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Justice sought for Jharkhand girl Ankita who was brutally burnt to death
The severely injured Ankita struggled for five days at RIMS in Ranchi before breathing her last late on Saturday night. She was cremated in Dumka on Monday morning. The city of Dumka, the sub-capital of Jharkhand, remained closed for the second day in protest against this incident.
OMCs pause petrol, diesel price hike for 2nd consecutive day
Accordingly, in the national capital, petrol continues to be sold for Rs 101.84 per litre and diesel at the unchanged price of Rs 89.87 a litre. On Saturday, petrol price was increased by 30 paise, while diesel was kept unchanged. On Sunday, oil marketing had kept the price of the two auto fuels unchanged. In the city of Mumbai, where petrol prices crossed Rs 100-mark for the first time ever on May 29.
Petrol price moves up further, diesel rate unchanged
However, unlike uniform price movement earlier, oil marketing companies on Saturday increased the pump price of petrol only and kept diesel rates unchanged offering some relief to the transport sector. Accordingly, while the price of petrol increased by 30 paise per litre to Rs 101.84 a litre in Delhi, diesel price remained at Friday's level of Rs 89.87 a litre.
Oil Minister defends high fuel prices citing govt spending on welfare schemes
Speaking to reporters, Pradhan said: "I accept that the current fuel prices are causing trouble to the consumers, there is no ambiguity over it. But whether it is the Centre of the state governmentsover Rs 35,000 crore is being spent on vaccination during a year. "All these expenses (are there) and along with those, investments are required for job creation and developmental activities," he said.
Fuel prices touch new highs after another hike today, Petrol nears Rs 100/litre in Mumbai
In the National Capital Region (NCR), petrol price is now Rs 93.68 per litre, an increase of 24 paise. Diesel prices were affected too as the new price soared up to Rs 84.61 per litre which is an increase of 29 paise. Fuel rates vary across the states in the country due to value-added tax or VAT. Notably, petrol and diesel rates have been hiked 14 times since May 4.
Fuel price rise paused a day after reaching new highs
Accordingly, petrol price remains at Rs 93.44 per litre and diesel Rs 84.32 per litre in Delhi. Across the country as well the fuel prices remained static on Wednesday after rising by 20-27 paise per litre a day earlier but their retail prices varied depending on the level of local taxes in states.
Petrol, diesel price remains on pause even as crude rises
The halt in price rise comes even as the global oil price surge continues with crude rising again on Wednesday reaching closer to a new high of $ 58 a barrel this year. With a price on hold on Wednesday, petrol continued to be available at a new record high of Rs 86.30 a litre in Delhi while diesel is available in the city at Rs 76.48 a litre. This is the seventh consecutive day when fuel prices have remained static.
No rise in retail petrol/diesel prices despite new cess in Budget
However, to prevent the additional cess from impacting the retail price of two petroleum products that have already reached historically high levels across the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that rates of basic excise duty and special additional excise duty on petrol and diesel are being reduced from the existing levels.
Hike in fuel prices hit pause for 3rd day
Across the country as well the fuel prices remained at Wednesday's level. In Mumbai, petrol is priced at Rs 92.86 a litre while in Chennai its is at Rs 88.82/l and in Kolkata Rs 87.69/l. Diesel on the other hand is at Rs 83.30 a litre in Mumbai, Rs 81.71 in Chennai and Rs 80.08 in Kolkata.
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