Congress party on Saturday observed a black day after Petrol and Diesel prices were hiked by Rs 2 per litre in the budget by the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government for the 2022-23 financial year in the legislative assembly.
As the elections are nearing, the Karnataka congress also launched an advertisement Campaign to attack the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government on various issues ranging from 'inflation to fuel prices'.
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in its weekly report on the movement in prices of 51 essential items, collected from 50 markets in 17 major cities around the country said that the year-on-year (YOY) shows a rise of 30.60 percent.
The Congress party has targeted the central government on matters related to inflation including milk and fuel prices, unemployment, India's position in the 'Hunger Index' and the Rupee exchange rate.
With the intention to underline the issues of high fuel prices, inflation and joblessness, the Congress MLA went to the polling booth on a bicycle with a cylinder on it.
Retail losses from auto fuel prices that have been frozen for around six months amid elevated crude oil prices kept their profitability under pressure in the second quarter.
This comes days after reports emerged that the Biden administration is "privately" encouraging Kyiv to demonstrate a readiness to negotiate with Russia, The Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the discussions.
Peace talks began at the end of February this year after the start of the war in Ukraine. The last round of the negotiations concluded in Istanbul on March 29. The talks have since stalled despite mediation efforts by United Nations.
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that compared to fuel price hikes globally, India only raised prices by 2 per cent, which is way below that of other countries.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing fuel price hike, the taxi- rickshaw and drivers association warned about the possibility of going on strike as they demanded an increment in the fares on Friday.