Cyclone to hit Odisha: Thousands fleeing port towns; pujo festivities dampened

Carrying their baggage, thousands of people are leaving the port town of Paradip to escape the wrath of the severe cyclonic storm 'Phailin' which is expected to make landfall in Odisha in less than......

PMO in overdrive as Modi's ministers hit pause button

Ministers in the Narendra Modi government have been busy making presentations on their 100 days of work. But what these presentations do not mention is that decisions by ministers have......

For Cong, defence was only about brokering deals: PM

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at a BJP rally in Tiruppur, on Sunday. Photograph: R Senthil Kumar/PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the Congress,......

'Bharat Bandh' draws mixed response; violence in Bengal

IMAGE: Members of Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) block the Trivandrum Express during the nationwide 'Bharat Bandh', in Guwahati, on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo Members of 10 central......

Russia's Rosneft in early talks with Reliance to sell stake in India unit

Russian oil giant PJSC Rosneft Oil Company is in early talks with Reliance Industries for sale of its 49.13 per cent stake in Nayara Energy, which operates a 20-million tonnes-a-year oil refinery......

Will Indian Oil catch up with its peers?

Clarity on Paradip refinery crucial for the stock, notes Ujjval Jauhari The US-Iran nuclear deal has again pushed crude oil prices into a bearish phase and, consequently, investor focus on domestic......

India to cut direct Russian crude imports from December

India is set to reduce its direct imports of Russian crude from late November, following new US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, effective November 21. IMAGE: A well head and a drilling rig in an......

Trump Diktat Threatens Oil PSUs Dividends In Venezuela

ONGC's overseas arm applied for a sanctions waiver to access $500 million dividend from two Venezuelan projects. Kindly note the image has been published only for representational purposes.......