Petrol price cut by Rs 2/ litre, diesel by Rs.0.50/litre

Petrol price will be cut by Rs 2 per litre and diesel by 50 paise per litre with effect from midnight tonight. The price cut is inclusive of state levies and will vary from state to state.

Earlier in the month, petrol price was cut by Rs 1.27 a litre and diesel by Rs 1.17 per litre with effect from August 15 and prior to that, rates of petrol were cut on August 1 by Rs 2.43. a litre and that of diesel by Rs 3.60.

The new petrol price effective from midnight will cost Rs 61.20 a litre in Delhi as against Rs 63.20 currently, while diesel will cost Rs 44.45 a litre as against 44.95 currently.

 "Since last price change, there has been a decrease in international prices of both petrol and diesel. However, Rupee-US Dollar exchange rate has depreciated during this period. The impact of both these factors warrants a downward revision in prices, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price decrease," IOC said in a statement.

 Last month, the price of petrol was cut on July 1 by 31 paise per litre and diesel by 71 paise a litre. This was followed by a Rs 2 per litre cut in rates of both petrol and diesel, excluding local sales tax, from July 16 but consumers in Delhi were deprived of the benefit as the Delhi government raised VAT.

As a result, petrol price in Delhi went up by 28 paise a litre after hike in VAT or sales tax on the fuel from 20 to 25 per cent. Rates of diesel, on which VAT was raised from 12.5 percent to 16.6 per cent, saw a smaller reduction of 50 paise per litre.

 "The movement of prices in international oil market and INR-USD exchange rate shall continue to be monitored closely and developing trends of the market will be reflected in future price changes," IOC said. The effective change in price of petrol in Kolkata would be Rs 66.50 as against current price of Rs 68.10 and in Mumbai would be Rs 66.23 as against current price of Rs 68.24.

In Chennai, it would be Rs 61.46 as against the current price of Rs 63.49. Similary, Diesel in Kolkata would cost Rs 48.23 from midnight and that in Mumbai would be Rs 49.51 and in Chennai, diesel would cost Rs 45.56.

VMA host Miley Cyrus walks carpet in barely there silver straps, Amber Rose goes with words

Miley Cyrus shook a long, rock goddess ponytail and strutted in barely there silver straps Sunday on the arrivals carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards, promising multiple costume changes as host.

Nipples barely covered, Cyrus wore tight, over-the-thigh silver boots and shorty loops of baubles open at the sides and a hint of her bare behind.

Multiple nominee Taylor Swift showed up on the arrivals carpet with a lady posse that included Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne. She wore a sparkly, midriff-baring trouser set with an oversize houndstooth design in bronze and silver.

As “fun” as Swift and Cyrus were at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Amber Rose was more “political” with a posse of her own. All were adorned in slogans that included “gold digger,” ”whore,” ”stripper” and stronger, unprintable slurs for women and gay men.

It fashion designer Jeremy Scott, who redesigned the Moonman statuette for the awards night, walked in tuxedo tails that matched the arrival carpet’s stripes of red, yellow, green and pink. Gigi Hadid, a fellow “it” person who’s had quite a year as a model, was in a yellow dress that opened at the front for a peak at matching shorty shorts.

Miguel chatted with Kelly Osbourne in a fawn-colored jacket while Usher and Nick Jonas wore black. Pharrell went for jeans and a jeans jacket, scaling back on the hat to a much lower topper.

The VMAs are known for outrageous fashion of both the couture and casual variety. FKA Twigs was in a black, spiderweb look and Nicki Minaj went for a sexy bronze illusion gown that made her look like a statuette herself.

Pregnant Kim Kardashian, fond of showing off her baby bump, walked with hubby Kanye West in a tight tan gown with open laces at the front. West was in bunched up and baggy grey sweats. His shirt had overlong sleeves that didn’t stop him from cradling her belly.

Britney Spears smiled for the cameras in a short sparkly dress and high Barbie ponytail colored purple at the ends before she rushed off to take her seat.

Justin Bieber, his hair looking shaggy over one eye, had a good time on the carpet, mugging for cameras in ripped jeans.

“I like your swoop,” Cyrus complimented Bieber on his hair as she kicked off the show in a fresh look, a flower shrug worn with a wide-legged, multicolored sparkle jumpsuit cut low at the front