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NY, NJ brace for another significant storm

NY, NJ brace for another significant storm

Rediff.com7 Nov 2012

Over a week after the superstorm Sandy battered the United States east coast, another significant storm is forecast to hit already-ravaged New York and New Jersey states bringing in high winds, storm surge and snow in some areas.

BPCL to invest Rs 6,000 cr in exploration business

BPCL to invest Rs 6,000 cr in exploration business

Rediff.com20 Dec 2006

Bharat Petroleum Corporation lans to invest around Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) in the exploration and production business over the next few years.

Sri Lanka is India's problem

Sri Lanka is India's problem

Rediff.com29 Nov 2006

Setting aside considerations of political expediency, India should act to stop the bleeding. If nothing else, the humanitarian crisis demands a response.

RIL, BP cut investment in MA oilfield to $1.96 bn

RIL, BP cut investment in MA oilfield to $1.96 bn

Rediff.com26 Jul 2012

RIL had in 2006 proposed to invest $2.234 billion in developing the Dhirubhai-26 or MA discovery, the only oil find in the KG-DWN-98/3 (KG-D6) block in Krishna Godavari basin off the east coast.

Pakistani fisherman sells rare fish for Rs 70 million!

Pakistani fisherman sells rare fish for Rs 70 million!

Rediff.com10 Nov 2023

A fisherman in Pakistan's Karachi city became a millionaire overnight after auctioning a haul of rare fish which has many medicinal properties.

Reliance's gas find a blockbuster

Reliance's gas find a blockbuster

Rediff.com14 Sep 2005

Reliance Industries' gas field off the Orissa coast holds 2.3 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves, more than double the previous estimates.

Sibal makes a strong pitch for investment in India

Sibal makes a strong pitch for investment in India

Rediff.com12 Jun 2012

If the US were to look from the east coast across the Atlantic for a country with which it could collaborate, then India would be that country for reasons more than one, Minister for HRD and Communications and IT Kapil Sibal.

A warning system for devastating quakes, courtesy IIT

A warning system for devastating quakes, courtesy IIT

Rediff.com18 Oct 2011

Two students of IIT Gandhinagar are working on an early warning system that will help minimise the damage of massive earthquakes, reports Prasanna D Zore

Moody's cuts RIL credit rating to negative

Moody's cuts RIL credit rating to negative

Rediff.com15 May 2012

Sequel to firm's announcement of cut in K-G gas reserves after long decline in output; agency says it expects decline in cash flows.

RIL confirms gas reserve downgrade at KG-D6

RIL confirms gas reserve downgrade at KG-D6

Rediff.com9 May 2012

Reliance Industries (RIL) has cut estimates for proven gas reserves in its Krishna-Godavari block off the east coast by 6.7 per cent, to 3.67 trillion cubic ft (tcf), the company said in its annual report.

India NEEDS Agni 5, but not to attack China

India NEEDS Agni 5, but not to attack China

Rediff.com26 Apr 2012

Agni 5 is not China-specific, as some have claimed. It is essential to India's overall security and should be followed by a submarine-launched version, says Premvir Das

PIX: Hurricane Irene not as disastrous as expected

PIX: Hurricane Irene not as disastrous as expected

Rediff.com29 Aug 2011

Losses from Hurricane Irene are estimated to total about $7 billion, much less than what was feared from the massive storm that battered the United States east coast over the weekend, initial estimates say.

Ecclestone casts doubt on New Jersey race in 2013

Ecclestone casts doubt on New Jersey race in 2013

Rediff.com17 Apr 2012

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has cast doubt on New Jersey hosting a Grand Prix in June 2013 despite a 10-year agreement announced last year.

IN PICS: New York braces for Hurricane Irene

IN PICS: New York braces for Hurricane Irene

Rediff.com26 Aug 2011

A state of emergency has been declared in New York as the United States East Coast geared up for hurricane Irene which is expected to make its first landfall over the weekend and dump about 15 inches of rain in the area.

Armed cargo ships along India's coast pose security threat

Armed cargo ships along India's coast pose security threat

Rediff.com9 Oct 2014

Commercial ships with armed men on board, which navigate along India's territorial waters, pose a threat to the country's security, a senior Coast Guard official said on Thursday.

Review: Mohabbath is disappointing

Review: Mohabbath is disappointing

Rediff.com29 Apr 2011

The Malayalam film does not deserve to be called a Meera Jasmine film.

Review blames RIL for falling D6 output

Review blames RIL for falling D6 output

Rediff.com26 Apr 2011

The report, submitted to the government last week, says the slow pace of field development is the reason production has fallen to 50 million standard cubic metres a day (mscmd) from a peak of 60 mscmd last year.

Maoist bandh forces train cancellations

Maoist bandh forces train cancellations

Rediff.com7 Jul 2010

Trains passing through Maoist-hit areas were cancelled and short terminated on the East Coast Railways (ECoR) in view of the two-day Bharat Bandh called by the extremists from Wednesday.

A-I to launch 3 new flights to US from June

A-I to launch 3 new flights to US from June

Rediff.com8 Apr 2004

India's international carrier Air-India said on Thursday that it would launch three new weekly flights to the United States from Mumbai starting June 11, bringing its total weekly flights there to 23.

IOC may buy 30% in GAIL's pipeline

IOC may buy 30% in GAIL's pipeline

Rediff.com14 Nov 2012

GAIL will have 36 months to lay and commission the pipeline with a capacity to transport up to 60 mscmd of gas.

