
January 05, 2006 01:12 IST
Despite the Left’s objections, the UPA government is moving ahead with its plans to disinvest its shares in two profit-making public se...
Thu, Jan 05, 2006
December 30, 2005 01:25 IST
Petroleum Ministry has directed state-run fuel retailers to rework their marketing strategy to counter aggressive gains by private operators...
Fri, Dec 30, 2005
December 29, 2005 02:07 IST
Price of gas and project structure of the pipeline continue to be contentious issues in Tehran and New Delhi talks on transporting natural g...
Thu, Dec 29, 2005
December 23, 2005 01:35 IST
The Union Cabinet tonight gave in-principle approval to state funding of elections—it was first reported by The Indian Express—wit...
Fri, Dec 23, 2005
December 22, 2005 01:36 IST
Re-opening the debate on the need to ensure “clean money” in elections, the UPA Government plans to introduce state funding of ele...
Thu, Dec 22, 2005
December 17, 2005 01:02 IST
Oil marketing companies (OMCs), already suffering from low or no profits in the second quarter, are in more trouble as the Finance Ministry ...
Sat, Dec 17, 2005
December 16, 2005 01:49 IST
Just five days before IIM graduate S Manjunath was shot dead for blowing the whistle on kerosene adulteration in a petrol pump, the Petroleu...
Fri, Dec 16, 2005
December 10, 2005 02:26 IST
From getting taxpayers to pay a higher price for kerosene—rather than all “above poverty line” customers as proposed by the P...
Sat, Dec 10, 2005
December 06, 2005 01:23 IST
Venezuela has offered crude oil to India at a discount, in exchange for technology transfers and investments by the latter in high-technolog...
Tue, Dec 06, 2005
December 06, 2005 01:17 IST
Government papers say that Oil and Natural Gas Corp, and not the Petroleum Ministry, is to blame for the nine-month delay in fixing the nav...
Tue, Dec 06, 2005
December 02, 2005 01:35 IST
Tehran has removed the political hurdle it created by taking out nuclear politics from the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project.At the O...
Fri, Dec 02, 2005
November 30, 2005 02:01 IST
Until now, in the wake of the shocking murder of IIM graduate and Indian Oil Corporation sales manager Manjunath Shanmugham, the debate over...
Wed, Nov 30, 2005
November 28, 2005 01:56 IST
Qatar has told India that it is willing to provide LNG for the revival of Dabhol power project, but the available volume and its offer price...
Mon, Nov 28, 2005
November 27, 2005 01:45 IST
Shocking as Manjunath Shanmughan’s murder may be, it wouldn’t have come as a surprise to at least one man: he was chairman of Indi...
Sun, Nov 27, 2005
November 26, 2005 00:43 IST
Project Golden Hamster could become a showcase of hydrocarbon cooperation between India and China, as ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and China Nation...
Sat, Nov 26, 2005
November 25, 2005 03:05 IST
Internal e-mails and documents exchanged between senior officers of the Indian Oil Corporation and accessed by The Indian Express show that ...
Fri, Nov 25, 2005
November 24, 2005 00:35 IST
The Cabinet will on Thursday take up the petroleum ministry’s proposal to allow state-run oil and gas majors to offload the shares that...
Thu, Nov 24, 2005
November 16, 2005 01:31 IST
New Delhi plans to ask Tehran to keep nuclear politics out of the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project and consider the latter as a pure...
Wed, Nov 16, 2005
November 16, 2005 01:00 IST
The Centre plans to restrict the sale of subsidised kerosene and LPG to people living below poverty line (BPL). After ascertaining the views...
Wed, Nov 16, 2005
November 13, 2005 00:00 IST
For the first time after the Vienna vote on its nuclear programme, Iran has issued a not-so veiled threat to India: make amends if there is ...
Sun, Nov 13, 2005
November 11, 2005 01:58 IST
In a bid to defuse the political storm over the Natwar Singh controversy, the Cabinet today held two meetings to set up an “Inquiry Aut...
Fri, Nov 11, 2005
November 10, 2005 02:27 IST
As a first step towards building confidence on the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline, New Delhi plans to inform Dhaka of India’s commitm...
Thu, Nov 10, 2005
November 07, 2005 00:01 IST
More good news on the Dabhol project. The power plant, in disuse since May 2001, is in better condition than expected and could be up and ru...
Mon, Nov 07, 2005
November 05, 2005 01:54 IST
The Iraqi oil-for-food scandal that has stained the Congress isn’t merely about alleged kickbacks paid to Saddam Hussein. It’s ab...
Sat, Nov 05, 2005
October 29, 2005 00:18 IST
The petroleum industry, including its minister, is pointing fingers at each other for the LPG supply crisis even as the countrywide backlog ...
Sat, Oct 29, 2005




