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Pakistan to launch long-range missile, informs India

New Delhi: Just days after India successfully test fired its first Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), Agni-V, Pakistan has said that it plans to conduct a long-range missile test. The neighbour has informed India that it plans to conduct a long-range missile test in the Indian Ocean over the...

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Diesel prices will be decontrolled: Government tells Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: In a politically and economically crucial and bold decision the government on Tuesday informed Parliament that it was willing to decontrol diesel prices. The government in a written reply told the Rajya Sabha that the decision to decontrol diesel prices has been taken in principle. However, the...

Apr 24 · >

RIL-BP Allowed To Survey 12 KG-D6 Fields

NEW DELHI: A regulatory panel has allowed Reliance Industries to carry out surveys on 12 satellite fields in the deep water D6 block in the east coast, subject to the condition that this expense would become eligible for recovery only if a subsequent field development plan is approved by...

Apr 24 · >

CBM Pricing: DGH Endorses RIL's Formula

NEW DELHI: The directorate general of hydrocarbons (DGH) has endorsed Reliance Industries’ pricing formula for coal bed methane (CBM) from its Madhya Pradesh blocks but raised two queries that could further delay the pricing approval. Reliance had invited price bids from potential CBM customers. The oil ministry has to...

Apr 24 · >

India Requests Qatar For Immediate Supply Of 3 Million Tonne Of LNG

NEW DELHI: India has requested Qatar for immediate supply of 3 million tonne of LNG to India to be imported by Petronet LNG Ltd and GAIL. The requested amount will increase to 15 million tonnes in the next 3-4 years, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma said in a...

Apr 24 · >

Will a gas seller's fine upend a promising industry?

IGL has run afoul of the industry’s regulator because it refuses to disclose vital numbers used to compute the price charged to the end-user NEW DELHI: Indraprastha Gas Ltd, or IGL, was sitting pretty with a monopoly over the sale of compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped natural gas...

Apr 24 · >

Reliance Industries Fails To Get Nod For Full Survey Of D-6 Block

NEW DELHI: Getting Government approvals is never easy, even though the energy behemoth, Reliance Industries, had managed to crack the process better than most corporates. On Friday, though, the company hit some unexpected red tape in the Capital, even as its top management was trying to allay investor worries...

Apr 24 · >

Brent Crude Steady Under $119; Europe, Iran Eyed

SINGAPORE: Brent crude was steady under $119 a barrel on Tuesday as fears over the health of the euro zone economies and political uncertainty countered worries over a production stoppage in the North Sea and potential supply disruptions from Iran. The euro zone economy remains in dire straits, with...

Apr 24 · >

Customs Duty On Power Equipment Put On Hold

NEW DELHI: The government has put on hold its plan to levy duty on import of power equipment by all developers to protect the interest of domestic firms, such as BHEL and L&T. A note proposing a 5% customs duty on electrical equipment imported by mega power projects was...

Apr 24 · >

Exchanges Forced To Sell Power At Lower Rates: Deo

KOLKATA: Power exchanges will have to sell power at low prices since state distribution companies will not be able to purchase high-priced power, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) chairman Pramod Deo said on Monday. Deo, at an interactive session organised by the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce, said power has...

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