In a case relating to North East Delhi riots, 2020, Delhi court frames charges of attempted murder against ex-AAP Councillor Thir Hussain and seven others for causing gunshot injury to one Ajay Goswami in the Dayal Pur in the area.

New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The central government on Wednesday cut the windfall tax on crude oil to Rs 17,000 per tonne from earlier Rs 23,250 per tonne. This move comes amid the latest decline in global crude oil prices.

New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): The Centre has imposed a special additional excise duty to the tune of Rs 6 per litre on petrol and Rs 13 per litre on diesel on exports, a move that could help meet the country's energy demand.

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI Stepping up the attack against the government over steep hike in fuel prices Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the rise in petrol and diesel prices has been unprecedented and demanded its roll back Leading a protest by Congress MPs on the issue at Vijay Chowk here he said prices of petrol and diesel have risen nine times in the last 10 days and the common man is the most affected due to thisCongress MPs from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha carrying placards raised slogans against the government and sat on a dharna against the fuel price hike Among those present included Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Our demand is that the government should control prices and stop raising petrol and diesel prices Gandhi said while noting that the poor and middle class have been worst hit by the hikeWe can see that petrol and diesel prices are climbing rapidly The government is making thousands of crores from this The Congress is protesting across the country against this price rise of petrol and diesel The government has to stop doing this It has to ensure that prices do not rise he saidI had said that when elections will be over the prices of petrol and diesel will be rising and had asked people to fill up their tanks he saidThis level of price rise in petrol and diesel has been unprecedented he said while accusing the government of stealing the money from the poor and handing it over to industrialistsThe Congress is also launching a week-long countrywide protest against inflation and rise in fuel prices Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday hiked by 80 paise a litre each taking the total increase in rates in the last 10 days to Rs 640 per litre Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending upon local taxation This is the ninth increase in prices since the ending of a four-and-half-month long hiatus in rate revision on March 22PTI SKC DV DV

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI Congress MPs led by Rahul Gandhi on Thursday staged a protest against the fuel price hike at Vijay Chowk here and sought its roll back Congress MPs from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha carrying placards raised slogans against the government and sat on a dharna against the rise in price of petrol diesel and LPG gas Among those present included Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury The Congress is also launching a week-long countrywide protest against inflation and rise in fuel prices Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday hiked by 80 paise a litre each taking the total increase in rates in the last 10 days to Rs 640 per litre Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending upon the incidence of local taxation This is the ninth increase in prices since the ending of a four-and-half-month long hiatus in rate revision on March 22PTI SKC SRY DV DV

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Elections every month are the best way to check rising prices of petrol diesel and cooking gas NCP member Supriya Sule said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday in a swipe at the Centre over the hike in fuel cost after the recent assembly polls Raising the issue of hardships being faced by women due to the increase in the price of cooking gas she said during the Zero Hour that the BJP won the assembly polls in four out of five states where people stood in queues to vote for it But soon after the polls concluded the prices went up she said Only elections can keep prices of fuel under control Sule said and sarcastically requested the central government to hold polls every month While polls will keep the ruling party busy it will ensure prices of fuel items remain under control she said Hitting out at the government she said it patted its own back when Ujjwala Yojna was launched to provide free gas cylinders to women But now the same women are facing problems due to sky-rocketing prices of cooking gas the NCP leader said Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also demanded that the government roll back prices of petrol diesel and LPG He claimed that in the name of the rise in international crude prices the government has hiked excise duty to earn revenue Raising the issue during Zero Hour he also claimed that the UPA government had ensured that the common man is not hurt due to rise in prices of crude Earlier in the day Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for around 20 minutes as opposition members protested in the House against the rise in fuel prices Petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday were hiked by 80 paise a litre each for the second day in a row LPG price on Tuesday was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder PTI NAB NAB RT RT

Kathmandu [Nepal], February 3 (ANI): Hitting the street against the rising price of petroleum, the student union of the opposition's Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) burned an effigy of Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday.

Kathmandu [Nepal], February 2 (ANI): The price of petroleum products has reached an all-time high in Nepal as the state-owned petroleum supplier increased the price from midnight owing to the losses incurring from the sales.

Ahead of Assembly elections in the state in 2022, the Punjab government on Sunday announced a cut in petrol and diesel prices by Rs 10 and Rs 5 respectively. Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said the reduced prices, owing to decrease in the value added tax levied on diesel and petrol, will come into effect […]

“On Wednesday, the Finance Ministry announced a Rs 5 per litre cut in excise duty on petrol and a Rs 10 per litre cut in excise duty on diesel. The finance ministry stated that crude oil prices have witnessed a global upsurge in recent months. As a consequence, domestic prices of petrol and diesel had increased in recent weeks and these factors were exerting inflationary pressure. But nevertheless, the govt reduced the excise duty on Petrol and diesel.