Tag: Petrol Price

New Delhi: Petrol prices in the country increased for the second consecutive day on Saturday whereas diesel prices remained unchanged. The crude oil prices in the international market edged lower by $3 a barrel in the last week. Petrol has become costlier by five paise per litre in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai and by six […]

New Delhi: Petrol price on Monday hit Rs 75 a litre mark for the first time in more than a year as oil firms raised rates to make up for the rising cost of production. Petrol price was on Monday hiked by 5 paise per litre and diesel by 10 paise a litre, according to […]

New Delhi: Consumers may feel the pinch of higher fuel prices in coming months as the government is considering a proposal to allow oil marketing companies charge a premium on retail prices of petrol and diesel to recover their investment in producing less polluting fuel. Public and private sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) have appealed […]

New Delhi: Amid Coronavirus impact, the prices of petrol and diesel may increase further as Parliament on Monday passed Finance Bill allowing the government to increase special additional excise duty by Rs 18 and Rs 12 respectively for mobilising additional resources which would help to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. This compares to the present limit […]

New Delhi: Petrol price on Monday was hiked by 33 paise per litre and diesel by 58 paise to take retail rates to record high as the oil companies increased prices for the 16th day in a row. In 16 days, petrol price has been hiked by Rs 8.3 per litre and diesel by Rs […]

New Delhi: Fuel prices in the country finally fell on Thursday with oil marketing companies deciding to pass the benefit of softer global oil prices earlier this month to the…

New Delhi: Oil marketing companies (OMC) kept petrol and diesel prices unchanged for the 12th straight day across the four metro cities on Sunday. In the national capital, petrol was…

New Delhi: Petrol, diesel prices have remained steady for about half of the current month as stable global oil prices have ensured that oil marketing companies did not revise retail fuel prices. Diesel price has stayed at the same level since last October 3, completing 15 days when the fuel did not see any revision. […]

New Delhi: Consumers can cheer as oil marketing companies (OMC) may actually bring down the retail prices of petrol and diesel in the coming week and provide relief to them ahead of Diwali. Oil sector experts said that with global oil prices under pressure from slowing demand in the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic […]

New Delhi: For the first time in the last two years, the petrol price on Saturday breached the Rs 83 per litre-mark in Delhi after a rally in international oil prices forced a 13th increase in rates in the last fortnight. Petrol price on Saturday was raised by 27 paise per litre and diesel by […]

Bhubaneswar: Petrol prices hit a record high in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday after the state-owned fuel retailers hiked the rates following a five-day hiatus. A customer has to shell out Rs 85.09 for one litre of petrol, an all-time high, informed General Secretary of Utkal Petroleum Dealers Association, Sanjay Lath today. With the fresh hike, petrol […]

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices remain unchanged on Friday after oil marketing companies decided to go on a pause mode opting to wait and watch the global oil market before taking the next course of action. Accordingly, in the national capital, petrol continued to be sold at the new record high level of Rs […]

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged on Sunday after oil marketing companies decided to wait and watch the global oil price movement before taking the next course of action. Accordingly, in the national capital, petrol continued to be sold at the new record high level of Rs 84.70 a litre while diesel prices […]

Bhubaneswar: The consumers across Odisha are now feeling the pinch of a steep rise in the petrol and diesel prices in the past one week. As per reports, the price of petrol reached a new high in Odisha as it breached Rs 91 per litre mark in Malkangiri on Monday. Official sources said petrol is […]

Bhubaneswar: Holding Centre and State government accountable for rising petrol and diesel prices, the Odisha Congress workers on Monday observed a six-hour-long bandh from 7 AM to 1 PM and staged ‘rail roko’ agitation across the State demanding an immediate reduction in fuel rates. Claiming that the state-wide shutdown by the Congress was a big […]