Petrol, diesel prices rise pauses on Thursday

Petrol and diesel price rise paused on Thursday after increasing consecutively for the past two days raising pump price of the two auto fuels by a sharp 60 paise per litre in Delhi.

With price on hold, petrol continues to be available at new record high of Rs 86.30 a litre in Delhi while diesel is available in the city at Rs 76.48 a litre.

Across the country as well the fuel prices remained at Wednesday's level. In Mumbai, petrol price is priced at Rs 92.86 a litre while in Chennai its is at Rs 88.82 a litre and in Kolkata Rs 87.69 a litre. Diesel on the other hand is at Rs 83.30 a litre in Mumbai, Rs 81.71 a litre in Chennai and Rs 80.08 a litre in Kolkata.