This 'Golmaal' is different - it's neither a patch on Hrishikesh Mukherjee's classic comedy of the same name in which Amol Palekar and Utpal Dutt had outwitted movie buffs, nor does it have any similarity with Bollywood filmmaker Rohit Shetty's recent 'Golmaal' series that were high on commercial elements. The Kannada film is a patience test for viewers. Before the release, the producer and the director had claimed it to...
10:45 AM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Petrol price was on Saturday hiked by 29 paise per litre and diesel by 20 paise after government decided to increase commission paid to petrol pump dealers. Petrol in Delhi from Saturday costs Rs 68.19 per litre as against Rs 67.90 previously. Similarly, diesel rates have been hiked to Rs 47.15 per litre from Rs 46.95, industry sources said. Rates will vary in states due to differential in...
02:34 PM, Oct 27, 2012
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
Badaun: Two more persons were on Saturday arrested for allegedly trying to set ablaze the district supply officer in Dehgava village after he sealed a fair price shop. Vivek and Manoj Bhardwaj have been arrested in connection with the attack on DSO Neeraj Singh on Thursday night, Senior Superintendent of Police Manjil Saini said. She said while four persons have been arrested, main accused Girish Chandra had surrendered. The SSP...
02:14 PM, Oct 20, 2012
London: A small British company has developed a way to create petrol from air and water, technology it hopes may one day contribute to large-scale production of green fuels. Engineers at Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS) in Teeside, northern England, say they have produced 5 litres of synthetic petrol over a period of three months. The technique involves extracting carbon dioxide from air and hydrogen from water, and combining them in...
12:56 AM, Oct 20, 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: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday called for a closer alignment of domestic prices of petroleum products with global prices, saying it is in the interest of both consumers and investors and necessary for a sustainable future. He said that for an over-8 percent growth during the 12th plan (2012-2017), India has to ensure a better demand management, maintaining a balance between energy consumption and its cost and availability....
09:52 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Petrol pump dealers have declared a partial shutdown across country, starting Monday, in protest against "inadequate" commission payments. The dealers have announced that petrol pumps will be open only from 9 am to 5 pm. This has led to long queues at the pump with the consumers complaining of major inconvenience. ...
08:10 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Long queues were seen at the petrol and diesel pumps across the country on Monday as the station owners launched 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, are open 24/7 as the owners say they have got good commissions. ...
02:30 PM, Oct 15, 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
New Delhi: The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has cut the price of petrol by 56 paise per litre. The reduction in petrol price has come amid criticism being faced by the UPA government over the hike in diesel prices and cap on subsidised LPG cylinders. Following are the revised petrol prices in four metros after oil companies reduced prices with effect from Tuesday. In Delhi, the petrol price has come...
10:01 AM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has cut the price of petrol by 56 paise per litre. The reduction in petrol price has come amid criticism being faced by the UPA government over the hike in diesel prices and cap on subsidised LPG cylinders. Petrol price was last revised on July 24 when it was raised by 70 paise. It was last cut on June 3 when rates were...
12:02 AM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Monday slashed the price of petrol by 56 paise per litre to be effective from midnight. The reduction in petrol price has come amid criticism being faced by the UPA government over the hike in diesel prices and cap on subsidised LPG cylinders. Petrol price was last revised on July 24 when it was raised by 70 paise. It was last cut...
06:38 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Petrol price may be cut by about Rs 1.60 per litre later this month as appreciation of rupee against the US dollar has helped state firms make profit on the fuel. Indian rupee appreciated to five-month high since the government announced allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retailing. This has eased the cost of imports for oil firms, helping them make profit on sale of petrol. "Yes,...
10:29 AM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi: Federation of All India Petroleum Traders, an umbrella body which claims to represent most of the 42,000 petrol pump operators in the country, on Sunday said it has no plans to go on strike as the government was considering raising dealers commission. FAIPT said there was "no truth" in petrol pumps not making any fuel purchases on October 1 and 2. "Petrol pumps all over the country shall...
10:29 AM, Sep 30, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Shourie on Monday said that he supported Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to raise the fuel prices citing 'increasing growth deficit'. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Shourie said, "I personally support the hike in the prices of petroleum products. It's only when prices of fuel are increased that alternate power sources will become viable." However, Shourie blamed the Prime Minister for...
12:31 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Guntur: In a bid to press for their demand to increase the commission, petrol dealers in Andhra Pradesh have decided not to buy petrol from petroleum companies on October 1 and 2. A spokesman of the AP Petrol Dealers Association said that it has become uneconomical to maintain petrol stations owing to sharp rise in expenses on various heads. The decision of the petrol dealers is expected to hit supply...
12:12 AM, Sep 17, 2012
The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission further said that allies like Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee were consulted before pushing for big-ticket reforms like the FDI in multi-brand retail. ...
09:15 AM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: Days after the steepest diesel price hike, oil companies on Saturday raised premium or branded petrol and diesel rates by Rs 6.36 and Rs 19.55 per litre, respectively. The government, on Thursday, had raised diesel price by Rs 5.63 per litre and allowed the oil companies to price premium or branded petrol and diesel at market prices. Subsequently, the premium or branded petrol in Delhi is being sold...
09:27 PM, Sep 15, 2012
Jamshedpur: Not hiking diesel prices could have led to suppressed inflation, State Bank of India Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said on Friday. Diesel prices were raised by Rs 5 a litre on Thursday night. The government had no choice but to increase the price of diesel because of the increasing loss incurred by the oil companies, Chaudhuri, who was in the steel city to take part in a function, said. While...
05:43 PM, Sep 14, 2012
