Rs.1.80 per litre petrol hike from midnight

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Oil marketing companies Thursday raisedpetrol prices by Rs.1.80 per litre from midnight, just over one and a half months since the last hike.

The hike was to fight depreciation of the rupee and high global crude prices, they said.

'The prices would be hiked from Friday. All three companies have decided to hike prices by Rs.1.80 per litre,' an Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) official told IANS

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