The petroleum ministry has blamed negligence for causing the devastating fire at state-owned gas transporter GAIL India Ltd's gas pipeline in Andhra Pradesh that killed 22 people. An inquiry......
Long separation from the family, pathetic working conditions in ship-breaking and recycling yards and comparatively good money are prompting the large population of migrant workers in Alang,......
Union Human Resources Minister Murli Manohar Joshi caused a stir in the Bharatiya Janata Partywhen he resigned from his post after a Rae Bareli courtdecided to frame charges against him in the......
'Subsidised clean fuel is a necessity and for that, all citizens should be supportive. It is not a luxury.' 'India is vulnerable to imports on oil and gas and it needs lots of investment, from......
Petroleum Ministry has asked Reliance Industries to stop sale of crude oil from KG-D6 block to its affiliate Jamnagar refinery, saying it was not an arms- length sales. The Ministry wants to deduct......
The UK shale gas 'pad allowance' would cut tax on production income by about half to 30 per cent, notes Kunal Bose. Experts across the world feel India, largely dependent on imports of oil and gas,......
The shale gas policy being prepared by the government would have a mechanism to give the first right of refusal to companies holding oil and gas blocks.However, a government official said it might......
US-based ConocoPhillips is in talks with state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation to pick stake in more than one of its ultra-deep-water blocks. A senior executive from ONGC said ConocoPhillips,......