Karnataka Fuel Price Hike

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Monday clarified that there will be no hike in bus ticket fares in the state at present, while also defending the recent fuel price increase, stating that it is marginal.

Senior Karnataka BJP leader and former MLC, M.B. Bhanuprakash (69), passed away on Monday due to a heart attack after participating in a protest against the fuel price hike introduced by the Congress government in the state on Saturday.

Karnataka government on Saturday hiked sales tax on fuel which will make petrol and diesel costlier.

Karnataka BJP MLA Aravind Ballad has blamed "the Taliban crisis in Afghanistan" for a steady hike in fuel and gas cylinder prices - a hike that began in May - in India.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D K Shivakumar, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other prominent leaders were arrested on Friday in Bengaluru while they were protesting against the steep hike in fuel prices.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah along with Congress leaders on Monday rode a bicycle from his residence to Minsk Square in Bengaluru to protest against the hike in fuel prices.

The Karnataka coalition government increased the state tax on petrol and diesel by 2 per cent with effect from January 1, said an official statement on Saturday. "As the fuel prices declined after fall in crude oil rates in the overseas market since November, the state tax has been revised 2 per cent to 32 per cent on petrol and to 21 per cent on d...

The Karnataka government increased the state tax on petrol and diesel by 2 per cent with effect from January 1.

A united opposition led by the Congress went toe-to-toe with the BJP today over fuel price hike, calling a nationwide strike that was enforced in at least five states. Sporadic violence was reported from some areas -- triggering BJP accusations of the strike being enforced through a "dance of violence and game of death". Union minister Ravi Shankar...

Leaders of various opposition parties led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi kickstarted the country-wide protest against rising fuel prices from Rajghat as part of the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by the party.

The BJP had a field day as Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today announced a tax hike for petrol and diesel. The party used the above Rs 1 per litre hike by the Congress-JD(S) government in the state to hit back at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who recently threw a "fitness challenge" at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Monday's increase in petrol and diesel prices marked a fifteen straight day of hikes, which followed a 19-day hiatus ahead of Karnataka elections. Higher global crude oil prices, coupled with the bout of weakness in the rupee, are being attributed for the hike in domestic fuel prices.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday slammed the government for hiking petrol and diesel prices, saying the recent "interval" was only due to the Karnataka elections which got over on Saturday.

The Karnataka budget for the 2015-16 fiscal proposes six-20 per cent hike in additional excise duty on Indian-made liquor, three per cent more value added tax (VAT) on tobacco products and one percent hike in tax rate on diesel and petrol.

Slamming the latest hike in prices of petrol and diesel, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday charged the Centre with "fooling" people by reducing the rates of petrol earlier with an eye on the just concluded Karnataka Assembly elections.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Monday clarified that there will be no hike in bus ticket fares in the state at present, while also defending the recent fuel price increase, stating that it is marginal.

Senior Karnataka BJP leader and former MLC, M.B. Bhanuprakash (69), passed away on Monday due to a heart attack after participating in a protest against the fuel price hike introduced by the Congress government in the state on Saturday.

Karnataka government on Saturday hiked sales tax on fuel which will make petrol and diesel costlier.

Karnataka BJP MLA Aravind Ballad has blamed "the Taliban crisis in Afghanistan" for a steady hike in fuel and gas cylinder prices - a hike that began in May - in India.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D K Shivakumar, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other prominent leaders were arrested on Friday in Bengaluru while they were protesting against the steep hike in fuel prices.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah along with Congress leaders on Monday rode a bicycle from his residence to Minsk Square in Bengaluru to protest against the hike in fuel prices.

The Karnataka coalition government increased the state tax on petrol and diesel by 2 per cent with effect from January 1, said an official statement on Saturday. "As the fuel prices declined after fall in crude oil rates in the overseas market since November, the state tax has been revised 2 per cent to 32 per cent on petrol and to 21 per cent on d...

The Karnataka government increased the state tax on petrol and diesel by 2 per cent with effect from January 1.

A united opposition led by the Congress went toe-to-toe with the BJP today over fuel price hike, calling a nationwide strike that was enforced in at least five states. Sporadic violence was reported from some areas -- triggering BJP accusations of the strike being enforced through a "dance of violence and game of death". Union minister Ravi Shankar...

Leaders of various opposition parties led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi kickstarted the country-wide protest against rising fuel prices from Rajghat as part of the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by the party.

The BJP had a field day as Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today announced a tax hike for petrol and diesel. The party used the above Rs 1 per litre hike by the Congress-JD(S) government in the state to hit back at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who recently threw a "fitness challenge" at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Monday's increase in petrol and diesel prices marked a fifteen straight day of hikes, which followed a 19-day hiatus ahead of Karnataka elections. Higher global crude oil prices, coupled with the bout of weakness in the rupee, are being attributed for the hike in domestic fuel prices.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday slammed the government for hiking petrol and diesel prices, saying the recent "interval" was only due to the Karnataka elections which got over on Saturday.

The Karnataka budget for the 2015-16 fiscal proposes six-20 per cent hike in additional excise duty on Indian-made liquor, three per cent more value added tax (VAT) on tobacco products and one percent hike in tax rate on diesel and petrol.

Slamming the latest hike in prices of petrol and diesel, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday charged the Centre with "fooling" people by reducing the rates of petrol earlier with an eye on the just concluded Karnataka Assembly elections.