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 …
Keeping in mind the rising incidents of oil spills around Mumbai, the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has now invited global bids to outsource the work of oil spill response facilities for a period of five years. The oil spill response facilities will help the Mumbai Port Trust and Jawaharlal Nehru …
Bhubaneswar: Encouraged over its record growth in the export performance, the Odisha government on Tuesday decided to set up specific projects which will boost both the export and MS&ME; (micro small and medium enterprises). This was decided at a high level meeting presided over by the chief secretary Bijay Kumar …
New Delhi State-owned fuel marketers IOC, HPCL and BPCL on Thursday ruled out an immediate rollback of the steepest petrol price increase of R7.5-R8 a litre from Thursday night but conceded that if the government instructs them to cut prices, they have no other go but to follow their majority …
But indicate prices may come down next month. While maintaining that there will be no immediate rollback of the hike in petrol prices, oil companies have indicated that prices may come down next month as part of the revision exercise. While the move to hike petrol prices is being opposed …
New Delhi: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday laid the onus of the petrol price hike on oil marketers. “The decision has been taken. Petrol is a deregulated commodity,” he said. The government had freed petrol prices in June 2010 when crude came down to around $40 a barrel from …
Indian Oil Petronas Private Limited, a joint venture between Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Petronas Malaysia, is setting up an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) import-export terminal at the Ennore Port. The new facility will have a tankage capacity of 30,600 tonnes and will attract an investment of around Rs …
India's state-run upstream oil firms will bear nearly 40 percent of the 1.38 trillion rupee ($25 billion) cost of retail fuel subsidies for the 2011/12 year, a government source said on Monday. Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), Oil India Ltd and GAIL (India) sell refined products and crude oil …
JAIPUR: A major disaster was averted at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot in Sitapura on Sunday when thousands of litres of oil spilled on to the premises after a "gasket failure". However, swift action by company officials averted a major tragedy. The nearby factories also witnessed a shower of …
The Petroleum Ministry has sought cash subsidy of Rs.49,872 crore from the Finance Ministry to compensate state-owned oil companies for selling fuel at government-controlled rates in the January-March quarter. Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation together lost Rs.1.48 lakh crore on selling diesel, domestic LPG and …
If you have multiple liquefied natural gas (LPG) connections or one along with a piped natural gas (PNG) connection, be ready to have your cylinder blocked if you do not surrender it. The three government oil marketers blocked as many as 3.8 million LPG connections by March 2012. Oil marketing …
BPCL, HPCL and Indane furnished a list of consumers with more than one cylinders If you are one of those LPG customers, ‘enjoying’ the facility of more than one gas connection, here is some serious trouble coming your way. The oil marketing companies (OMCs) - Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), …
The LPG import terminal project of IndianOil Petronas Pvt Ltd (IPPL) near Chennai that can help in speeding up cooking gas supplies to millions of households in the South, especially Tamil Nadu, is facing delay in its commissioning for want of a clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment. The …
New Delhi In an attempt to de-risk its exploration business, state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to foray into gas retailing business through a new subsidiary -- ONGC Gas Ltd. ONGC would use the new subsidiary for its foray into city gas distribution business and sale of imported …
June may turn out to be the luckiest month for government oil marketing companies for the third year in a row. Like the last two years, this June is also expected to see a round of price hikes in controlled fuel products. Price hikes of controlled petroleum products such as …
Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) and three public sector oil companies — Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) — have entered into joint venture agreements for setting up three cross-country natural gas transmission pipelines. According to a statement filed with …
In order to keep the nation's largest liquefied natural gas importer a private firm. The Oil Ministry has rejected public sector oil companies' plan to acquire Asian Development Bank's stake in Petronet LNG so as to keep the nation's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer a private firm. The ADB …
New Delhi Consumers could prepare for shortages in auto and cooking fuel supplies. Oil retailers IOC, HPCL and BPCL have informed the government that if their losses from selling fuel below cost are not adequately compensated, “it may adversely impact the supply-demand balance of petroleum products,” Minister of state for …
Calcutta, April 24: The Bengal government has initiated a dialogue with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to bring the public sector giant as a strategic investor into Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL). Strategic investors are those who infuse funds into a project for long-term gains and play a role in decision-making. …
The Assam government has decided to seek clearance from National Board for Wildlife for two oil and power sector projects based in and around the capital city. The decision, which was taken yesterday at a State Board for Wildlife meeting chaired by forest minister Rakibul Hussain, was aimed at speeding …
‘Or cut excise duty and compensate our loss' Fed up with the Centre's “indecision” on allowing an increase in fuel prices in the face of rising international crude prices, the oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Tuesday virtually threatened to increase petrol prices by Rs. 8.04 a litre. They said the …
