Across Maharashtra, petrol prices have breached the mark of Rs 88 per litre, while diesel is around Rs 76 per litre, as mentioned by AIPDA.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the Modi government has completely failed in keeping its promises to the people of India. \"The need of the hour is for different parties to set aside their differences and come together,\" he said.

The decision will cost the exchequer Rs 2,000 crore and will provide the people a relief of Rs 2.5 per litre on petrol and diesel.

Twenty-one Opposition parties led by the Congress are holding a nation-wide 'Bharat Bandh' today to protest against skyrocketing fuel prices. The normal life was thrown out of gear as protestors blocked roads and highways.

Fadnavis added that if the opposition is so concerned about the high fuel prices, it should announce in the states ruled by the Congress or their alliance partners that there would be no tax on petrol and diesel.

The prices continued to rise in other metro cities of India too. In Chennai, each litre of petrol now costs Rs 83.66, whereas diesel prices are at Rs 76.75 per litre. Petrol prices in Kolkata today were at Rs 83.39 per litre and diesel prices at Rs 75.46 per litre.

Fuel prices have maintained an upward curve over the course of past few weeks. Petrol price and diesel price have gone up by Rs 2.85 per litre and Rs 3.3 per litre respectively since mid-August.

Rahul Gandhi tweeted that a man goes to Kailash when it calls him.

A litre of petrol is retailing at Rs 79.99 in the national capital while the same is selling for Rs 87.39 in the financial hub of Mumbai.

Pompeo and Defence Secretary James Mattis held the first 2+2 Dialogue with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to bolster the strategic ties with India and step up defence and security collaboration.

While train services were affected in Patna and Rajgir town, six cops were also injured in Uttar Pradesh. Evoking strong reactions, protestors in Bihar jammed national highways and blocked trains for hours.

The Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal also says Rafale is the best fighter jet available in the market today and will help in establishing the supremacy of the IAF over the skies of the subcontinent.

A survey found that a fifth of 63 million small businesses faced a 20 per cent fall in profits since the GST rollout, and had to sack hundreds of thousands of workers.

While the prices of fuel are on a continuous rise, the government has blamed the 'external factors' behind the spike and called the movement 'temporary'.  

The larger companies will make some noise, but will adopt it, because they have no choice and will start looking at productivity improvement and automation to compensate for the increase in costs. The MSME sector will be impacted.

The proposal to make Kalashnikov Concern's AK-103 rifle -- the third generation of the Kalashnikov assault rifles and a thorough upgrade of the world known AK47/AKM -- was floated after Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Russia in April.

The continuous hike in fuel prices has been attributed to a sharp rise in international crude prices and a dramatic fall in the exchange value of the rupee against the US dollar.

While the political squabble over purchase of 36 Rafale jets from Paris-based Dassault Aviation is far from over, the government is reportedly ready to give its nod to the long-drawn acquisition project for 114 new fighter jets.

The Trump administration says Islamabad is granting safe haven to insurgents who are waging a 17-year-old war in neighboring Afghanistan, a charge Pakistan denies.

In its 30-page report made public today, the two-member committee set up by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to probe the incident, ruled out any prior snag in the Ligare Aviation-operated private Falcon 2000 jet, registered as VT-AVH.