On Monday, petrol prices increased by 9 paisa per litre to Rs 71.12 and diesel by a higher 15 paisa per litre to Rs 66.11 in Delhi, ending 15-day run where the product prices maintained consistent fall.

After declining for nearly two months, petrol prices rose marginally on Thursday across three of the four metro cities in the country.

Transport fuel prices continued on the daily record breaking upward movement on Sunday, with petrol inching closer to Rs 91 a litre mark in Mumbai.

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari claimed that Chhattisgarh has immense potential to replace diesel and petrol with bio-fuel.

There could be no shame for Indians for letting a two-year-old die in ambulance stuck in jam caused due to so called 'Bharat Bandh', a protest against rising fuel prices in the country.

Vasundhara Raje's decision to cut VAT in her state by 4 per cent has brought petrol and diesel prices down up to Rs 2.5 per litre. Following her move Andhra Pradesh Government has also decided to reduce VAT on fuels that will bring down the prices by up to Rs 2 per litre.

In recent days fuel prices have touched new peaks but that is not the only thing to worry about, with increasing prices it is likely that daily use items like soaps, shampoos and others are likely to get costlier too by at least 5-8%.

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

Even as the central government discusses measures to curb the persistent rise in domestic transport fuel prices, the petrol cost in Mumbai breached the Rs 85 a litre mark on Thursday.

The rising prices of petrol and diesel have created tug-of-war between India’s two major political parties Congress and BJP. Both are trading charges and blame over each other, with the Congress promising to make it a poll board in the assembly polls. Ironically, fuel prices have moved slightly downwards in the Karnataka over the past 3-4 days, giving rise to gossips that the Centre has asked oil marketing companies (OMCs) to stop the daily revision of prices till the polls in the state.