According to data shared with the Lok Sabha, 19 road projects awarded after May 2014 were facing delays
Chanda Kochhar has been ranked as the most powerful woman in the Asia Pacific region by fortune magazine.
The markets opened in red in line with weak Asian peers.
The government has decided to go ahead with the privatisation of Hindustan Copper Ltd, setting aside concerns over the fate of units, which were partially nationalised.
Israeli firm, Rapac Technology, has announced that its subsidiary, Orpak Industries, has won a contract to automate HPCL fuel stations in India, according to a media report.
The markets opened in the positive terrain on the back of positive Asian cues
The markets opened in the positive terrain but slipped and are trading flat as selling was seen in banking and pharma stocks
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Petroleum Minister Murli Deora will meet Finance Minister P Chidambaram next week to discuss a package to bail out public sector oil firms that have been suffering huge losses on account of selling fuel on discounted prices.
In the Sensex pack, ICICI Bank emerged as the top gainer by rising 0.97 per cent, while Tata Steel advanced 0.92 per cent.
Several members of Parliament have opposed privatisation of public sector oil firms like IOC and have asked the government not to seek a review of the Supreme Court verdict halting privatisation of HPCL and BPCL, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said.
The 50-share NSE Nifty stayed in the positive zone and retook the 9,900-mark to hit a high of 9,905.05 as buying paced up towards the fag end. It settled higher by 72.45 points, or 0.74 per cent, at 9,899.60.
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Ujjwala Yojana was launched on May 1, 2016 at Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh and has so far covered 47.3 million consumers in 715 districts
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In early trade on Monday, the rupee fell to 63.33 to a dollar, its weakest since September 18.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Thursday said its investments for exploration of oil and gas in India and acquisition of overseas assets would be impacted if government increases the company's subsidy burden.
'The Supreme Court decision upholds the true principle of parliamentary democracy,' says Fali Nariman who argued the BPCL-HPCL divestment case.
Divestment Minister Arun Shourie, who met Law Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on Thursday to discuss the ramifications of the apex court judgement
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Wednesday awarded six of its small oil fields in Assam and Gujarat to private firms for development and production.
Petrol price has been cut by 58 paise a litre and diesel by 25 paise with effect from midnight tonight.
No immediate comment was available from airlines on the impact of the price hike on passenger fares.
The NSE Nifty after shuttling between 10,397.60 and 10,279.35 points, ended 47 points, or 0.45 per cent lower at 10,301.05.
The movement of prices in international oil market and rupee-dollar exchange rate shall continue to be closely monitored
SpiceJet grounded all its aircraft due to payment woes
After endorsing Lotto, Malabar Gold and HPCL, tennis star Sania Mirza has been roped in by Tata Indicom with the launch of a limited edition of 'Signature Series' of handset called 'Sania Fone'.
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Thursday held discussions with chief executives of public sector oil companies to explore the possibility of merging BPCL and HPCL with ONGC and OIL with IOC to create two oil behemoths.
A parliamentary panel has rapped the government for bypassing Parliament in deciding to privatise oil refiners Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corp
The government on Wednesday admitted that it would be difficult to realise the targeted Rs 13,200 crore from divestment due to serious constraints arising as a fallout of Supreme Court's judgement on HPCL and BPCL selloff.
The NSE Nifty too ended 58.60 points, or 0.54 per cent, higher at 10,967.30 after shuttling between 10,985.15 and 10,928 during the session.
This will encompass the sale of Air India, a number of other privatisation initiatives, mergers, initial public offerings, the Centre's two exchange-traded funds, buybacks and offers-for-sale, and even monetisation of land assets.
Oil refining companies, to a large extent, benefited from high gross refining margins during FY04 as a result of firm product prices in international markets
The government is studying the impact of Supreme Court verdict in HPCL-BPCL case on the divestment process of Shipping Corporation of India in which some companies were merged through an Act of Parliament or by way of ordinance.
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