A man in an inebriated state crushed the leg of a filling station worker under his SUV here, police said on Saturday. The SUV driver perhaps wanted to shock the victim by driving close to him but lost control of the vehicle, Kavi Nagar Station House Officer Mohammad Aslam told PTI.
In the biggest reform in fuel retailing sector in almost two decades, the government on Wednesday relaxed norms for setting up petrol pumps, allowing non-oil companies to venture into the business - a move that could help private and foreign firms to enter the world's fastest-growing market.
Credit card payments to buy fuel at petrol pumps will from October 1 not get a 0.75 per cent discount that state-owned oil companies had introduced more than two-and-a-half years back to promote digital payments.
Two attendants were injured during the looting of the cash counter of the petrol pump in Chadwal area just off the Jammu-Pathankote highway.
Because of low prices in states like UP and Haryana, customers are deserting the petrol pumps in Delhi leading to huge drop in sales, Singhania said.
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The dealers are protesting marketing guidelines amended by public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs).
Petrol pump dealers have deferred till month-end their planned 'no-purchase, no-sale' agitation against daily revision in fuel prices.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) on Wednesday served a show cause notice to Bihar health minister Tej Pratap Yadav in connection to the alleged illegal acquisition of a petrol pump by him
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has served a show cause to Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav seeking his reply on a petrol pump allotted to him here by the company.
The ‘cheating’ chip is controlled by remote, the STF said, adding that each pump owners were making around Rs 1.60 lakh monthly.
Chandigarh: In order to remove the inconsistencies in prices of petrol and diesel across states, fuel pump owners in the country have demanded 'one nation one rate' for petroleum products. Different VAT rates prevailing in
Kolkata: Petrol pumps across the country will observe a blackout for 15 minutes on Saturday to push for their five-point charter of demands including compensation to dealers for financial losses due to frequent unplanned price
Nashik: All India Forward Bloc Lok Sabha candidate from Nashik Mahesh Zunzar Avhad (43), was arrested last night for abusing petrol pump staff and damaging a petrol pump after an employee Hanif Sherif Khan (27)
Muzaffarpur: Armed Maoists torched a petrol pump owned by a BJP MLA, hurled bombs and opened fire at his residence late last night in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said today.Around 15-20 armed Maoists swooped on
Shillong: Suspected rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Tuesday night triggered a blast at a petrol pump in Meghalaya but there were no casualties, police said.The rebels triggered an improvised explosive device (IED)
New Delhi: The government is considering various proposals including shutting petrol pumps in the night to taper fuel demand as it looks at ways to cut the massive oil import bill, Oil Minister M Veerappa
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