Fuel Prices  

Prices of petrol and diesel have been on the rise since mid-August, rising almost every day due to a combination of a drop in the dollar-rupee and rise in crude oil prices

Maharashtra's VAT rate is 39%, Karnataka's stands at 30.28% and Delhi 27%. Mumbai, therefore, has the highest price for petrol since State VAT is at 39.12%. 

BJP Tamil Nadu chief Tamilisai Soundararajan along with party worker V Kalidass visited auto rickshaw driver's residence in Chennai a day after the assault on him.

AISF leaders said that the protest had been held against the Centre’s inefficiency to tackle the rising fuel prices and other anti-people policies.

HD Kumaraswamy has come under pressure after other non-BJP states like Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal have reduced fuel prices.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy promises to reduce prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.