India, May 23 -- The fuel prices were hiked for a third time in the last eight days, with petrol and diesel seeing a surge of around Rs.1 per litre. In Delhi, the price of petrol now stands at Rs.99.51 per litre, while that of diesel was Rs.92.49 litre.

The petrol and diesel rates, however, differed across metro cities and states, with Mumbai seeing petrol prices at Rs.108.49 per litre and Delhi seeing it at Rs.99.51.

The fuel prices are set to gradually increase over time in small doses as the oil marketing companies continue to see revenue losses, at around Rs.8-10 per litre on petrol and diesel due to the ongoing crisis in West Asia.

On Saturday, Hyderabad recorded the highest petrol prices at Rs.112.81 per litre, while Thiruvananth...