Diesel prices unchanged for 3rd straight day; petrol down 8 paise
New Delhi, June 15: Diesel prices in the country's four metro cities remained stable for the third straight day on Friday but petrol prices declined around eight paise.
In the national capital, diesel was sold at Rs 67.85 per litre on Friday, unchanged since Wednesday, June 13.
Similarly, in the other key cities of Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, the fuel was sold at Rs 70.40, Rs 72.24 and Rs 71.62 per litre respectively, all at unchanged levels.
This stagnation comes after diesel prices fell by just over Re 1 in the metros during May 30-June 12 period.
Petrol prices, however, dropped by around eight paise a litre across the metros on Friday, after remaining unchanged for two days.
In Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, the key transportation fuel was sold at Rs 76.35, Rs 79.02 and Rs 84.18 per litre, all prices down eight paise from Thursday's level. In Chennai, price fell by nine paise to Rs 79.24 per litre.
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Cong, BJP seek 7 more days from EC to respond to poll code complaints against each other
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress and the BJP have sought seven more days from the Election Commission to respond to poll code violation complaints filed by them against each other in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, sources said Monday.
In the wake of the BJP and the Congress lodging complaints against each other with the EC for poll code violations, the election panel on Saturday had asked the presidents of the two parties to comment on the charges levelled against their leaders.
The EC wrote separate letters to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J P Nadda and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, asking them to comment on the complaint of the other.
The Commission exchanged the complaints between the two parties while seeking their responses.
The EC has sought formal responses from both the party presidents by 1 pm on Monday (November 18).
Now the two parties have sought from the EC seven more days to send their respective responses.
While the Congress had accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of violating the poll code, the BJP had lodged complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
While seeking their comments, the poll panel had reminded them of the Commission's earlier advisory to them during the Lok Sabha election to keep star campaigners and leaders under check so that public decorum is not flouted and the model code is followed in its letter and spirit during campaigning.
Top leaders of the two parties are campaigning in Jharkhand and Maharashtra for the ongoing Assembly polls.
