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MP Petrol Pump Owners Association secretary Nakul Sharma said Power petrol (premium brand) of a leading oil marketing firm was now selling . Read More
MP Petrol Pump Owners Association secretary Nakul Sharma said Power petrol (premium brand) of a leading oil marketing firm was now selling at Rs 102.82 a litre in Bhopal. The regular petrol was retailing at Rs 99.91 and diesel at Rs 89.71 per litre in the state capital, he said.Read Less
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01 p The workers of opposition parties joined a nationwide protest against the rising fuel prices - Photogallery
The workers of opposition parties joined a nationwide protest against the rising fuel prices. They chanted slogans and displayed placards against the Modi government. In Madhya Pradesh, Congress activists took out a mock funeral procession of the Centre and the BJP government of the state. The procession began from College Chowk and concluded at Shilpi Chowk in Bhopal, where the effigies of the BJP-led g
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MP Congress spokesperson Bhupendra Gupta accused the BJP government of forcibly keeping the shops open.
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BHOPAL: Former Madhya Pradesh minister P C Sharma said he and several other Congress leaders and workers were detained here by the police on Saturday during the state-wide half-day bandh called by his party to protest against the rising fuel prices.
The call for half-day bandh has so far evoked mixed response as many shops in Bhopal and elsewhere could be seen functioning as usual.
While the ruling BJP said the bandh has failed, the opposition Congress claimed that it has received a good response.