Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee-headed Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on fuel would meet on May 11 to review diesel prices and discuss ways to cut the rising losses of oil marketing companies. The meet could lead to a diesel price increase of around Rs 2 per litre, after a …
Bhubaneswar: Seeking investment in the backward KBK (Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput) region in the state, the Odisha government on Monday approved investments of Rs1045 crore in power and petroleum sectors, official sources said. The state government is working out a policy on how to mobilise investment in KBK region. The government is also …
Planning commission member also wants subsidized fuel for farms OUR BUREAU NEW DELHI Planning commission member (energy) BK Chaturvedi on Thursday proposed dual pricing of diesel. He said this would facilitate motorists pay market rates. Moreover, he also said that farms be supplied subsidized fuel. The cabinet had in-principle agreed …
To collaborate in research in petroleum biotechnology In a unique initiative and partnership, state-run Oil India Limited (OIL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) for research and collaboration in petroleum biotechnology and new and renewable energy sources. The MoU was signed by …
After being left unchanged for more than 10 months, diesel prices may see an increase of around Rs 2 per litre next month, providing marginal relief to the oil marketing companies (OMCs) that incur a loss of Rs 16.10 on selling every litre. Diesel accounts for about 60 per cent …
IOC Chief Hints At A Hike | Announcement May Come After State Polls New Delhi: State-run oil firms are expected to raise prices of petrol shortly, possibly after May 10 when the state polls end. An indication of an imminent price revision came on Monday from Ranbir Singh Butola, chairman …
Commerce Secretary-level talks to start in Islamabad on April 27 In the run-up to the Commerce Secretary-level talks commencing in Islamabad on April 27, India on Monday expressed its willingness to export petrol and diesel to Pakistan provided the neighbouring country lifts ban on import of petroleum products from across …
The fight to stop the global oil industry exploring the pristine deep waters of the Arctic has been dubbed the new cold war, and early on April 22 it escalated as environmental activists from 12 countries occupied the world's second largest rig on its way from Turkey to Greenland to …
Petrol, diesel exports to fuel-starved neighbour will open up new markets for RIL, Essar refineries The thaw in relations between India and Pakistan, which started with cricket diplomacy at Mohali last month, could soon see India exporting petroleum products to its neighbour. India, which has surplus refining capacity, has agreed …
Two-wheeler riders, traffic policemen among worst affected by vehicle emission KOCHI: Automobiles and industries cause the maximum damage to air quality. Vehicles that run on clean fuel and have a well-tuned engine let out much less toxic emissions than those that use adulterants and are ill-maintained. Foremost among the noxious …
New Orleans: It was the catastrophe that seemed to crush a way of life, an oil rig exploding in the darkness and plunging the Gulf Coast and its people into months of chaos. One year after America
RAJEEV JAYASWAL & ANINDYA UPADHYAY NEW DELHI India's top auditor will investigate why state oil companies are selling petrol, a deregulated fuel, below market rates allegedly because raising prices may hurt the ruling party in the on-going assembly elections, official sources said. State retailers Hindustan Petroleum Corp, Indian Oil Corp …
Washington: Oil and gas companies injected hundreds of millions of gallons of hazardous or carcinogenic chemicals into wells in more than 13 states from 2005 to 2009, according to an investigation by Congressional Democrats. The chemicals were used by companies during a drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, …
GANDHINAGAR: In a remarkable change in industrial investment pattern over the last three decades, the trend in Gujarat has sharply shifted from projects in chemicals and petrochemicals sectors to the non-polluting infrastructure sector. Latest data with the state industries department, meant for official consumption only, has revealed that as on …
Soon, you will get vehicle CNG even outside the networked cities. In the near future, hopefully, if you travel outside cities like Delhi and Mumbai in a CNG vehicle, you may not need to bother about switching to costlier petrol if the fuel runs out. The Petroleum and Natural Gas …
Pact will ensure smooth supply of gas to power units in Andhra Pradesh Seeking to end the power woes of Andhra Pradesh and ensuring smooth supply to power plants in the State, GAIL (India) on Thursday entered into a deal with Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) for swapping natural gas with …
KOLKATA: A major fire broke out in a private petrochemical company's warehouse containing plastic granules at Haldia town in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district on Monday. There was no report of any casualty. According to District Magistrate Archana, the fire broke out in one corner of the 3,000 sq ft …
Robert Dudley’s second $7-billion deal this year signals a shift for BP Plc toward the world’s fastest-growing economies as exploration drilling remains closed in the US after the Macondo oil spill. Dudley, the first American chief executive officer of the London-based company, agreed on Tuesday to pay Reliance Industries $7.2 …
