Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) Daily commuters may face extreme hardship on Monday as app cab services will not be available from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. due to a 12-hour strike in the city. App cab operators have called the strike with 11-point demands, including a fare hike. The app cab drivers have been called to gather at Ramlila Park in central Kolkata at 11 a.m. on Monday to express solidarity with protesting drivers.A member of an app cab operator said, “We had raised the same demands with the previous…
Latest Fuel Price Hike News & Updates
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) A fair increase in fuel prices could still be on the table if global crude oil costs remain elevated and India’s import bill continues to strain oil companies, Pranjul Bhandari, Chief India Economist at HSBC said on Tuesday.In an exclusive interview with IANS, Bhandari noted that India’s landed cost of crude oil imports has recently been around $110 per barrel, a level she said is putting significant pressure on oil marketing companies.“The landed cost of oil impor…
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction) on Saturday criticised the Centre over the fuel price hike, alleging that the public has been pushed deeper into inflationary distress, according to an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana.”The ‘suppressed truth’ regarding the price hike of petrol and diesel has finally come out in the open as the prices have been hiked by Rs 3 per litre. This price rise took effect just two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP …
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) Transporters in Pakistan’s Peshawar and across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province held protests against a hike in prices of petroleum products, local media reported on Sunday. Dozens of transport operators gathered at the Hajji Camp Terminal in Peshawar on Saturday and demanded an immediate reduction in prices of petrol and diesel, The Express Tribune reported.While addressing the protesters, transport leader Zubair Ahmed Qureshi said that the prices of petroleum are increasing…
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) Ahead of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) planned protest against increasing fuel prices and inflation, two roads leading to the Karachi Press Club (KPC) were shut on Sunday, with the police citing “security” reasons for the closure of the routes, media reported. In a statement issued, the Karachi Traffic Police (KTP) said both tracks of Din Mohammad Wafai Road were closed. It further mentioned that Sarwar Shaheed Road from the Coast Guard Officers’ Mess towards Angle C…