(Kashmir Reader) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) on Saturday said it will double its petrol pumps in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in wake of growing fuel needs. According to the statement, the company said retail sales of Petrol and Diesel are increasing at the rate of approximately 8% and 4% p.a. respectively. “Expansion of retail outlet network (Petrol Pumps) is undertaken by HPCL primarily to meet the growing fuel needs and convenience of customers in emerging markets like upcoming highways, agricultural pockets and industrial hubs in Jammu and Kashmir. The Retail Outlet network in Rural, remote and far-flung areas…
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(ET) The power regulator in Maharashtra has set up a two member fact-finding panel to probe the “unduly high” utility charges by Adani Electricity even as explanations offered by the private-sector distributor failed to convince the state agency. Billionaire Gautam Adani’s foray into power distribution, after it acquired Reliance Infrastructure’s electricity distribution business in Mumbai, began with consumers complaining of a surge in power bills in the two months since Septemberwhen the company started billing consumers. ET reported on November 28 that consumers were complaining of the spike in utility bills, in some instances increasing more than 100%. The company…
(Hindustan) अपने सियासी सफर में अब सपा से अलग राह चुन चुके शिवपाल यादव पहली बार अपनी ताकत दिखाने जा रहे हैं। नई पार्टी के जरिए उनकी पहली रैली 9 दिसंबर को लखनऊ के रमाबाई अम्बेडकर मैदान में होगी। इसे जनाक्रोश रैली नाम दिया गया है और नारा है, हैं तैयार हम। शिवपाल यादव के लिए यह रैली प्रतिष्ठा का सवाल है। उनके समर्थक खासे उत्साहित हैं। उनके लिए नए नए स्लोगनों का इस्तेमाल शहर भर में हो रहा है। चौराहों चौराहों पर लगे होर्डिंग में शिवपाल को जननायक के रूप में पेश किया गया है। ‘हैं तैयार हम’ स्लोगन…
(ET) Delhi will run out of environment-friendly ethanol supplies for blending with petrol in the next few days as the capital’s local government is not allowing oil firms to store adequate quantities, raising the risk of vehicular emissions in an already-polluted capital. Delhi has experienced severe air pollution spells this year with thick smog covering the city because of fumes from agricultural fires along with industrial and vehicular pollution, that has taken air quality to hazardous levels, which puts the health of citizens at risk. Blending ethanol in petrol is considered a measure that could partly help curb air pollution.…
(Hindustan) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने शुक्रवार को कहा कि कुंभ व एनआरआई दिवस के आयोजनों के लिए प्रयागराज व वाराणसी में सुरक्षा में नई तकनीक का इस्तेमाल होना चाहिए। इन दोनों आयोजनों को प्रदेश सरकार की प्रतिष्ठा से जोड़ते हुए मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि इन दोनो आयोजन में विदेशी अतिथि भी आएंगे। इसके लिए सभी तैयारियां बेहतर और व्यवस्थित होनी चाहिए। मुख्यमंत्री शुक्रवार को इस आयोजन के संबंध में बैठक की अध्यक्षता कर रहे थे। उन्होंने कहा कि यह आयोजन देश तथा प्रदेश के लिए अत्यन्त महत्वपूर्ण है। इसमें बड़ी संख्या में प्रवासी भारतीय वाराणसी पहुंचेंगे। इसलिए शहर की सफाई,…
(PTI) Ethanol blending with petrol is likely to double to 8 per cent in the current season as a better price is being offered by oil marketing companies, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Friday. The minister also assured additional soft loans to mills for expanding the ethanol capacity. Addressing the 84th annual general meeting of sugar industry body ISMA, he said the government has taken a number of steps in the last four years to bring a “paradigm shift” in the Rs 1 lakh crore sector. “Blending of ethanol with petrol has reached 4 per cent from 1-1.5 per cent in the last…
(LiveMint) Oil prices fell on Friday, pulled down by OPEC’s decision to delay a final decision on output cuts, awaiting support from non-OPEC heavyweight Russia. International Brent crude oil futures fell below $60 per barrel early in the session, trading at $59.50 per barrel at 0144 GMT, down 56 cents, or 0.9 percent from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $51.24 per barrel, down 25 cents, or 0.5 percent. The declines came after crude slumped by almost 3 percent the previous day, with the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ending a meeting at its headquarters…
(Hindustan) राजस्थान विधानसभा चुनाव (Rajasthan election 2018) के लिए राज्य की 200 सीटों में से 199 सीटों पर मतदान शुरू हो गया है। इसके लिए निर्वाचन विभाग ने सभी तैयारियां गुरुवार को ही पूरी कर ली थीं। राजस्थान में तकरीबन बीस लाख मतदाता ऐसे हैं जो पहली बार वोट डालने जा रहे हैं। राजस्थान विधानसभा चुनाव (Rajasthan Assembly Polls 2018) के लिए पिछले दिनों पीएम मोदी (PM Narendra Modi) से लेकर कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी (Rahul Gandhi) ने चुनावी प्रचार में हिस्सा लिया था। इसके अलावा राज्य के दोनों अहम दलों के दिग्गज नेताओं जैसे कांग्रेस से सचिन पायलट (Sachin Pilot), अशोक गहलोत…
(ET) Indian Oil Corporation(IOC), the country’s largest fuel retailer, today said it has invited entrepreneurs to set-up 27,000 petrol pumps pan India. “The country’s largest downstream oil major has issued an advertisement for setting up about 27,000 petrol pumps pan India. Interested entrepreneurs may see the detailed advertisement and brochure available on website, www.petrolpumpdealerchayan.in. For location-wise details up to district level, interested entrepreneurs may also visit Indian Oil’s website, www.iocl.com, and get state, city and district-wise details advertised by the company,” IOC said. The retailer added that the eligibility norms have been relaxed this time and availability of suitable land at the advertised location or…
(NDTV) The BJP has transformed Rajasthan from a ‘BIMARU’ state to a developed one and will now make it prosperous, party chief Amit Shah said in Jaipur today while predicting that his party would form a government in Rajasthan with “full majority”. Taking on the Congress at the press conference, he said that Rahul Gandhi’s party was involved in negative politics, promoting casteism and appeasement. The BJP, in contrast, focused on development and got a good response, Mr Shah told reporters on the last day of campaigning for the December 7 polls. While the Congress promoted dynastic politics, making members of one…