European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is travelling to Hungary in a bid to secure unanimity on the EU’s executive arm’s proposal to ban oil imports from Russia. A spokesman for the European Commission said von der Leyen will meet with Hungary Prime minister Viktor Orban on Monday to discuss “issues related to European […]
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‘Roll back hiked cooking gas price’ – Demand SP, CPI(ML) Lib
The Samajwadi Party on Saturday staged a demonstration here demanding rollback of the cooking gas price, bringing petrol and diesel under the GST and reducing the duty on edible oils. The party submitted a memorandum in this regard to the Central Government through the Governor of Odisha. Samajwadi Party State president Rabi Behera said that […]
LPG price hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder
Cooking gas LPG prices were on Saturday hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder, the second increase in rates in just over six weeks following the firming of international energy rates. Non-subsidised LPG now costs Rs 999.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder in the national capital, up from Rs 949.50 previously, according to a price notification of state-owned […]
CPI (ML) demands roll back of hike in cooking gas price
The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) demanded roll back of the Rs 50 hike in the price of domestic cooking gas and said the government had failed to tackle inflation. In a statement, CPI (ML) state secretary Sudhakar Yadav said the government was “looting” money from the public by hiking the prices of cooking gas […]
Cong slams Govt for increase in LPG cylinder’s price
The Congress on Saturday slammed the Government over the hike in price of domestic LPG cylinder with former party chief Rahul Gandhi saying millions of Indian households are waging a difficult battle against “extreme inflation”, unemployment and “poor governance”. The Opposition party also said the central government should roll back the hike in the price […]
Crisis-hit Lanka re-introduces fuel rationing
Sri Lanka’s state-owned petroleum corporation on Thursday re-introduced fuel rationing for vehicles, as the worst economic crisis in decades roils the country with massive public protests against the government. Ceylon Petroleum Corporation head Sumith Wijesinghe said that now motorcycles and other two-wheelers can purchase fuel up to worth Rs 2,000 per visit to a fuel […]
Food department seize illegally used 39 LPG cylinders
The Food Department raided the gas refilling center in Anand Nagar and seized a total of 39 cylinders, in which 25 domestic, 3 commercial and 11 small cylinders were recovered. The gas was being refilled in the smallest cylinder at the center which was very dangerous and could lead to a massive accident. Raja Mehra […]
India’s oil import from Russia minuscule: Govt
India on Wednesday asserted that its energy purchases from Russia remain ‘minuscule’ in comparison to its total consumption and that legitimate energy transactions cannot be politicised as energy export from Russia are yet to be sanctioned. The world’s third-biggest oil-consuming and importing nation has in recent weeks snapped few cargoes available from Russia at deep […]
India’s oil import from Russia minuscule, legitimate energy transactions can’t be politicised: Govt
India on Wednesday asserted that its energy purchases from Russia remain ‘minuscule’ in comparison to its total consumption and that legitimate energy transactions cannot be politicised as energy export from Russia are yet to be sanctioned. The world’s third-biggest oil-consuming and importing nation has in recent weeks snapped few cargoes available from Russia at deep […]
As prices rise fuel sales growth moderates, LPG consumption falls
India’s petrol and diesel sales growth moderated in April while cooking gas LPG consumption fell as record high prices dented demand, preliminary industry data showed on Sunday. Petrol sales growth moderated to 2.1 per cent in April when compared with the same period in the preceding month, while diesel demand was almost flat. Cooking gas […]
Priyanka attacks govt over rising fuel prices
After a long silence following the humiliating defeat of her party in the assembly elections held earlier this year, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Friday, attacked the government over the rising fuel prices. Through her tweet on Friday, Priyanka Vadra said that the Centre hiked taxes on petrol and diesel by 250 per […]
BJP takes a dig at Finance Minister’s statement on VAT
BJP State President cum Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash has criticized Jharkhand Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon’s statement expressing his inability to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel. Prakash said that the Finance cum Food Supplies Minister of the State says that why should the State bear this extra burden? His statement is completely ridiculous and […]