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Petroleum Ministry contests Power’s surplus gas forecast

Tuesday 19 June '07

In A report that comes as a contradiction to the Ministry of Power’s projections, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has observed that contrary to all...
Maharashtra CM goes to PM with power woes

Monday 18 June '07

Faved with what he says is an acute power crisis in Maharashtra, c chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking help to enhance...
Andhra wants first use of K-G basin gas

Tuesday 12 June '07

AS Reliance Industries gets ready to market gas from its D6 block in the Krishna-Godavari basin, the Andhra Pradesh government...
ONGC seeks ministry’s nod for arbitration against GAIL

Saturday 9 June '07

It is one PSU pitted against the other — for the non-payment of Rs 197 crore. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has sought permission from the Ministry...
RIL may be asked to keep adequate gas for fertiliser sector

Wednesday 6 June '07

With fertiliser units in the country facing a major shortage of gas, the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers has asked the ministry of petroleum
Surging Re softens impact of rising crude for OMCs

Monday 4 June '07

At a time when crude oil price per barrel has crossed the $65 mark, the rupee’s appreciation against the dollar has somewhat...
IOC plans to set up coker unit at Mathura refinery

Saturday 2 June '07

After the upgradation of its largest refinery, the Koyali refinery in Gujarat, Indian Oil Corporation
Law Ministry, DPE clear Mittal-HPCL refinery JV

Friday 1 June '07

Mittal investments’ Rs 3,506 crore investment in the Bhatinda refinery project, a JV between HPCL and Mittal Energy Investments, has received the go-ahead from...
OVL block 8 to stay, but fresh bidding for Iraq Tuba fields

Saturday 26 May '07

Iraq’s oil minister Hussein Al-Shahristani brought good news for ONGC Videsh Limited’s oil block in Iraq but bad news for the OVL-Reliance consortium.
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Saturday 26 May '07

As I read the news of Dr Anil Wilson’s association with St Stephen’s College, Delhi, coming to an end, I remembered my three-and-a-half minutes brush with his administration as a...
Deora eyes Iraq oil, to meet its minister today

Friday 25 May '07

Petroleum minister Murli Deora is expected to seek oilfields from Iraq when he meets his counterpart Hussein al-Shahristani in the joint working group meeting in the capital on Friday.
Oil giant reframes benefits policy to retain young talent

Thursday 24 May '07

It˜s not an easy time to be a human resources manager in India. The economy is employing more talent than the country’s educational institutions...
Govt plans revival and share sale for Bharat Pumps

Tuesday 22 May '07

The government has approved the disinvestment and an initial public offer of Bharat Pumps and Compressors, a public sector company that supplies process pumps
Leighton to bring world standard training in building

Tuesday 22 May '07

Australia’s largest project development and contraction group, Leighton, is planning to set up training institutes in India.
Fitch Ratings is upbeat about PFDF guidelines

Tuesday 15 May '07

Global agency Fitch Ratings has given a thumbs up to the Pooled Finance Development Fund guidelines announced by the Ministry of Urban Development.
Govt may cut excise on ethanol for EBP to 8%

Saturday 12 May '07

The Union government looks all set to make the ethanol blended petroleum programme a success despite the many problems it is facing.
States curbing ethanol supply for mixed petrol scheme

Saturday 5 May '07

The ministry of oil and natural gas’s ambitious programme of ethanol-blended petrol is facing problems because state governments are restricting the supply of ethanol...
One developer’s idea: if prices are too high, go for a smaller flat

Thursday 3 May '07

What does a developer do when skyrocketing apartment prices and rising interest rates push housing out of reach of households?
India’s natural gas output on decline

Tuesday 1 May '07

The production of natural gas in the country has declined from 32,202 million cubic metres to 31,555 mcm, a decline of 2 per cent, according to data released by the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
Slowdown in sight, Indian IT firms cutting exposure to US

Saturday 28 April '07

Software companies diversifying into Europe, Asia-Pacific even if a weaker US may also mean more business
Delhi fourth costliest location for office space in Asia-Pacific

Friday 20 April '07

India also accounts for three of the top 10 locations in terms of percentage rise of rent, says report
Inflation below 6%, but nothing to rejoice as prices don’t fall

Saturday 14 April '07

This Friday the 13th did not seem to have its draconian effect — at least where business and economy are concerned. Not only did the markets go up by 2 per cent
Govt mulls home loan interest subsidy for poorer sections

Saturday 7 April '07

Even as rising home loan rates increase the cost of buying a house, the economically weaker sections and lower income groups
Rs 8 crore set aside for housing database

Wednesday 4 April '07

The government, private developers and analysts all agree that there is a shortage of housing in the country.
Taxing Esops can take entrepreneurship out of IT

Tuesday 3 April '07

When a small company sets up shop, it attracts talent by providing a new challenge and stock options
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