Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
DIBRUGARH: Panic prevails in the Bordubi area in Tinsukia district following oozing out of natural gas from Oil India Limited’s well number 285 at Deosal Tea Estate under Bordubi police station from last 15 days. The situation turned worse when heavy emission of natural gas has been witnessed from 50 …
The ONGC is fully ready to supply the required natural gas to the upcoming Palatana power project in South Tripura district. The first unit of 726 MW power plant is scheduled to be operational by February next year. The ONGC is ready to supply 1.3 million MMSCMD for the first …
AGARTALA: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is now ready to supply gas to two major thermal power projects, Palatana in South Tripura district and Manarchak in West Tripura district, official sources said today. ‘The ONGC is fully ready to supply 1.9 MMSCMD gas per day to cater to the …
New Delhi Despite Chinese objections to India's deals with Vietnam for oil exploration in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims in full, India and Vietnam on Wednesday sealed an oil exploration accord in the Vietnamese waters of the sea. At the end of talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh …
MUMBAI: The Dahanu Taluka Environment Welfare Association (DTEWA) and the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) - chapter Dahanuhave opposed the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) proposal to set up a gas processing plant in Dahanu. Last month, when ONGC had approached the state for 2,000 …
A new power plant in Outer Delhi that could provide for a seventh of the city’s daily average electricity requirement is likely to start operations by the end of this month. The Central government has allocated gas supply for the Bawana power plant, which has been ready for operations but …
Unfazed by Chinese threats, Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang today said India and other foreign nations were welcome to explore hydrocarbons in areas within his country's jurisdiction, as he sought to deepen strategic and defence ties with New Delhi. Ahead of his maiden state visit to India from Tuesday, President …
India is being pulled into a complex and increasingly tense territorial dispute in the South China Sea, with China repeatedly warning ONGC, the Indian state oil company, that its joint exploration plans with Vietnam amount to a violation of Chinese sovereignty. The Indian government responded to the latest Chinese warnings …
The government on Thursday allowed public sector oil companies to hike the price of petrol by Rs 3.14 per litre, further burdening the middle- class. The new price will come into effect from midnight Thursday. Petrol will now cost Rs 66.84 a litre at filling stations in Delhi, and even …
As External Affairs Minister SM Krishna headed to Hanoi, India and China appeared on a collision course over Beijing’s objection to ONGC Videsh Limited’s (OVL) plans to undertake oil exploration in two Vietnamese blocks in the South China Sea. “Our cooperation with Vietnam or any other country is always as …
Kohima: Gauhati High Court has issued notices to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Central Government and Nagaland Government to respond to a PIL, filed against the ONGC, following largescale crude oil spillage in Champang and Tssori villages of Wokha district. According to official sources here today, the High Court …
KOHIMA: Gauhati High Court has issued notices to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Central Government and Nagaland Government to respond to a PIL, filed against the ONGC, following large-scale crude oil spillage in Champang and Tssori villages of Wokha district in Nagaland. According to official sources here today, the …
The institution has been auditing ONGC and Oil India for several decades The contention of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) questioning the competence and scope of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to carry out an audit of its KG basin facilities was strongly rebuked by the CAG which said the …
New Delhi The government proposes to offer gas for all power projects to be completed in the current Five Year Plan by creating a pool of domestic gas and imported re-gassified liquified natural gas (RLNG). The new mechanism will not only ensure that gas is available to meet around 80% …
London-based Hardy has been forced to stop crude oil production at its Cauvery basin block because the Oil Ministry has refused to extend a key contract in the field without competitive bidding, government sources said. The ministry, which is facing a CAG probe into its dealings with private firms in …
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), may invest over $1.5 billion in exploring for oil in a block that was awarded to it by the erstwhile Saddam Hussein regime. "We are nearing finality on the contract for Block-8. It is likely to …
Kohima: A PIL, filed in Gauhati High Court representing Champang and Tssori villages of Nagaland, has sought Rs 1,000 crore as compensation following the damage caused allegedly due to unabated oil spillage by Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC). The PIL filed yesterday held the ONGC and the Nagaland State …
Though the state government has approached various institutions to conduct a risk assessment of the recent oil spill caused by sunken vessel MV Rak Carrier, the experts affiliated to them say inadequate samples and lack of time may pose difficulty in quantifying the damage. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) …
The team of divers deployed to check the wreckage and assess the amount of oil spillage happening from the tanks of sunk ship MV Rak Carrier began their operation on Thursday by identifying wreckages and marking them using three markers. The divers could not get to the seabed where the …
Aizawl: State-owned exploration major Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has begun looking for gas reserves in Mizoram, close to the site of known reserves, officials said on Thursday. “After two decades, the ONGC has recently started exploration of gas at Meidum village in Kolasib district in north-western Mizoram,” an …
