Karnataka Petrol Hike

The row over the Karnataka government hiking the prices of petrol and diesel snowballed on Monday with the BJP holding statewide protests and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claiming that the increase was necessitated by "injustice" done to the state.

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

Petrol, diesel and liquor are set to cost more in Karnataka from April 1 as the BJP government in its 2020-21 budget on Thursday proposed to hike the taxes to mop up additional resources in the face of unprecedented "financial difficulties".

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.

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.

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked today after a 19-day hiatus and two days after the Karnataka election. Petrol in Delhi is at a 56-month peak and the price of diesel has crossed Rs. 66 a litre for the first time, to a new all-time high. Petrol prices are up by 17 paise a litre in Delhi and Mumbai, and 18 paise a litre in Kolkata and Chennai, acc...

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.

Petrol and diesel prices were on Wednesday hiked in seven states including West Bengal and Maharasthra and that of domestic LPG in six states as state-owned oil firms recalibrated rates to reflect changes in local levies. The price hikes are over and above the Rs 0.70 per litre increase announced on July 24. The tax-adjustment also means that fuel...

Protest shutdown against steep petrol price hike on Thursday partially affected India's tech hub with the leading IT firms, including Infosys Limited and multinationals logging out, even as normal life remained paralysed across Karnataka.

The bandh called by NDA and Left parties to protest the steep hike in petrol prices today disrupted normal life in parts of BJP-ruled Karnataka where bandh supporters set on fire three buses and stoned about a dozen others forcing authorities to withdraw bus services in the city.

Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said the state government was contemplating a hike in the cess on petrol and diesel, following the increase in their prices.

The row over the Karnataka government hiking the prices of petrol and diesel snowballed on Monday with the BJP holding statewide protests and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claiming that the increase was necessitated by "injustice" done to the state.

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

Petrol, diesel and liquor are set to cost more in Karnataka from April 1 as the BJP government in its 2020-21 budget on Thursday proposed to hike the taxes to mop up additional resources in the face of unprecedented "financial difficulties".

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.

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.

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked today after a 19-day hiatus and two days after the Karnataka election. Petrol in Delhi is at a 56-month peak and the price of diesel has crossed Rs. 66 a litre for the first time, to a new all-time high. Petrol prices are up by 17 paise a litre in Delhi and Mumbai, and 18 paise a litre in Kolkata and Chennai, acc...

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.

Petrol and diesel prices were on Wednesday hiked in seven states including West Bengal and Maharasthra and that of domestic LPG in six states as state-owned oil firms recalibrated rates to reflect changes in local levies. The price hikes are over and above the Rs 0.70 per litre increase announced on July 24. The tax-adjustment also means that fuel...

Protest shutdown against steep petrol price hike on Thursday partially affected India's tech hub with the leading IT firms, including Infosys Limited and multinationals logging out, even as normal life remained paralysed across Karnataka.

The bandh called by NDA and Left parties to protest the steep hike in petrol prices today disrupted normal life in parts of BJP-ruled Karnataka where bandh supporters set on fire three buses and stoned about a dozen others forcing authorities to withdraw bus services in the city.

Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said the state government was contemplating a hike in the cess on petrol and diesel, following the increase in their prices.