Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi March 11, 2010, 0:21 IST Even before the start of the new financial year, the spectre of rising losses during 2010-11 has begun to haunt the three state-controlled oil marketing companies that account for over 90 per cent of the country
KOCHI: The Bharat Petroleum Ltd, Kochi Refinery, in association with Kerala state Fire and Rescue Services, will conduct a two-day workshop for firemen on scientific methods to deal with hazardous chemical emergencies, which will be inaugurated by Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan at the BPCL Kochi Refinery Learning Centre on Saturday. …
State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) will be able to taper their third quarter losses after the government has committed itself to a Rs 12,000-crore cash subsidy to compensate them for selling cooking fuels at government-regulated prices. The cash subsidy is a deviation from the earlier practice of issuing bonds for …
Mumbai: The oil spill in Mahul creek a couple of weeks ago has taken its toll. The city has lost a winged visitor. While the flamingo died on Tuesday, another bird is battling for life at the SPCA hospital, Parel. Some fishermen from Sewri found the affected bird in the …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as there is no respite from the towering inferno in Jaipur, a similar incident is waiting to happen in Sambalpur. While the oil depot in Jaipur was on the outskirts of the city, in Sambalpur the depots are in the heart of the town. And in case, fire …
Mumbai The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) at Mahul, challenging an SRA project near the refinery citing security reasons. The state government and the BMC had, however, informed the court that there is no security threat. According to the state,
CMML, HLL Lifecare and FACT among other winners. The winners of the award for excellence will get certificates and trophies and those ranked as the first three below them will get cash prices of Rs 1 lakh, Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000, respectively. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), which operates …
Kalpana Pathak & Ajay Modi / Mumbai / Delhi April 22, 2009, 1:11 IST After a brief honeymoon with over-recoveries on sale of petrol and diesel, the country
Ajay Modi / New Delhi April 13, 2009, 1:08 IST The battle between private oil companies and government oil marketing companies (OMCs) over petroleum product pricing is set to intensify. The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has admitted the OMCs
Ajay Modi / New Delhi March 26, 2009, 0:53 IST G C DagaIn a year when sales of branded auto fuel are on a sharp decline, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the market leader, has been able to augment its market share in all the three categories
The prices of petrol and diesel have been reduced twice since Raghaw Sharan Pandey took over as secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas. In conversation with Yeshi Seli, he points out that, ideally, the retail prices of petrol and diesel should be linked with the price of …
Rakteem Katakey / New Delhi November 15, 2008, 0:19 IST After reporting losses in excess of Rs 12,000 crore in the July-September quarter, state-run refiners are likely to make marginal profits in the three months up to December 2008 as crude oil prices have plunged to 22-month lows of below …
Not everybody is enthused by the crashing international crude prices. As prices dip below the strategically-significant $60 per barrel mark, recent investments made in exploration and production (E&P;) activities in India could come under a cloud. Investments in E&P; have gained momentum since 2006, while crude prices touched a high …
Net Profit: Rs1456 cr You would have imagined that with oil prices skyrocketing over the past few years, companies such as BPCL would do exceptionally well. That hasn
The recent cooling of oil prices to levels of $80 per barrel is perhaps getting oil marketing companies such as BPCL, HPCL and IOC excited. When the government worked out the
Palak Shah / Mumbai September 3, 2008, 0:40 IST Over 100 chemical storage tanks built at the Pirpav jetty near Chembur have been operating without approvals from the ministry of environment and forests for over 18 years. Each of these tanks has an average capacity of 200,000 kilolitres of oil. …
Rakteem Katakey / New Delhi August 2, 2008, 5:54 IST Oil firms see 20% dip in sales since the June 4 increase. The government's decision to raise fuel prices in June has scuttled the oil companies' plans to reduce their losses from retail fuel sales as consumers are buying less …
Bs Reporter / New Delhi July 31, 2008, 0:00 IST IOCL, BPCL, HPCL may buy 3.5 mt from abroad to meet demand. Indian Oil Corporaton (IOCL), the nation's biggest refiner, and its state-run counterparts may import 3.5 million tonnes of diesel in the year ending March 2009 to meet demand …
BS Reporter / New Delhi July 24, 2008, 15:24 IST The oil marketing companies have been overstating the deficit from sale of subsidised petroleum products, according to Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi. He however declined to share the extent of this over-estimation. A committee headed by him has been …
