The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has reportedly asked its 18 Members of Parliament (MPs) to camp in national capital New Delhi to step up pressure on the UPA Government at the Centre to roll

The government, already under fire for raising petrol prices, may delay a planned diesel price hike for fear the move could cause further damage ahead of key state elections beginning early next year,

A roll-back in the steep Rs 1.80 a litre hike in petrol price is unlikely, government sources said on Saturday.

Ruling out that it has demanded any rollback, Congress on Saturday left it to the government to decide on the issue of petrol price hike saying it did not want to enter their jurisdiction.

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Defending the government on the recent petrol price hike, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said the decision on the increase was taken by oil firms, as the fuel was a de-regulated item.

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India could partially roll back a 2.7 percent hike in petrol prices, a source in the ruling Congress party said on Friday, as the move angered opposition and government allies at a time when inflation

As government came under attack from allies and opposition alike on the stiff hike in petrol price, the Kerala High Court today asked oil companies to produce their balance sheet and quarterly reports

State-owned oil companies are pressing for a Rs 1.82 per litre increase in petrol prices because of rupee depreciation and hardening of crude oil prices.

The world's population touched another milestone today as India and the Philippines welcomed 'symbolic' seventh-billionth babies.

A baby girl, born to 23-year-old Vinita and Ajay at a local communit

After a one-off reduction, state-owned oil companies today hiked jet fuel prices by a steep 3.8 per cent in line.

The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, at Delhi's T3 airport was rais