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Ignoring Bharat Bandh, Modi govt hikes petrol, diesel prices again amidst protests

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September 10, 2018

New Delhi, Sept 10: Even as the opposition parties called for Bharat Bandh to protest against the soaring fuel prices, the govt-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) have again increased the price of sensitive petroleum products like petrol and diesel in the country on Monday.

The prices of petrol and diesel touched a new high with Mumbai paying the maximum among the four metros. While petrol costs ₹88.12 a litre, diesel is priced at ₹77.32 a litre, according to the daily price notification issued by OMCs.

In Delhi, the petrol price has been risen to a record ₹80.73 a litre, while diesel price has been increased to ₹72.83 a litre, which is also at a record high, but lowest among the four metros.

The petrol prices has gone up by around 5% since August 1, while diesel prices has gone up by 7% during the same period.

The price build-up of petrol in Delhi as on September 3, includes excise duty of ₹19.48, dealer commission of ₹3.63, and VAT of ₹16.83(including VAT on dealer commission).

Similarly, the price build-up of diesel in Delhi includes excise duty of ₹15.33, dealer commission of ₹2.51, and VAT of ₹10.46(including VAT on dealer commission).

In Kolkata, the price of petrol has been increased to ₹83.61 per litre while the diesel price has gone up to ₹75.68 per litre. Similarly, petrol is being sold for ₹83.91 per litre in Chennai and the diesel retail price is ₹76.98 per litre.

The fuel prices are likely to go up further as the rupee hit yet another all-time low of ₹72. 18 against the U.S. dollar on Monday, while price of Brent oil was still hovering over $77 a barrel.

India imports about 80% of its crude oil, and the falling Indian rupee will make the imports costlier and lead to a rise in fuel prices.

State-owned oil firms had in mid-June last year dumped the 15-year practice of revising rates on the first and 16th of every month.

India imported crude oil worth ₹2,640,30 crore (over $39 billion) between April and July 2018, according to the data by the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell.

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January 18,2020

Mumbai, Jan 18: Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Friday said shops, restaurants, malls and pubs will remain open 24 hours on an experimental basis in a few areas of Mumbai from January 26.

The areas where these establishments will remain open all night are Fort and Kala Ghoda in south Mumbai and Bandra Kurla Complex in the west.

Thackeray had batted for all-night-open eateries and other establishments in the city during the earlier BJP-Shiv Sena regime too.

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June 2,2020

New Delhi, Jun 2: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Moody's Investors Service downgrading India's sovereign rating to the lowest investment rate and said that the global rating agency has rated his handling of the country's economy "a step above junk".

"Moody's has rated Modi's handling of India's economy a step above JUNK. Lack of support to the poor and the MSME sector means the worst is yet to come," the Congress leader tweeted citing a media report on Moody's downgrading the nation.

On Monday, Moody's downgraded the country's rating to "Baa3" from "Baa2". This comes at a time when the government is facing criticism from the Opposition over its handling of the COVID-19 situation and measures to boost the economy.

The government has already announced a stimulus package of Rs 20 lakh crore to deal with the situation.

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March 2,2020

Tezpur (Assam), Mar 2: Seven boys, who had appeared for their class 10 board examinations, were apprehended on Sunday for allegedly raping and killing a 12-year-old girl in Assam's Biswanath district, police said.

The girl was hanged from a tree after the crime.

The incident happened on Friday in Chakla village under the jurisdiction of Gohpur police station, they said.

A senior police officer told PTI that the culprits, all of them High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examinees, were on the run, but were nabbed by a police team.

The accused after the examination had called the victim to a house on the pretext of organising a party and raped her, the officer said.

It is suspected that the girl was raped on Friday night and then hanged from a tree in a forest near the house, the senior police officer said.

The body was found on Saturday.

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