As petrol crossed the Rs 100 per litre mark, PM Narendra Modi  said the middle-class would not have been burdened if the previous governments had focused on reducing India's energy import dependence. While avoiding a direct reference to the constantly increasing fuel prices, PM Modi said that India imported more than 85 per cent of its oil requirements and 53 per cent of its gas needs in FY20. Watch the video for more details.

The petrol price in Delhi has been hiked to a record Rs 89.88 per litre, while diesel rate climbed to Rs 80.27 a litre. In Mumbai, petrol and diesel prices have been increased to Rs 96.32 and Rs 87.32 per litre, again at record highs

In Ganganagar district of Rajasthan, prices shot up to Rs 100.13 per litre for non-branded petrol on February 17. The prices of branded petrol had already breached the Rs 100 level a fortnight ago

According to Indian Oil Corporation data, the retail price of non-premium petrol at Ganganagar touched Rs 100.13 per litre on February 17, and in MP's Nagarabandh it is at Rs 100.40 per litre

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 62 cents, or about 1%, to $60.09 a barrel. WTI did not settle on Monday because of a U.S. federal holiday

Stock Market Updates Today: Sun Pharma, ITC, HDFC were trading among the top losers today while RIL, L&T, Maruti were among the top gainers

Brent crude was up $1.09, or 1.8%, at $63.52 a barrel at 0428 GMT, after climbing to a session high of $63.76, the highest since January 22, 2020

Stock Market News Updates Today: Airtel, HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank were trading among the top gainers. Today, Sensex hit a record high of 52,235 and Nifty hit a lifetime high of 15,340

The board of ONGC at its meeting on February 13 approved creation of a new wholly-owned subsidiary company for gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) business value chain, according to the firm's third quarter earnings announcement

In Delhi, the price of petrol has been raised by 29 paise from 88.44 per litre to Rs 88.73 a litre, while diesel rate was increased by 32 paise from Rs 78.74 per litre to Rs 79.06 a litre

ONGC Q3 results: The consolidated revenue fell by 8.4 per cent to Rs 1,00,289 crore as against Rs 1,09,466 crore in the same quarter last year

Fuel prices have been on a rising spree this week in other parts of the country as well, especially Metro cities

Stock Market News Updates Today: Earlier today, Sensex hit a record high of 51,804 and Nifty hit a lifetime high of 15,243

Brent crude fell 40 cents, or 0.7%, to $61.07 a barrel, as of 0350 GMT, after a strong run in recent days driven by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known as OPEC+, agreed output cuts

Stock Market News Updates Today: RIL, Bajaj twins, Airtel were among the top gainers while, Nestle, TCS, Axis Bank, L&T traded as the top losers

In Mumbai, petrol is retailed at Rs 94.12 per litre, for Rs 89.96 in Chennai and Rs 88.92 in Kolkata. Diesel costs Rs 84.63 per litre in Mumbai, Rs 82.90 per litre in Chennai and Rs 81.31 per litre in Kolkata, according to the Indian Oil price notification

Petrol and diesel prices are scaling up since January 6 -- breaking all previous records. Overall, petrol has risen by Rs 3.59 per litre and diesel by Rs 3.61 in 2021 alone

While the current round of price hikes can be blamed on global trends, fuel prices in India are already at elevated levels thanks to a steep and frequent increase in excise duties and VAT in the last few years

Crude oil prices are also at their highest since January 2020. Oil prices rose 2 per cent on Monday to their highest in over a year, with Brent nudging past $60 a barrel, boosted by supply cuts among key producers

Stock Market Live News Today: Sensex and Nifty continued hitting new all-time highs today. Both benchmarks hit fresh lifetime highs of 51,523 and 15,159 earlier today