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Oil regulator approves Ambani firm pipeline tariff

Oil regulator approves Ambani firm pipeline tariff

Rediff.com11 Jun 2010

Oil regulator PNGRB has approved the tariff that billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned East-West pipeline will charge for transporting gas from fields off the east coast to users.

Railways in talks with Reliance Jio on tower use

Railways in talks with Reliance Jio on tower use

Rediff.com23 Dec 2019

Indian Railways is in talks with Reliance Jio Infocomm to allow the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom major's use of its towers. The aim is seamless mobile and internet connectivity for passengers along the 67,368-km of tracks. The Railway Board has entrusted its RailTel Corporation arm to work on the modalities with Jio. The Jio tie-up is expected to bring down its telecom bill by at least 35 per cent from this financial year.

Reliance Q3 net up 12% on strong momentum in retail, Jio

Reliance Q3 net up 12% on strong momentum in retail, Jio

Rediff.com22 Jan 2021

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday reported a 12 per cent rise in December quarter net profit on improving oil-to-chemical business, strong continued momentum in retail and steady telecom unit Jio.

Best of International Landscape Photographer of the Year awards

Best of International Landscape Photographer of the Year awards

Rediff.com13 Feb 2020

It's hard not to get skin tingles when you see these stunning images. They are winning pictures and shortlisted entries from the sixth annual International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. More than 3,400 photos were entered into the contest from both amateur and professional photographers from around the globe. The shots feature everything from remote beaches to moody mountain ranges.

Stalin Prepares For Battle Of 2024

Stalin Prepares For Battle Of 2024

Rediff.com6 May 2022

The going is not going to be easy for the DMK and its allies in Elections 2024. Despite the seats sweepstake in the 2021 assembly polls, the vote-share difference of 5.6% (DMK's 45.38% versus AIADMK-BJP's 39.72%) is not insurmountable on a bad day, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.

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.

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.

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.

What A380's failure can teach the shipping industry

What A380's failure can teach the shipping industry

Rediff.com8 Nov 2021

As a model of transport, the A380 strikes a parallel -- a shared fragility -- with giant container ships, observes Shyam G Menon.

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.

Army doctor from Maharashtra pedals to history in US

Army doctor from Maharashtra pedals to history in US

Rediff.com26 Jun 2017

Eleven days, 18 hours and 45 minutes after setting out from California, Srinivas Gokulnath created history by becoming the first Indian to complete what is considered to be the toughest cycle race in the world -- the 4,900-km Race Across America (RAAM) in the solo category.

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.

RIL strikes natural gas in KG D9 block

RIL strikes natural gas in KG D9 block

Rediff.com22 Jun 2011

Reliance hold 90 per cent interest and is the operator of the deep-sea block KG-DWN-2001/1 (D9).

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.

Niko can increase stake in 3 RIL blocks

Niko can increase stake in 3 RIL blocks

Rediff.com23 Feb 2011

A day after Reliance Industries Ltd announced sale of 30 per cent interest in its 23 oil and gas blocks, Canada-based Niko Resources, RIL's partner in three fields - D6, NEC 25 and D4 - on Tuesday said it has the option to increase its stake in the fields by up to 30 per cent from current working percentages.

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.

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.

Trump-Kim meet at 9 am on June 12: White House

Trump-Kim meet at 9 am on June 12: White House

Rediff.com5 Jun 2018

The Trump administration is actively preparing for the June 12 summit between the US President and the North Korean leader.

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.

North Korea launches missile but attempt ends in failure

North Korea launches missile but attempt ends in failure

Rediff.com16 Apr 2017

CNN quoted a South Korean defence official as saying that the missile launch was carried out from North Korea's Sinpo region in South Hamgyong Province.

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.

Kejriwal to file cases against Mukesh Ambani over gas pricing

Kejriwal to file cases against Mukesh Ambani over gas pricing

Rediff.com11 Feb 2014

After Moily took over as oil minister, the central government agreed to link prices with global indices.

Defiant North Korea warns UNSC members

Defiant North Korea warns UNSC members

Rediff.com29 May 2009

A defiant North Korea on Friday test-fired another short-range missile and warned of more 'self- defence counter-measures' if 'hypocrites' in the United Nations Security Council slapped sanctions on it for this week's nuclear test. North Korea launched a new type short-range missile with an estimated range of 160 km from its Musudan-ri rocket launch site on its east coast, a South Korean official said.

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.

America's most overpriced cities

America's most overpriced cities

Rediff.com12 May 2009

Twenty metros where Americans have a hard time meeting expenses.

Petronet explores 'gas swap' deal with RIL

Petronet explores 'gas swap' deal with RIL

Rediff.com1 May 2009

Petronet LNG, which operates a recently expanded ten-million-tonne gas regassification plant in Dahej on the west coast, is exploring a swap option with the gas from the Krishna-Godavari field (K-G D6) on the east coast owned by Reliance Industries Ltd.

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!

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.

India makes first crude oil purchase for strategic reserve

India makes first crude oil purchase for strategic reserve

Rediff.com30 Mar 2015

India is the 4th largest oil consumer after the US, China and Japan.

India to build new launch-pad

India to build new launch-pad

Rediff.com21 Oct 2008

"It (the cost of setting up the launch pad) is around Rs 600 crore. A major national facility (for training astronauts) will be established in Bengaluru, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair told PTI.

Ola expands to Australia, begins service in Sydney

Ola expands to Australia, begins service in Sydney

Rediff.com12 Mar 2018

Uber, Ola's main competitor in Australia, currently operates in 19 cities including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra.

RIL finds natural gas reserves in KG basin

RIL finds natural gas reserves in KG basin

Rediff.com13 Feb 2008

The discovery was made in block KG-DWN-2003/1, lying about 50 km from Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, a company statement said. The block was awarded to Reliance Industries in the fifth round of auction under the New Exploration Licensing Policy.

Gas price: Anil Ambani meets govt officials

Gas price: Anil Ambani meets govt officials

Rediff.com12 Jul 2007

Anil Ambani met Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, Expenditure Secretary Sanjiv Misra and Fertiliser Secretary J Sreedhara Sarma to drum support against RIL's proposed pricing formula for natural gas from KG-D6 block off the east coast.

RIL, BP sign contract with Centre to share output

RIL, BP sign contract with Centre to share output

Rediff.com23 Dec 2008

The block was offered to the consortium under New Exploration and Licensing Policy (Nelp VII). RIL has 70 per cent participating interest and BP, which is the operator of the block, holds the remaining 30 per cent.

Mittal to enter Congo, Nigeria

Mittal to enter Congo, Nigeria

Rediff.com28 Dec 2007

Mittal plans to set up refineries in Congo and Nigeria and is seeking a partnership with HPCL

AP: 3 killed, 21 hurt in train derailment

AP: 3 killed, 21 hurt in train derailment

Rediff.com12 Jun 2007

The cause of the mishap was under investigation.

How Chennai is surviving water scarcity

How Chennai is surviving water scarcity

Rediff.com21 Jun 2019

'We buy water.'

IPL 2020: How Kuldeep can be a consistent performer this season

IPL 2020: How Kuldeep can be a consistent performer this season

Rediff.com11 Sep 2020

KKR's chief mentor David Hussey said Kuldeep would not have any confidence issues going into the 13th edition of the league which will get underway in UAE on September 19.