No hike in Kerosene and LPG prices: Govt.

August 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Over a hundred of women activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) took to the streets in Mumbai on Monday to protest against rising prices of basic commodities. The protesters carried an effigy of a demon signifying price rise, beat utensils and raised slogans against the Maharashtra government for failing to curtail the rising prices.

August 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - To protest against the soaring prices of commodities in the country activists of Shiv Sena along with a large number of local residents took to streets of Mumbai on Sunday. Protestors raised slogans against the ruling Congress party for not checking the prices of essential commodities, leading to a high cost of living.

July 12th, 2009 PATNA - The high prices of vegetables have upset household budgets of people in Bihar, leaving them both harried and troubled. The hike in fuel prices and a delay in monsoons have adversely affected vegetable prices.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora on Thursday said that government will roll back the price hike of Rs 4 and Rs 2 a-litre on petrol and diesel respectively, if international crude oil prices stabilise between 50 to 60 dollars a barrel. "Yes, we will cut prices if crude prices stabilise for sometime between 50 and 60 dollars per barrel," Murli Deora said.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Accusing the UPA government of plundering the common man, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday demanded rollback of hike in petroleum prices. Party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, the BJP condemns the government's decision to hastily raise the prices of petrol and diesel, though the price of the crude oil has come down in international market.he UPA, which sought votes in the name of aam admi, now by raising oil prices they have betrayed the people and are indulging in loot and plunder, Javadekar alleged.

July 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Shiv Sena activists staged a protest here against the rise of vegetable on Friday. They alleged that the rise in fuel prices had had a cascading effect on the prices of vegetables and other essential commodities.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Activists of Communist party of India and Socialist Unity Centre of India staged demonstrations against the increase in prices of petrol and diesel here on Friday. Shouting slogans against the ruling Congress party, protesters demanded the government to roll back the hike.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The UPA Government and the opposition on Thursday traded charges over the fuel price hike on the first day of the Budget Session of Parliament. Non-Congress parties, including UPA allies DMK and Trinamool Congress, slammed the hike and demanded a roll back.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday called upon the government to make the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition public at the earliest. "The report is already delayed.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Petrol and diesel prices rise by as much as 10 percent in India, on Wednesday, the first increase this year and one of the steepest ever. Petrol prices rose by four rupees a litre, while diesel rates were hiked by two rupees a litre.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora Thursday refused to roll back the increase in fuel prices but said that a revision will be considered when the international crude oil prices come down. The government Wednesday allowed state-run oil firms to increase prices of transport fuels, resulting in petrol becoming dearer by Rs.4 per litre and diesel by Rs.2 per litre.

July 2nd, 2009 ROHTAK - Farmers have reacted strongly to the hike in the prices of petrol and diesel. The delayed monsoon is forcing them to irrigate their fields through tubewells, which consume around 15-20 litres of diesel.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Common people and opposition parties alike sharply criticised the government for the hike in the petrol and diesel prices announced Wednesday evening. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party, said the hike during economic crisis would only increase the peoples problems and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) demanded the unjustified decision should be withdrawn.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Inc Wednesday welcomed the government's decision to raise fuel prices, saying the move would help oil companies reduce their huge subsidy burden. "With hike in prices of diesel and petrol, oil companies will be able to avoid red ink in their balance sheet as they were bleeding under the burden of subsidies, discounts and oil bonds," Sajjan Jindal, president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), said in a statement.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government may hike coal prices marginally, Minister of State for Coal (Independent Charge) Sriprakash Jaiswal said here Friday. "Keeping in view the current economic situation, we can hike the price if required, but the hike will be marginal," Jaiswal told reporters after taking charge.