Petrol, diesel prices hiked from Saturday midnight

The price of petrol has been hiked by Rs 1.39 per litre and that of diesel by Rs 1.04 a litre, in sync with firming international rates. The hike comes the on back of a Rs 4.85 per litre reduction......

Direct cash transfer of LPG kicks off in 18 districts

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily today formally launched the direct benefit transfer scheme for liquefied petroleum gas at Tumkur in Karnataka. It was launched simultaneously in......

Essar, RIL have set up over 1,000 petrol pumps

The Ruias-managed Essar Oil is fast catching up with Reliance Industries in the number of petrol pumps set up by private sector retailers. As on March 1, 2007, Essar Oil had 1,149 petrol bunks, few......

IOC seeks hike in oil prices

With crude oil touching a record $72per barrel, Indian Oil Corporationis seeking a Rs 5.6 per litre increase in petrol and Rs 7.6 a litre hike in diesel prices to offset the Rs 80-crore (Rs......