Top News Of The Day: Petrol Prices At Record High

Petrol prices touched new highs today as rates were increased for the seventh straight day.In the national capital, petrol prices crossed the Rs. 104-mark as they were hiked by 30 paise from Rs 104.14 per litre, to cost Rs. 104.44 per litre, while diesel rates were hiked by 35 paise from Rs 92.82 to cost Rs 93.17, according to Indian Oil Corporation. Union Home Minister Amit Shah met his cabinet colleagues in charge of the coal and power ministries on Monday amid concerns of an electricity shortage in many parts of the country because of inadequate supplies of coal. The meeting, which is still on, was attended by senior bureaucrats and officials from the state-run energy conglomerate NTPC Limited; An army officer and four other personnel were killed in action during an encounter between security forces and terrorists during an anti-insurgency operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Monday, officials said and other top stories.