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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%. 

Though Chief Minister Kumaraswamy has reduced the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 2, in reality, he has reduced only 0.46 paise. Watch the video to know how.

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

Newly-opened HP petrol pump at Rayakottai in Tamil Nadu, just 53 kms from Hosur Road near Bengaluru is giving 1 litre of free petrol and diesel each for people who have download their new App. 

AAP leader slapped a protester who shouted petrol price must increase during Bharat Bandh held in Belagavi, Karnataka.

The Andhra Pradesh government Monday announced a Rs 2 cut in VAT on petrol and diesel to check the mounting prices of these fuels.

With no proper plan in place and the burden of loan falling on BJP's shoulder, this problem has risen. And Congress is responsible for all this, said Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Sounderarajan.

Bharat Bandh brings public transport to a halt in States like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in the south. Congress to protest increase in petrol and diesel prices.

HD Deve Gowda and Karnataka's chief minister HD Kumaraswamy will be leaving for Delhi to discuss the increase in fuel price.

 Makkal Needhi Maiam President, Kamal Haasan also points to the rise in petrol and diesel prices

The petitioner argued that petrol and diesel were essential commodities and that their prices could not be left to the 'whims and fancies' of state-run oil companies