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
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is going green, quite literally. After lighting up his official residence - 1 Anne Marg - with solar energy, costing Rs 4.5 crore, his native village Kalyanbigha in Nalanda district has now got low-cost solar pumpsets installed. The demo models, as they are supposed to be, have started functioning from his native village and will be replicated elsewhere in Bihar later on. The new solar-powered...
04:53 PM, Apr 14, 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
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
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
Nottingham: Tino Best is ready to make the most of his unexpected recall to West Indies duty after being summoned to England as a replacement for the injured Shannon Gabriel. Fast bowler Gabriel took four wickets on his Test debut during the five-wicket series-opening defeat by England at Lord's concluded on Monday but was then ruled out of the remaining two Tests with a back injury. That prompted the West...
01:39 PM, May 26, 2008
Petrol pump operators across the country will go ahead with their proposed strike on Friday. ...
06:03 PM, Apr 12, 2007
The SC has confirmed its interim order, cancelling over 250 allotments of petrol pumps, LPG and kerosene outlets. ...
11:25 AM, Jan 12, 2007
It's day three of the petrol dealers' strike in Maharashtra and another day of inconvenience for commuters. ...
08:32 AM, Nov 22, 2006
Petrol pumps across Maharashtra have stopped taking fresh fuel stocks from the oil companies and some of them are running dry. ...
05:24 PM, Nov 21, 2006
Among the other demands of the petrol dealers are to remove licence fee on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). ...
09:11 PM, Nov 20, 2006
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Petrol pumps in Maharashtra are likely to go dry from Monday due to the petrol dealers decision not to make purchases indefinitely. ...
10:44 PM, Nov 19, 2006
It is also launching call centres throughout the country, which will be connected with a single number (139). ...
05:09 PM, Nov 12, 2006
