'Where do you leave a boy like Hiten, whose parents are not heavyweight politicians? He scores runs and someone's parent just writes a letter that he is fit, doesn't play a match and is in the team'
NorthEast United inched closer to a playoffs berth with a 2-1 win over 10-man SC East Bengal in the ISL
Neeraj Chopra launches outreach programme, interacts with students from 75 schools
The BMC election will hold the key to a new shift in political power -- not just in Mumbai but in Maharashtra, reports Sarthak Choudhury.
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S Dhanalakshmi, who had beaten Dutee in the final of women's 100m sprint in the Federation Cup last month, was also named in the team,
200: Halla Ho's filmi treatment of events diminishes the impact of a fiery reality, says Sukanya Verma.
Sunil Chhetri played like a man possessed as his superb hat-trick ensured a convincing 3-1 win for Bengaluru FC against FC Pune City in an entertaining second leg semi-final of this year's Indian Super League.
Sarthak Aggarwal who scored 99.6 per cent and topped the CBSE Board Examination this year is in the waiting list of Delhi's St Stephen's College.
Two-time champion Chennaiyin FC opened its account in ISL-6 with a goalless draw against Mumbai City FC in its first home game of the season at the Nehru stadium, in Chennai, on Sunday.
Prasant Majhi (23), who claimed to have worked as a bodyguard of Panda for the last over two years, surrendered without any weapons before the Superintendent of Police of Gajapati district Sarthak Sarangi.
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Mumbai City FC and Kerala Blasters continued their winless streak as they played out a 1-1 draw in an Indian Super League encounter.
The post fell vacant after incumbent Prasad Dasgupta took early retirement. Dasgupta's five-year term was to come to an end on August 31 and he was eligible for a two-year extension till he attained superannuation at the age of 65 in 2012.
Talks between the government and striking oil Public Sector Undertakings failed late Thursday night over the officers' insistence on getting an immediate hike in their wages as the agitation threatened a major disruption in supply of petrol across the country. Deora is likely to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday afternoon on the issue after the meeting of the Union cabinet in the morning.
FC Goa returned to winning ways and rose atop the Hero Indian Super League table after 4-2 rout over Mumbai City FC, in Mumbai, on Thursday.
The toll in the fire at Indian Oil Corporation's fuel depot outside Jaipur may rise to nine, as six missing employees are now feared dead, even as fire fighters and the Army worked to contain the blaze that has burnt nearly Rs 150 crore worth of auto fuel.
CPCL, in which Indian Oil holds 51 per cent stake, runs a 9.5-million tonnes per annum refinery at Manali in Chennai.
The proposal was under consideration of the Cabinet, Sarthak Behuria, chairman, Indian Oil Corporation, told reporters in Chennai after presiding over a memorandum of collaboration event.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has come a long way in its 50 years of existence.
The company and other public sector fuel retailers Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum are currently selling petrol at Rs 3.68 a litre below cost and diesel at Rs 2.90 per litre lower than cost.
Besides, it loses Rs 15.46 per litre on kerosene and Rs 158.78 per domestic LPG cylinder as the government has not allowed them to revise retail prices.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country's largest oil refiner and marketing company, is looking to cut operating costs in order to offset the daily loss of Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.5 billion) due to selling petroleum products at subsidised rates.
Its state-controlled companies are losing a lot of money, and private rivals can't compete.
After GAIL, Indian Oil Corp has expressed interest in buying out Asian Development Bank's 5.2 per cent stake in Petronet LNG Ltd, company chairman Sarthak Behuria said. However, if the state-run promoters of Petronet are not allowed to raise stake in the company for fear of it becoming a public sector unit, Behuria suggested selling ADB's shareholding to the public.
Oil Corporation's Gujarat refinery has started production of Euro-III emission norm compliant petrol, the company said on Wednesday.
The government on Monday fixed the issue price of the share at Rs 1,050 per share, raising about Rs 4,982 crore (Rs 49.82 billion). The public issue of OIL, which closed on September 10, was subscribed nearly 31 times, generating demand for shares worth over Rs 85,576 crore (Rs 855.76 billion).
"Petrol margins will turn positive from Saturday. Based on the average crude price of second fortnight of October, it (margin) should be around Rs 4 a litre," IOC Chairman Sarthak Behuria told reporters. However, the company would continue to make losses on diesel sales at about Rs 1 a litre.
Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest oil firm, today said it is losing Rs 320 crore (Rs 3.20 billion) a day on fuel sales and may see future projects getting impacted if the current situations continues in 2009. "We are losing about Rs 320 crore a day on sale of petrol, diesel, domestic LPG and PDS kerosene," IOC Chairman Sarthak Behuria told reporters on the sidelines of 5th Asia Gas Partnership Summit in New Delhi.
Diesel demand has grown by about 15 per cent during the past few months. Considering the double figure rise in diesel consumption in the country, government will import about 2.4 mn tons of diesel in the next fiscal. Indian Oil alone would import about one million tons in 2008-09, up from 0.5 mn tons in the previous year. The demand for diesel surpasses production. LPG imports are likely to rise by 10% to 2-3 mn tons, while kerosene imports will remain at 1.2-1.5 mn tons.
Besides Kohli, who led India to a historic Test series triumph in Sri Lanka recently, the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Ashish Nehra were also named among the probables.
IOC is planning to sell its bonds worth Rs. 2, 000 crores to face the financial crunch caused due to non-revision of fuel price.
Public sector companies should increase efficiency and productivity to reduce the gap between salary structures of government undertakings and private firms, Sarthak Behuria, chairman and managing director of Indian Oil Corp and chairman of SCOPE sai
IOC and other state-run oil marketing companies such as BPCL and HPCL are suffering revenue losses on sale of fuel as the government has not allowed them to raise prices in line with the increase in international crude oil prices that are racing toward 100 dollar a barrel. India imports nearly three-fourth of its crude oil requirements.
Indian Oil Corporation signed an agreement with West Bengal government on Wednesday for setting up a world class petroleum, chemical and petrochemical hub at Haldia.
Indian Oil Corporation said it is losing Rs 90-100 crore per day on fuel sales as the government has not allowed the company to raise retail prices in line with international rates.
Indian Oil Corporation alone lost Rs 80 crore (Rs 800 million) per day, the company's Chairman Sarthak Behuria said.
Indian Oil Corporation on Friday said it plans to invest about Rs 2,000 crore in a joint venture with Reliance Industries for retailing natural gas to households and automobiles.
The company, ranked 153rd on the Fortune list, is appointing a consultant to explore the possibilities, as part of an internal due-diligence followed for any new business.
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