Order of the High Court of Rajasthan in the matter of Deepak Acharya Vs Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited dated 05/03/2025. The Rajasthan High Court has admitted a petition challenging installation of a Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) petrol pump near a crematorium and high-tension line. The NOCs to establish the …
Microbes that convert electricity into methane gas could become an important source of renewable energy, according to scientists from Stanford and Pennsylvania State universities. Researchers at both campuses are raising colonies of micro-organisms, called methanogens, which have the remarkable ability to turn electrical energy into pure methane – the key …
AHMEDABAD: In an order which would impact lakhs of people owning cars, the Gujarat high court on Wednesday directed the state government to pass necessary laws to make it compulsory for all four-wheelers registered in Gujarat to convert to natural gas within one year. Further, the court gave two months …
LUCKNOW: The price of petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene went up marginally in the state following recalibration of 'state surcharge' by the oil companies. While the petrol got costlier by 70 paise, the per litre price of diesel went up by 64 paise. Similarly, the cost of cooking gas …
Mumbai: Mumbaikars will have to pay more on all petroleum products they use in their daily lives such as petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene after the oil marketing firms recalibrated rates to reflect the changes in local levies on Wednesday. The new prices, effective Thursday, will result in petrol …
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel would become marginally cheaper in 11 states, while the price of cooking gas would come down in 12 states from Wednesday as state-run fuel retailers recalibrated surcharge calculations to align with changes made in local levies by state governments. But as a result of this …
New Delhi After three consecutive price cuts in petrol since the first week of June, oil marketing companies IOC, HPCL and BPCL on Monday raised the price by 70-89 paise a litre citing increase in global oil prices and movement in the rupee-dollar exchange rate. With this price revision, petrol …
Bangalore: The government is close to taking a decision on capping the number of subsidized LPG cylinders to “econonomically not weaker” sections to bring down the subsidies by up to Rs 10,000 crore annually, minister of state for petroleum and natural gas R P N Singh said on Wednesday. The …
Government Likely To Hike Prices After Prez Polls If Upward Trend Continues. Crude price has breached the psychological $100 a barrel mark once again after a gap of 45 days and is expected to squeeze the space for opposition to an upward revision in fuel prices. State-run refiners paid $100.50 …
Unseasonably wet and windy weather led to low air pollution during June. Short periods of moderate air pollution were measured in London and Sheffield, and both Port Talbot and Grangemouth experienced pollution from industry. Fine weather from the 19th to 22nd caused a brief return to more typical June pollution …
GEAR SHIFT High fuel prices hit petrol SUV’s sales; all new cars come in only diesel version Sports utility vehicles may be the superstars of India’s car market, but old favourites such as Honda CR-V, Mitsubishi Outlander and Maruti Grand Vitara have literally gone off the road due to rising …
New Delhi The sharp fall in petrol prices in Asian markets paved the way for oil marketing companies to reduce petrol prices by R2.46 per litre to R3.22 per litre to provide a much needed relief to consumers. This is the second consecutive price cut by the oil marketing companies …
Breaking the mould of fortnightly revision, market leader Indian Oil Corp (IOC) cut the retail price of petrol by Rs 2.46 to Rs 3.22 a litre from Thursday midnight to “partially” pass on the benefit of low gasoline prices to consumers. “It has been decided to revise motor spirit prices …
Condemning the Tuticorin Corporation for the unprecedented hike in drinking water charges, cadres of Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) staged a demonstration near the old corporation office on WGC Road on Wednesday. Led by N. Shanmugaraja, district president, Tuticorin (South), the cadres demanded the corporation authorities to revoke the new …
Petrol price will come down by 92 paise while cost of diesel will go up by 37 paise from midnight Sunday in the capital, with the Delhi government issuing a notification adjusting the Value Added Tax (VAT) on the two fuels. Petrol will cost Rs. 70.24 per litre from current …
New Delhi: State-run oil marketing companies on Friday slashed jet fuel prices by some 5% in line with international markets, but decided to watch the rupee’s movement against the greenback before reducing petrol price. The price of jet fuel was reduced by Rs 3,260 per kilolitre (kl) to Rs 62,410 …
Mumbai:Petrol car owners may soon heave a sigh of relief as oil marketing firms are expected to cut the prices by up to Rs 2 per litre on Friday due to international crude prices declining. Crude prices, which fell to $96.5 per barrel on Wednesday, the lowest level in the …
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has questioned the coordinated pricing strategy of state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs). It plans to write to these companies over the matter soon. “The coordinated approach of OMCs is not only impacting consumer interest, it is also likely to create entry barriers for private …
SHILLONG: Petrol prices in Meghalaya would become cheaper by Rs 1.05 per litre from Friday after the State Cabinet decided not to charge Value Added Tax (VAT) on the price of petrol which was recently hiked. Announcing this on Wednesday, Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma said, “The exemption of VAT …
Writes to Pranab on the revenue being lost in not doing so, wants steep levy The government is planning to compensate the subsidy on diesel by taxing cars fuelled by it. Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy has recommended a steep Rs 2,55,000 additional tax on large and medium diesel cars …
In line with the falling global prices, petrol may be made cheaper by around Rs 2 a litre later this week, creating political legroom for a diesel price revision. This will be the second price cut in the month after the Rs 7.54 increase last month triggered strong political opposition. …
