Lucknow, April 13 -- : The prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and petrol increased sharply in other countries due to the West Asia crisis, but not in India, defence minister Rajnath Singh said here on Sunday.

He was speaking at an interactive session 'Varishth Jan Samvad' at Seth M.R. Jaipuria School in Gomti Nagar.

"India's prestige in the international arena has increased today. A very big change has come. The cooperation of the people of the country, the Prime Minister's activeness, and his decisions matter," Singh said, addressing the gathering. "There is a West Asia crisis going on. On one side, (there is) US-Israel, on the other side Iran. But India has played the biggest role with wisdom," he said. "Some people tried to spre...