Fuel prices, after a day's halt, resumed its northward march on Thursday with petrol being sold at Rs 79.51 per litre and diesel at Rs 71.55 per litre in the national capital breaking all previous record highs.

Barely a week before the state's biggest public festival Ganeshotsav, petrol-diesel prices in Maharashtra's Parbhani shot up to Rs 88.77, perhaps the highest in the country, an official said.

After recording an increase for 10 consecutive days, fuel prices across the four metros were steady on Wednesday.

The Congress is planning to launch a nationwide agitation along with other parties on the rising fuel prices and falling rupee, accusing the BJP-led coalition government of unleashing "economic terror on the nation."

Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday slammed the union government for unprecedented hike in prices of petrol and diesel and expressed his anguish over the opposition parties for not hitting the streets over the issue.

Petrol and diesel prices rose for the tenth consecutive day to touch a record high. The fuel companies hiked petrol prices by 16 paise and diesel by 19 paise per litre on Tuesday.

As petrol and diesel prices hit new highs on Monday, former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said the Centre and states must act together to bring petrol and diesel under GST immediately.

Prices of petrol and diesel, already at unprecedented levels in the country, rose for the ninth consecutive day on Monday, even as analysts said the dual impact of rising oil prices and the depreciating rupee increases regulatory risks for state-run oil and gas firms.

Fuel prices continued to rise for the sixth consecutive day on Friday, with petrol and diesel prices touching new highs in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai.

The Congress on Friday attacked the Modi government over "skyrocketing" fuel prices and claimed that over Rs 11 lakh crore was earned from taxes imposed on fuels while the rupee is at a record low of Rs 71 per dollar.