Fuel Price Hike
UPA differs on rollback
New Delhi, June 6
After countrywide agitations, the Central government is now in a rollback mode and is planning to reduce petrol and diesel prices by Re 1 and Rs 0.50 per litre, respectively. Petroleum minister Murli Deora has laid down a condition for the rollback saying if states agree to forgo incremental sales tax revenue, the government will reduce the prices.
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Oil marketing firms hike prices
Chandigarh, June 6
The oil marketing companies, Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum, have hiked the prices of premium petrol by Rs 6 per litre and of premium diesel by Rs 3.50-4.25 per litre. Since these premium fuels (high performance petrol and diesel mixed with additives) are outside the purview of price control, the prices are loosely pegged to normal petrol and diesel price.

Inflation at 45-month high, touches 8.24 pc
New Delhi, June 6
Inflation climbed to 8.24 per cent, a new high in 45 months, although essential food items like fruits and vegetables and spices turned cheaper, making the government think of more steps to ease prices.

Two blasts kill 23 in Sri Lanka
Twin bombings targeting buses, blamed on Tamil Tigers, killed 23 civilians and injured over 84 others as violence continued to spiral in the country. The first explosion occurred in the Colombo suburb of Moratuwa around 7.40 am when a claymore mine concealed in a garbage dump was set off as a passenger bus passed by, killing 21 and injuring over 64 others.
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A police officer uses a sniffer dog to search for evidence near the wreckage of a bus after a bomb explosion at Polgolla village in Kandy district in Sri Lanka on Friday. — Reuters

4 killed, 46 hurt in Reliance plant fire
Mumbai, June 6
Four employees of the Indian Petro-Chemicals Company Ltd (IPCL), owned by Reliance Industries Ltd, were killed in a major fire at the company's plant at Nagothane near Mumbai this morning. Another 46 persons were injured, some of them seriously, according to the Maharashtra state police.

3 Indian-origin men sentenced for bank fraud
London, June 6
Three Indian-origin businessmen who swindled banks in Britain and the United States of more than £300 million by pretending to run a worldwide metal trading empire have been sentenced by a UK court.

JBT Teachers’ Recruitment Scam
CBI chargesheets Chautala, son
New Delhi, June 6

Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala, two IAS officers and the then political advisor to the CM are among the 62 persons chargesheeted by the	OP Chautala Ajay Chautala
Central Bureau of Investigation for alleged involvement in the eight-year-old Junior Basic Trained teachers’ appointment scam.

Acquisition of farmland for industry Purchase directly from farmers: HC Chandigarh, June 6 State action of forcibly acquiring agricultural land for setting up industries has failed to find favour with the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The high court has made it clear that entrepreneurs interested in establishing units on “particular” chunks of land “must” hold negotiations with farmers. It has also held that the provision of law entitling the state to acquire farmers’ land for setting up industries was not “comprehensible”.