Tag: Diesel

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the government is aiming to promote more digitisation in all spheres of life, people could very soon have the luxury of buying petrol and diesel on a single click without even going to petrol pump. According to union minister Dharmendra Pradhan all petroleum products will soon be available on e-commerce […]

Cuttack: Amidst the ongoing tug of war between BJD and BJP over fuel price rise, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in Orissa High Court today to bring petroleum products under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) ambit. According to sources, social activist Surendra Panigrahi filed the PIL in High Court seeking a uniform […]

Bubaneswar: Protesting hike in price of petrol and diesel, the Biju Janata Dal has called for a five-hour hartal at all blocks and district headquarters across the State tomorrow. Emergency services like hospitals have been excluded from the hartal even though it will be completely peaceful, BJD spokesperson Sanjay Dasburma said. “The hartal will be […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Consumers, now it’s time to use petrol, diesel more judiciously as oil marketing companies have decided to increase the dealer commission, paid to fuel pump owners, starting today making the prices of fuel go up. The dealer commission, which is a part of price of the fuel that consumers pay, is currently Rs […]

Bhubaneswar: Two days after a hike in the price of diesel, the Odisha government on Monday increased fares for all categories of passenger buses as per the automatic fare adjustment mechanism. As per a notification issued by the Commerce and Transport department, the fares for Ordinary and Express buses have been hiked by 1 paisa […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting against the Union government’s move to hike the prices of petrol and diesel, the youth wing of ruling BJD is staging a state-wide protest on Friday. According to party sources, the youth wing of the ruling party is staging demonstrations in front of the collectors’ offices in all 30 districts and two organisational […]

Bhubaneswar: Consumers in the State are worried a lot due to yesterday’s hike in prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 3.13 per litre and Rs 2.71 a litre respectively. Prices of all essential commodities will go up as transportation cost will obviously rise after the hike. This will pinch the pockets of middle class […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after oil companies reduced petrol and diesel prices, the Odisha government today slashed bus fares across all the categories to pass on the benefit to commuters. Transport minister Ramesh Majhi announced a reduction of 1 paise per km in bus fares in ordinary, express, deluxe and AC categories. The last reduction in […]

New Delhi: Amid reports of a deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia to cut crude production, Indian state-run oil firms continued to lower transport fuel prices for the eleventh straight day on Sunday, with petrol prices touching the lowest level in the ongoing fiscal across the major metros. In the national capital, petrol price fell […]

New Delhi: Following five consecutive days of cuts, state-run oil marketing companies kept prices of key domestic transport fuels — petrol and diesel — unchanged on Wednesday, on the festival of Diwali. According to the Indian Oil Corp data, petrol was priced at Rs 78.42 per litre in the national capital on Wednesday, which is its […]

New Delhi: State-run oil marketing companies continued to cut the prices of key domestic transport fuels — petrol and diesel — well into the second week on Sunday on lower global crude oil prices. According to the Indian Oil Corp data, petrol was priced at Rs 80.05 per litre in the national capital on Sunday. Across […]

New Delhi: With transport fuel prices on a downward trend for over a week, an official source said on Friday that the reductions were a result of falling global crude oil prices and the rupee’s appreciation against the US dollar and that prices were expected to soften further in the coming days. Under the daily […]

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices witnessed an increase across the four metro cities on Sunday, two days after the government announced an excise duty cut on the fuel to give relief to the common man. In the national capital, petrol was priced at Rs 81.82 per litre, up from Rs 81.68 on Saturday, data […]

New Delhi: Transport fuel prices continued on the daily record-breaking upward movement on Tuesday, with petrol inching closer to Rs 84 in Delhi, having already crossed the Rs 91 a litre mark in Mumbai the previous day. In the national capital, petrol cost Rs 83.85 per litre, up from Rs 83.73 on Monday, data on […]

New Delhi: Fuel prices in the country continued their upward movement on Saturday, with petrol costing nearly Rs 91 per litre in Mumbai. In the country’s financial capital, petrol was priced at Rs 90.75 per litre, up from Rs 90.57 on Friday, data on the Indian Oil Corp’s website showed. Petrol prices in the other […]