PIX: Wimbedon champ Kvitova out, Federer advances

PIX: Wimbedon champ Kvitova out, Federer advances

Rediff.com30 Aug 2011

Maria Sharapova survived an early scare at the US Open Monday after Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova had been knocked out of the year's final Grand Slam, which began on time and in perfect conditions after a week of wild weather in New York.

Depression in Bay of Bengal set to intensify into cyclone by Wednesday

Depression in Bay of Bengal set to intensify into cyclone by Wednesday

Rediff.com10 May 2023

It said the weather system was expected to intensify into a deep depression by 5.30 am on Wednesday and turn into Cyclone Mocha in the next 12 hours, packing wind speeds of 80-90 kmph and gusting to 100 kmph.

Punjab vs Orissa Ranji match ends in draw

Punjab vs Orissa Ranji match ends in draw

Rediff.com4 Dec 2010

Natraj and Niranjan Behera struck half centuries as Orissa scored 177 for three after following-on in their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B against Punjab which ended in a draw on the fourth and final day in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.

Former MotoGP champion Hayden hit by car in Italy

Former MotoGP champion Hayden hit by car in Italy

Rediff.com17 May 2017

Media reports said the "Kentucky Kid", who won the MotoGP championship on a Honda in 2006, is in a serious condition.

Battle brewing between RIL and NTPC

Battle brewing between RIL and NTPC

Rediff.com11 Apr 2011

RIL is insisting on a more relaxed contract for committing more gas to NTPC.

8.8 strong undersea earthquake rocks Japan

8.8 strong undersea earthquake rocks Japan

Rediff.com11 Mar 2011

Japan's meteorological agency has reported that the quake struck at local time of 2.46 pm, some 80 miles off the country's east coast and at a depth of around eight kilometers

Ministry says RIL deal will attract foreign firms

Ministry says RIL deal will attract foreign firms

Rediff.com22 Feb 2011

BP will pay $7.2 billion for 30 per cent stake in exploration blocks.

KG gas to flow by Dec: RIL

KG gas to flow by Dec: RIL

Rediff.com8 Aug 2008

Reliance Industries (RIL), India's largest company by market capitalisation, will begin producing gas from its Krishna- Godavari (KG) field, which is off the country's east coast, "by December" this year, a senior executive said.

Beautiful India: 10 Journeys by Road

Beautiful India: 10 Journeys by Road

Rediff.com30 Aug 2024

Exploring the best of Indian roads.

ONGC to invest $10 billion for gas finds

ONGC to invest $10 billion for gas finds

Rediff.com2 Nov 2010

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation plans to invest over $10 billion in bringing to production gas discoveries off the east coast, its director (exploration) D K Pande said on Tuesday.

Reliance to invest $1.5 bn more in KG-D6

Reliance to invest $1.5 bn more in KG-D6

Rediff.com4 Jan 2010

Reliance Industries has proposed to invest an additional $1.5 billion in bringing to production four gas discoveries adjoining its prolific gas fields in Krishna-Godavari basin in the country's east coast.

Howrah-Chennai train services resume

Howrah-Chennai train services resume

Rediff.com15 Feb 2009

Train services resumed on the busy Howrah-Chennai route on Sunday, 36 hours after the derailment of the Coromandel Express, which claimed nine lives and severely affected the rail traffic. One track was thrown open to traffic today morning after removal of all mangled bogies and repair of power channels and rails near the Jajpur-Keonjhar Road railway station, about 100 km from Bhubaneswar, East Coast Railway officials said.

RIL's crude oil output drops 31%

RIL's crude oil output drops 31%

Rediff.com4 Oct 2010

Reliance Industries has seen crude oil production falling by more than 31 per cent from its MA oil field in the predominantly gas-rich KG-D6 block off the east coast.

LTTE loses another bastion

LTTE loses another bastion

Rediff.com5 Dec 2008

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has lost yet another strong bastion to the marauding Sri Lankan forces.

Advanced air defence missile test-fired

Advanced air defence missile test-fired

Rediff.com6 Dec 2007

India on Thursday test-fired its indigenously designed and developed Advanced Air Defence missile, capable of destroying any hostile ballistic missiles at low altitude, from the Integrated Test Range off Orissa's east coast.

Tsunami alert as 7.5 magnitude tremor rocks Japan; 32K homes face power cut

Tsunami alert as 7.5 magnitude tremor rocks Japan; 32K homes face power cut

Rediff.com1 Jan 2024

The intensity was measured 7 on the Japanese scale -- which ranges from zero to seven -- on the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, according to NHK.

Live broadcast of Chandrayaan launch

Live broadcast of Chandrayaan launch

Rediff.com22 Oct 2008

Click here to watch the live broadcast of the historic launch!

Have a very good idea: Trump on Kim Jong Un's health

Have a very good idea: Trump on Kim Jong Un's health

Rediff.com28 Apr 2020

'Yes, I do have a very good idea but I can't talk about it now. I just wish him well'

BIG Cinema buys 188 screens in 27 US cities

BIG Cinema buys 188 screens in 27 US cities

Rediff.com26 Apr 2010

In little over a year, the Big Cinemas has acquired a chain of 188 screens in more than two dozen cities in the US, covering almost all the major centers of South Asian population from Manhattan and Edison in East Coast to Los Angeles and San Jose in California and Chicago in the Mid-West.

3 killed, 7 hurt as goods train derails at Odisha station; toll may go up

3 killed, 7 hurt as goods train derails at Odisha station; toll may go up

Rediff.com21 Nov 2022

East Coast Railway officials said that the accident took place around 6.44 am when some people were waiting at the platform and the waiting hall for a passenger train.