A case has been filed against a local Congress leader who allegedly issued a warning to burn party office and was also seen sprinkling petrol on the government office.

Petrol prices approached a three-and-a-half-year high in Delhi on Thursday at Rs 73.05 per litre.

Petrol and diesel prices kept spiralling even on Wednesday, touching new highs in the national capital and other metros.

With a fresh hike in fuel prices, diesel has touched a new high while petrol prices have inched closed to Rs 80 per litre.

The Central government favours bringing petroleum products under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST) but only after building a consensus with states, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday.

In a move to tackle the high pollution levels in the Indian capital, the government on Wednesday brought forward the implementation of the Euro-VI compliant cleaner transport fuels in Delhi by two years saying the requirement would now be effective in 2018.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged the Central government to bring fuel items under GST in order to check inflation, while keeping them under the 18 per cent slab at the maximum.

Prices of transportation fuels -- petrol and diesel -- are expected to come down on Wednesday in the wake of the government reducing the excise duty levied on both by Rs 2 per litre.

In a major step to reduce fossil fuel consumption, France on Thursday announced ban on sale of all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040.

Petrol and diesel prices will be revised daily from June 16 onwards by the three OMCs in sync with global crude oil prices.Daily revision of Retail Selling Prices (RSP) has already been implemented on a pilot basis in Udaipur, Jamshedpur, Visakhapatnam, Chandigarh and Puducherry from May 1.