- Andhra Pradesh: Welfare Party of India to launch its Andhra Pradesh unit in at Nizam College Ground in Hyderabad today
- Assam: Two Manipur-bound trucks carrying banned drugs worth Rs 20 lakh seized from Dillai in Assam today, say police
- Bihar: Three persons killed and seven injured when a tractor overturned in Shakurabad area in Jehanabad Saturday, say police
- Chennai: Chennai corporation identifies land behind Kannamapettai burial ground to establish dog shelter, say officials
- Delhi: Delhi HC Saturday ruled out same-work-same-pay parity in salaries of contractual and regular workers
- Gujarat: Crime branch sleuths arrest one person from Anjar in Kutch, carrying foreign liquor worth Rs1.56 lakh
- Haryana: Around 1900 cops to be deployed, 16 check posts to be set up across Panchkula for civic body polls June 2
- Himachal Pradesh: Centre approves IT institute for Una, hydropower engg college for Bilaspur, says technical education minister GS Bali
- Jammu and Kashmir: People get respite from heat as mercury dips to 5-7C after rain in Kashmir Valley today
- Karnataka: Counselling for admission to PG dental course in RGUHS to be held today, for MBBS on May 27-28
- Kerala: Home minister Radhakrishnan nabs a man for trying to molest two girls in public in Kottayam, hands him over to police
- Kolkata: Governor to inaugurate 3-day Geetanjali Utsav to commemorate 100 years of Nobel prize of Tagore in Kolkata May 28
- Madhya Pradesh: Death toll in Sat Maoist attack rises to 27 as bodies of Chhattisgarh Cong chief, his son, 8 others recovered today
- Maharashtra: Anti-toll stir in Kolhapur turned violent after people clashed with police, set ablaze Shiroli, Fulewadi toll plazas
- Mumbai: CR announces megablock on all the three lines from 11am to 4 pm today, say officials
- Northeast: Two Manipur-bound trucks carrying banned drugs worth Rs 20 lakh seized from Dillai in Assam today, say police
- Odisha: Government to build 1000 hostels for ST and 500 hostels for SC students during 2013-2014, say officials
- Punjab: Government sanctions Rs 50 cr to upgrade infrastructure in colleges across the state, says chief minister
- Rajasthan: RBSE to declare Class 10th board exam result in the first week of June, say officials
- Tamil Nadu: Three persons killed, 15 injured when two lorries collided with each other at Natrampalli near Vaniambadi
- UP East: CM Saturday said the state government will put in extra efforts to ensure power supply in accordance with the demand
- UP West: CM Saturday said the state government will put in extra efforts to ensure power supply in accordance with the demand
- West Bengal: Governor to inaugurate 3-day Geetanjali Utsav to commemorate 100 years of Nobel prize of Tagore in Kolkata May 28
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PM will decide petrol price issue: Pranab
 IANS Kolkata, Nov 8: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will decide on the issue of petrol prices after discussing the matter with MPs of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partner Trinamool Congress, said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Asked whether a rollback of the latest petrol price hike was possible in the decontrol regime, Mukherjee said: "I am not making any comment on it. I have told about it umpteen number of times." He said the prime minister would be discussing the issue with Trinamool Congress MPs in New Delhi Tuesday "...and whatever decision the prime minister takes will be implemented. Let us wait for that". "I am not sitting on any value judgement," he added after a closed-door meeting with bankers Tuesday, hours before two crucial meetings in New Delhi and Kolkata with the miffed UPA ally. While Manmohan Singh meets Trinamool members in New Delhi, Mukherjee will hold talks with Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Raj Bhavan here. State Finance Minister Amit Mitra will accompany Banerjee at the meeting where the state's financial demands are to be discussed. The prime minister's discussions with Trinamool MPs will take place at his residence in New Delhi. Both meetings will begin at the same time - 5 p.m. The Trinamool MPs will also submit a memorandum to the prime minister listing the financial problems of the state and urging enhanced central assistance, sources said. Trinamool general secretary and union Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Roy has said that after meeting the prime minister they would give an initial reaction. "But the final decision will be taken by the party supremo Mamata Banerjee and the party. We will announce our final stand after that." Giving a virtual ultimatum, the Trinamool had Friday threatened to quit the UPA coalition against "repeated unilateral decisions" to raise fuel and coal prices but Banerjee kept the decision pending and sought a meeting with Manmohan Singh. Official sources said in New Delhi that a full rollback of the hike was out of question. However, the government may agree to the Trinamool's suggestion of a consultative mechanism before decisions on sensitive issues like petrol price hike are taken. The Trinamool protests may lead to the postponement of government's plans to hike the prices of LPG and other petroleum products, sources in Delhi said. The Trinamool, with 18 Lok Sabha members, is the second largest partner of the UPA. Since taking power in West Bengal in May, Banerjee has repeatedly spoken about inheriting a "bankrupt" state with a huge loan burden. She has sought a financial package from the central government. © 2013 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. For news, views and gossips, follow @IANSLIVE at Twitter. Find us on Facebook too! Update: 08-November-2011 Comments: [0] Add your comment |
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