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

Slamming the government over diesel price hike, UP allies Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party on Thursday demanded an immediate rollback while the opposition said the increase will further hit the

The government has no immediate plan to raise domestic fuel prices, Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said on Friday, adding that it was now up to the cabinet to decide on the thorny issue of reducing heft

The government may hike petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene prices simultaneously as early as next week, with Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Friday saying 'difficult and painful' decisions need to be taken.

Expect a popular backlash if the government raises diesel prices to halt the subsidy drain on its finances - not only from the millions of poor who need cheap fuel but from increasing numbers of the w

State-run producer Oil & Natural Gas Corp reported a higher-than-expected 48 per cent jump in quarterly profit as the company benefited from higher crude oil prices and foreign exchange fluctuations.

With a range of issues in the armoury of the Opposition, the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning on Wednesday is expected to generate heat and dust over a variety of subjects like price rise, econ

Petrol price was cut on Thursday by Rs 2.46 per litre, the second reduction this month.

Petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 67.78 a litre with effect from midnight on Thursday night as against Rs 70.24 a li

Petrol price will come down by 92 paise while cost of diesel will go up by 37 paise from midnight Sunday in the capital, with the Delhi government issuing a notification adjusting the Value Added Tax

After the pension sector reform bill was put on the backburner following opposition from key UPA partner Trinamool Congress, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday night said the Centre would dis