January 12, 2009 01:02 IST
Former ONGC chairman Subir Raha had once complained that the Petroleum Ministry was treating the public sector undertaking as its fiefdom...
Mon, Jan 12, 2009January 10, 2009 11:36 IST
Striking officers of the Oil Sector Officers Association blinked on the third day of their indefinite stir after the Cabinet ordered arrests.
Sat, Jan 10, 2009January 09, 2009 03:28 IST
The second day of the indefinite strike by officers of oil PSUs began affecting normal life in the metros on Thursday...
Fri, Jan 09, 2009January 08, 2009 02:15 IST
Officers of government-owned oil and gas companies went on an indefinite strike in defiance of court orders...
Thu, Jan 08, 2009January 07, 2009 00:28 IST
Four major refineries were put on the shutdown mode late Tuesday after the petroleum ministry failed to dissuade the Oil Sector Officers Association...
Wed, Jan 07, 2009January 05, 2009 00:57 IST
Home Minister P Chidambaram has written to his former colleagues in the world of finance and economy,seeking their support to wipe out the roots of terrorism in Pakistan....
Mon, Jan 05, 2009
March 09, 2006 02:21 IST
Hoping to take a big leap forward in research in pure sciences for a technological edge, the Government plans to introduce a new programme a...
Thu, Mar 09, 2006
March 09, 2006 00:00 IST
The Petroleum Ministry has sent an SOS—the first after the Budget failed to improve the liquidity of the oil marketing companies—a...
Thu, Mar 09, 2006
March 01, 2006 01:15 IST
Budget 2006-07 is not yet over for the petroleum sector. The Finance Ministry plans to take up the recommendations of the Rangarajan Committ...
Wed, Mar 01, 2006
February 23, 2006 02:17 IST
Iran is sending its first emissary to India to discuss bilateral relations since New Delhi voted against Tehran at the IAEA meeting in Febru...
Thu, Feb 23, 2006
February 22, 2006 02:11 IST
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has struck significant oil and gas reserves in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin last week.While its oil f...
Wed, Feb 22, 2006
February 21, 2006 02:13 IST
The UPA government has finalised an amendment in the Contract Labour Act that, if cleared, will allow the textile industry to recruit “...
Tue, Feb 21, 2006
February 09, 2006 01:47 IST
The C Rangarajan panel, which favours a hike of Rs 1.27 per litre of petrol and Rs 2.18 for diesel to offset under-recoveries by oil marketi...
Thu, Feb 09, 2006
February 08, 2006 02:11 IST
Appointed by the Cabinet after the last petro price hike in September 2005 and amid rising international prices, the C Rangarajan committee ...
Wed, Feb 08, 2006
February 04, 2006 01:18 IST
Reversing its earlier decision, India plans to withdraw from its list of offers to the World Trade Organisation a provision that would have ...
Sat, Feb 04, 2006
February 03, 2006 00:56 IST
Indian Oil Corp has decided to sell up to half of the shares that it holds in GAIL (India) Ltd and one-fifth of its holding in Oil & Natural...
Fri, Feb 03, 2006
February 01, 2006 00:39 IST
The Cabinet will on Wednesday decide to allow ONGC Videsh Ltd (ONGC) to take two exploration blocks in Nigeria by paying an upfront signatur...
Wed, Feb 01, 2006
January 31, 2006 02:00 IST
Last October, Tehran linked its energy dialogue to India’s nuclear diplomacy asking New Delhi to “compensate (its) past default (v...
Tue, Jan 31, 2006
January 28, 2006 01:43 IST
The much-awaited Cabinet reshuffle is likely to happen on Sunday with the swearing in of a dozen ministers followed by even larger changes i...
Sat, Jan 28, 2006
January 27, 2006 01:11 IST
Indian Oil Corporation has offered close to 2.3 billion euros to acquire 40 per cent equity in mid-size exploration and production firm Maur...
Fri, Jan 27, 2006
January 24, 2006 00:18 IST
All is not lost for India on the eastern front. Myanmar is reconsidering sale of natural gas to India, a step that would rekindle the prospe...
Tue, Jan 24, 2006
January 14, 2006 00:49 IST
With the international community turning the heat on Iran, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar is proposing that the Iran-Pakistan-India g...
Sat, Jan 14, 2006
January 11, 2006 00:50 IST
As Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar left for China today to push for co-operation in bidding for oil and gas assets abroad, came a real...
Wed, Jan 11, 2006
January 08, 2006 01:13 IST
Dogged by the Chinese drubbing of India’s state-run firms in the hunt for oil and gas assets worldwide, diplomat-turned-minister Mani S...
Sun, Jan 08, 2006
January 08, 2006 00:00 IST
In what could open the floodgates to political and legal controversy, the UPA Government is ready to announce a “15-point programme...
Sun, Jan 08, 2006




