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Private bus owners in Salem urge government to increase ticket fare

July 13, 2026 admin

The Salem District Private Bus Owners’ Association urged the State government to increase the ticket fare of private buses. Recently, the private buses owners in the district increased the ticket prices without prior announcements, which drew severe criticism from the public. On Monday (July 13, 2026) the association secretary, Raveendran, stated that, in 2018, the price of…

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LPG price hikes: Modi govt. will pay a political price, says Sharad Pawar

June 7, 2026 admin

NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday (June 7) criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of gas and fuel price hike and said that it was being done in a phased manner to avoid public backlash while steadily disturbing household budgets. Hitting out at the Prime Minister, Mr. Pawar said, “He [Mr….

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Opposition slams fresh fuel price hike, Kharge asks ‘who benefits’, Rahul calls Modi ‘inflation man’

May 25, 2026 admin

Motorist at a fuel station in New Delhi on May 25, 2026, as state-run oil companies raised petrol prices in Delhi by ₹2.61 per litre, bringing the retail rate to ₹102.12 per litre. This marks the fourth fuel hike in just under two weeks, pushing petrol past the ₹100 mark for the first time in…

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Petrol, diesel prices hiked by 90 paise per litre

May 19, 2026 admin

A fuel station employee checks the revised petrol price on a dispensing machine at a petrol bunk in Visakhapatnam. File picture | Photo Credit: V. Raju Petrol and diesel prices were increased by 90 paise per litre on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), the second increase in less than a week. Petrol price was hiked to…

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Petrol, diesel prices hiked by 90 paise per litre

May 19, 2026 admin

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YSRCP stages novel protest in Vizag against fuel price hike

May 18, 2026 admin

YSRCP leaders turn a donkey into a “two-wheeler” to protest skyrocketing fuel costs in Visakhapatnam on Monday. This bizarre “donkey-cycle” took center stage as YSRCP sounded the alarm on fuel inflation as part of their state-level protest on Monday. | Photo Credit: V RAJU Adhering to the directives of party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy,…

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Fuel price hike amid West Asia crisis comes as a bolt from the blue

May 15, 2026 admin

The increase in petrol and diesel prices drew flak from people across the State as they wished that the West Asia war would not impact them in any way, but it eventually did in no small measure. In a conversation with The Hindu, Nadendla Manohar, Minister for Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, called the ₹3-a-litre…

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Air India cuts international flights; suspends services on 6 overseas routes

May 13, 2026 admin

The proposed cut on International flights could impact more than 100 flights out of the over 1,100 daily services operated by the Air India Group. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Air India on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) announced reduction of international flights and temporary suspension of services on six routes, including Delhi-Chicago, amid…

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