
February 11, 2004 00:00 IST
India has begun its first import of natural gas with the start of a terminal that receives the liquefied fuel from Qatar in tankers, heats i...
Wed, Feb 11, 2004
February 04, 2004 00:00 IST
The much-anticipated Civil Aviation policy may have to wait until the next government takes over since the proposal for approval is missing ...
Wed, Feb 04, 2004
February 03, 2004 00:00 IST
After months of dilly-dallying, India has decided to stand up to the might of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OE...
Tue, Feb 03, 2004
January 30, 2004 00:00 IST
Oil marketing firms Indian Oil, BPCL, HPCL and IBP will together buy less petroleum products from Reliance Industries’ Jamnagar refiner...
Fri, Jan 30, 2004
January 29, 2004 00:00 IST
After a prolonged hunt, Anil Baijal has been selected as the next Home Secretary in place of N. Gopalaswami who will move to Election Commis...
Thu, Jan 29, 2004
January 23, 2004 00:00 IST
India plans to join hands with China and International Energy Agency (IEA) to counter output cuts by OPEC and check artificial oil price hik...
Fri, Jan 23, 2004
January 15, 2004 00:00 IST
The Government’s third pro-reforms package in this non-Budget poll year is all set to be unveiled tomorrow: a hike in the ceiling on fo...
Thu, Jan 15, 2004
January 14, 2004 00:00 IST
First it was the plantation growers. Then came the sugarcane growers. And now, it is the turn of the handloom weavers to get a ‘‘o...
Wed, Jan 14, 2004
December 29, 2003 00:00 IST
India's biggest overseas investment, the $1.74-billion Sakhalin-1 oil and natural gas project in Russia, has run into a 45-per cent cost ove...
Mon, Dec 29, 2003
December 19, 2003 00:00 IST
Both ministries of disinvestment and petroleum have agreed on sale of 10 per cent each in Indian Oil Corp, Gail and ONGC, but differ on who ...
Fri, Dec 19, 2003
December 18, 2003 00:00 IST
The Govenment plans to dole out pension for former Members of Parliament who do not qualify for the superannuation benefit by relaxing the e...
Thu, Dec 18, 2003
December 12, 2003 00:00 IST
Iran has offered 40 per cent equity in the sprawling oilfield Azadegan South to get India moving on the proposed LNG project. Azadegan is Ir...
Fri, Dec 12, 2003
December 10, 2003 00:00 IST
Ending the monopoly of state-run Air India and Indian Airlines, the Cabinet will take a decision tomorrow to let domestic private air carrie...
Wed, Dec 10, 2003
December 03, 2003 00:00 IST
The Government’s stand on Satyendra Dubey’s complaint to the Prime Minister isn’t known yet—except for Union Minister B ...
Wed, Dec 03, 2003
November 30, 2003 00:00 IST
The next time a promising young engineer sees corruption and mismanagement in a Government project he’s working on, chances are he will...
Sun, Nov 30, 2003
November 26, 2003 00:00 IST
All imports of kerosene by non-government companies will soon be banned to check the rampant adulteration of diesel. Last week, a proposal w...
Wed, Nov 26, 2003
November 14, 2003 00:00 IST
The government will once again milk the oil public sector understandings to partially foot the fiscal deficit. And once again, the firms wil...
Fri, Nov 14, 2003
November 06, 2003 00:00 IST
Worlds' biggest environment problem is set to produce the world’s most-sought commodity. Results of 11 experiments conducted between Ju...
Thu, Nov 06, 2003
October 31, 2003 00:00 IST
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle today, Textile Secretary S.B. Mahapatra was appointed as new Commerce Secretary in place of Dipak Chatterj...
Fri, Oct 31, 2003
October 28, 2003 00:00 IST
A new Budget team is on the anvil with N.S. Sisodia likely to move in as the Secretary Economic Affairs in place of D.C. Gupta. The present ...
Tue, Oct 28, 2003
October 21, 2003 00:00 IST
Barely weeks before five states go to the elections, the Centre plans to increase the limit of money each candidate can spend in contesting ...
Tue, Oct 21, 2003
October 10, 2003 00:00 IST
The Petroleum Ministry has approached the Cabinet with a proposal to build a strategic inventory of crude oil at a cost of Rs 1,225 crore on...
Fri, Oct 10, 2003
October 08, 2003 00:00 IST
To keep itself off the share sale block, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) offered to make good the budgetary shortfall under disinvestment proce...
Wed, Oct 08, 2003
October 08, 2003 00:00 IST
In a severe embarrassment to the Centre and a few state governments, especially Andhra Pradesh, the Medical Council of India has told the Un...
Wed, Oct 08, 2003
October 03, 2003 00:00 IST
Forty-four bids have been submitted for award of 22 oil and gas blocks under Fourth Round of New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) but the...
Fri, Oct 03, 2003





