Air India joins other airlines, hikes fares
New Delhi: With a nearly 15 per cent hike in oil prices and a fall in rupee value, Air India joined other airlines in raising its fares with its officials saying these were being increased to the lev
'Call on hiking fuel price after Sonia Gandhi returns from the US'
New Delhi: A decision on raising diesel prices by Rs 3-5 per litre, kerosene by Rs 2 and LPG by up to Rs 50 per cylinder will be taken after UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi returns from US, top governme
CPM slams government over fuel price hike
Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Sunday slammed the government over fuel price hike, saying the government was unable to check the falling value of rupee and it was taking decisions which would f
Autorickshaws seek hike in minimum charge
News of the hike in petrol price by Rs 7.50 saw a huge rush of vehicles outside fuel stations, with people keen to fill up their tanks before the hiked price came into effect. The cops were present at
Hartal against fuel price hike paralyses life in Kerala
Stray incidents of attack on vehicles marked the dawn to dusk hartal called by LDF and BJP and motor strike called by various organisations in Kerala on Monday protesting the petrol price hike.
The h
Petrol price hike: Two hartals in a row anger common man in Kerala
Two hartals in three days have riled the public already distressed by the fuel price hike.
“No issue can be solved by a hartal,” said human rights activist B.R.P.Bhaskar. “As a result of the hartals,
Petrol price hike sparks violence in Kerala capital
Demonstrations held by DYFI and SFI on Friday against petrol price hike turned violent in many parts of Kerala, even as LDF called for a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the capital on Saturday to protest alle
TN cancels 4pc VAT on LPG; price to come down by Rs15
Days after the UPA government hiked the prices of LPG by Rs50 per cylinder, Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday cancelled a four per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on LPG, bringing down the price of a cylind
Kamal Nath asks truckers to abandon strike
New Delhi, July 29: Minister of Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath today said that the truckers should not go on strike in the larger interest of the country after they on Tuesday threatened to go
Rise in fuel product prices minimal: Deora
New Delhi, Jul 27: Defending the increase in fuel product prices and their de-regulation, Government today said the rise in their cost was "minimal" and such a decision was needed to improve the finan