Petrol, diesel prices today raised for third day in a row

Petrol and diesel prices in India were hiked for the third straight day amid firming global rates. In Delhi, petrol rates were hiked by 8 paise per litre and diesel by 19 paise, the third straight day of increase in rates as the firming international oil rates broke a nearly two-month-long hiatus in price revision.

Petrol price in Delhi was today hiked to ₹81.46 per litre from ₹81.38 while diesel rates went up from ₹70.88 to ₹71.07 per litre. In Mumbai, the petrol price was raised to ₹88.16 per litre, from ₹88.09, while diesel rates went up from ₹77.34 to ₹77.54.

In Chennai, petrol retailed at ₹84.53 per litre while diesel at ₹76.55 while in Kolkata petrol at ₹83.03 and ₹74.64.