Strongly backing the decision to hike diesel price and cap on supply of subsidised LPG, Planning Commission on Friday said the country needs lot of tough decisions and diesel and petrol prices shoul

The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) on Friday said it has increased freight charges across the country by 15 per cent following the hike in diesel prices.

Making a strong pitch for immediate rollback of hike in diesel price, UPA allies and opposition parties have threatened to take to the streets with Samajwadi Party saying it will 'not hesitate to take stern steps'.

Left parties on Friday opposed the hike in diesel price with CPI (M) terming it a 'gigantic fraud' and decided to hold protests across the country while targeting Trinamool Congress for its 'double

The cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may discuss raising the prices of heavily subsidised fuels including diesel at a meeting on Thursday and could take a decision, government officials

The Oil Ministry has moved a Cabinet note seeking immediate hike in diesel, cooking gas and kerosene prices and limiting supply of subsidised LPG cylinders to 4-6 per household in a year.

The min

Diesel and cooking gas (LPG) prices are unlikely to be hiked even after the end of the Monsoon Session of Parliament next week as the government is wary of taking such a decision at a time when it

The Finance Ministry is examining a proposal to hike excise duty on diesel cars, a move which may discourage consumption of subsidised fuel by personal vehicle owners, a senior government official

The government on Tuesday said it has agreed in-principle to deregulate diesel prices, but is not considering similar proposal for the cooking gas.

The government has 'in-principle' agreed to deregulate diesel prices, but there is no such proposal for cooking gas, Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena said on Tuesday.

"Government has,