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 …
Amritsar - With power playing truant and prices of petrol and diesel on an all-time high, farmers in the district are at their wits ends. With paddy season approaching, farmers have urged the government to either ensure 24-hour power supply to run their tubewells or provide fuel at subsidised rates. …
Justifying the stand of Punjab Chief Minister on not reducing the tax on petro-products, cabinet minister and senior BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia today said the state was not in a position to face the brunt of inefficient policies of the Union government. "States have limited sources to generate revenue and …
The increase in fuel costs is expected to have a cascading effect on the price of essential commodities. With inflation at an all-time high, people are having a hard time managing their household budget. The Rs 5 hike in petrol, Rs 3 in diesel and Rs 50 for LPG has …
UK registrations of 4x4 vehicles tumbled by more than 18 per cent last month in a powerful sign that Europeans are joining the headlong scramble out of large gas-guzzlers seen in the US. The data from Europe's second largest car market mirrors collapses in largevehicle sales under way in other …
The duty on buses which carry more people is the same as that on small cars, such is our warped policy. After much vacillation and prevarication, the government has finally done the inevitable
GLOBAL OIL SHOCK HITS HOME: Petrol up Rs 5, diesel Rs 3, LPG 50; unpopular but we had no choice, says PM, calls for official austerity Aware that it would very well be the last price hike that his government could afford before the election frenzy sets in, Prime Minister …
In the grim scenario of continued rise in oil prices, presently hitting at $127 a barrel in international market (on May 30, 2008) and adding yet more fuel to the prevailing fire of global inflation, the nations all the world over are facing it hard to adjust their economies to …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in an address to the nation on Wednesday, explained the circumstances under which the government effected the revision in the fuel prices. "I know that the price increases we have had to announce today will not be popular, though they are only modest,' he said while …
The increase effected by the Union Government in the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas on Wednesday came as a shock for the residents of Chandigarh and Panchkula and many of them rushed to the nearby petrol pumps to fill the tanks of their vehicles at the old rates …
After considerable hesitation, the government has announced a package of measures to cope with the heavy burden imposed by the high global oil prices. Its most visible component is the hike in the retail prices of petrol and diesel
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on Wednesday announced a steep hike in fuel prices. It increased the price of petrol by Rs. 5, diesel by Rs. 3 and LPG by Rs. 50 a cylinder, but did not touch kerosene. Almost all Opposition parties, the Left and the UPA's allies …
Following a prod by CPI(M) state secretary and Left Front chairman Biman Bose, West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta on Wednesday announced sales tax cut on petrol and diesel to "provide some relief' to the common people even as the state Government urged the Centre to reconsider the fuel price …
Hiranmay Karlekar It is more likely for water to be turned into wine than for soaring petrol and diesel prices, which threaten to hobble the world's economy, to plummet. The global food shortage may end, but not in a hurry. It may also continue, given the vagaries of climate change …
Steady rise in fuel prices seems here to stay and each price rise is bound to have an impact on monthly budgets. With petrol becoming dearer by a steep Rs 5 and diesel by Rs 3, auto experts say that simple changes in driving habits and minor alterations in lifestyle …
Your motor fuel bill is poised to rise as the government looks set to decide on oil prices on Wednesday. Also on the agenda is an increase of Rs 10-20 in the price of cooking gas refills
The government is likely to announce a hike in fuel prices on Wednesday to bail out state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) that are suffering massive financial losses due to skyrocketing international crude prices. The decision will be first taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) …
Under-recoveries by state-owned oil marketing companies are set to hit a new record in June with the under-realisation on the sale of diesel, the largest selling fuel and also the most politically sensitive, almost matching the subsidised selling price. At Rs 31.58 per litre, the under-realisation on diesel is a …
