pune National Highway on Saturday led to a massive fire at a petrol pump. ...
08:40 AM, Mar 03, 2013
Be careful while getting your vehicle filled at petrol pumps in Punjab, as you can get less petrol than the quantity ordered. The Mansa police has busted a gang which used to steal petrol or diesel by using an electronic chip attached to the pump while it was in use. ...
11:00 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Two petrol pump employees were killed while another was seriously injured when six robbers opened fire at them in Varsola village near Gurdaspur after they refused to hand over cash, police said on Wednesday. Police have launched a hunt for the six assailants after registering an FIR. ...
11:02 AM, Jan 09, 2013
New Delhi: Petrol price may be hiked by a further 30 paise per litre and diesel by 18 paise as the government decides to increase the commission of petrol pump dealers. Petrol pump dealers have been demanding a hike in their commission keeping in view their working capital cost that has gone up substantially due to frequent price changes and sharp rise in overheads like electricity charges. Recently, the price...
06:06 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: The partial strike of petrol pump owners across the country has been called off. The strike was called off on Tuesday after they got a written assurance from the government on commission payments. The petrol and diesel pumps station owners launched a partial shutdown of pumps on Monday, operating only from 9 am to 5 pm, in protest against inadequate commission payments. The pump owners said the move...
09:35 AM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: Expect long queues at the petrol and diesel pumps across the country starting Monday as the station owners launch their partial shutdown of pumps, operating only from 9 am to 5 pm, in protest against inadequate commission payments. The pump owners say the move will help them save on manpower costs. CNG pumps, however, will be open 24/7 as the owners say they have got good commissions. More...
08:40 AM, Oct 15, 2012
Chennai: Just days after the Rs 7.50 per litre petrol price hike, there now seems to be a shortage of petrol in Chennai. Most of the petrol pumps in the city are running dry and the few that are open are witnessing massive crowds with people queuing up with cans and bottles to get petrol. While the petrol pump associations are blaming oil companies for not supplying enough fuel, oil...
03:21 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: In a significant policy change, the government plans to reserve 27 per cent of new petrol pumps and LPG agencies for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Presently, 25 per cent of the sites for new petrol pumps are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) persons. "We are in the process of formulating new guidelines for setting up of retail outlets and LPG distributorships. The new guidelines...
07:09 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Kolkata: A fire broke out in a petrol pump in a commercial hub of the city on Tuesday night but firemen averted a possible disaster by dousing the flames in time. "No flames can be spotted any more. The situation is now turning normal", West Bengal Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan, who was on the spot at Camac Street area in southern parts of the metro, said. As the fire...
10:49 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: A fire broke out at a CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) station in south Delhi on Monday night after a car went up in flames, causing minor injuries to four persons. The blaze was reported from the fuel station located near a petrol pump in Munirka near Vasant Vihar Depot at around 8:25 pm, police and fire brigade officials said. Eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot to...
11:58 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Mumbai: Petrol pump dealers in Maharashtra have threatened to observe a two-day strike in Mumbai from July 2, to protest against government policy of withdrawal of protection of petrol pump lands under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act. "We are protesting against the withdrawal of protection of petrol pump lands under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act and the consequential eviction and shutting down of petrol pumps by landlords, which is leading...
05:17 PM, Jun 28, 2011
![Delhi petrol pump owners postpone strike]( "Delhi petrol pump owners postpone strike")
Pump dealers are protesting the hike in VAT on diesel. ...
02:04 PM, Jun 13, 2010
Police say the robbers had been tipped off by an insider from either places. ...
03:07 PM, Jun 16, 2009
OPEC is fully enforcing its deepest ever oil supply curbs. ...
12:53 AM, Jan 23, 2009
The oil strike continued for three days across the country. ...
01:21 AM, Jan 11, 2009
Petroleum Secretary says there is petrol for 20 days and LPG for 12 days. ...
01:42 PM, Jan 09, 2009
The head of the Federation of All India Petroleum Traders said this on Friday. ...
12:13 PM, Jan 09, 2009
Most petrol pumps in the country started to run dry on Thursday. ...
09:52 PM, Jan 08, 2009
They also say that they would not stay open after 8 pm. ...
09:09 AM, Aug 05, 2008
Colombo: Annihilated by India in their second Super Eight match, an inconsistent Pakistan face with a do-or-die situation and need nothing less than a big win when they take on a rampaging Australia in the ICC World Twenty20 here on Tuesday. Pakistan will have to pick up the pieces from their all-round failure against the arch-rivals and come up with an inspired performance against the unbeaten Australian side, which has...
04:07 PM, Jul 02, 2008
