(PTI) Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) plans to invest Rs 15,000-18,000 crore in raising its Mangalore oil refinery capacity by 10 million tons by 2022. MRPL, a subsidiary of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), is also looking at scaling up its petrochemical production capacity to clock larger margins, its Managing Director H Kumar said here. “We have asked Engineers India Ltd to prepare a feasibility report for raising refinery capacity from current 15 million tons per annum to 25 million tons,” he said. The report is likely to be ready by June or July, he said adding the feasibility…
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(PTI) The mortal remains of Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave were consigned to flames on the banks of the river Narmada at Bandrabhan in Madhya Pradesh’s Hoshangabad district today, with full state honours. Dave, who died in New Delhi yesterday at the age of 60, had expressed the desire to be cremated on the banks of the Narmada, a river that was close to his heart and ran through his home state of Madhya Pradesh. The funeral pyre was lit by his brother and nephew amid a tearful adieu by those present on the occasion at Bandrabhan, where Dave used…
(TH) ONGC Tripura Power Company (OTPC) on Thursday announced that it has become the first dividend paying standalone gas-based power generation company in the country. In an official statement, OTPC, a joint venture company of ONGC, IL&FS, IDFC and Government of Tripura, said that it had reported a net profit of ₹130.45 crore during the financial year 2016-2017. This is nine times the ₹12.96-crore net profit earned during the financial year 2015-2016. OTPC also declared maiden dividend of 7.5 per cent of paid-up equity share capital of ₹1,120 crore amounting to ₹84 crore for the financial year 2016-2017. The company…
(FE) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today highlighted the importance of intelligence gathering and the use of modern technology for strengthening rail security. “Challenges of secured travel are increasing day by day not only in India but even globally. So security has assumed greater significance,” the minister said at a round table conference here on rail security. A steep rise in accidents caused by suspected sabotage such as tampering of tracks has become a matter of concern for the railways. With its wide and open network, the sector is especially vulnerable to sabotage. At the conference, the ministry sought ideas from other…
(AT) कश्मीर के श्रीनगर में जारी जीएसटी काउंसिल की अहम बैठक में 80-90 फीसदी वस्तुओं और सेवाओं पर जीएसटी दरों को लेकर राज्यों और केंद्र सरकार के बीच आम सहमति बन गई है। आधिकारिक सूत्रों के मुताबिक वित्तमंत्री अरूण जेटली की अध्यक्षता में हो रही बैठक में इस बारे में सहमति बन चुकी है।हालांकि अब तक वित्त विभाग की ओर से इस बाबत कोई बयान नहीं दिया गया है लेकिन ऐसे कयास लगाए जा रहे हैं कि देर शाम जीएसटी की देश भर में लागू होने वाली दरों के विषय में आधिकारिक जानकारी भी आ सकती है। श्रीनगर के शेर-ए-कश्मीर…
(NDTV) जासूसी के आरोप में पाकिस्तान की जेल में बंद भारतीय नौसेना के पूर्व अधिकारी कुलभूषण जाधव की फांसी की सज़ा पर इंटरनेशनल कोर्ट ऑफ़ जस्टिस में जज ने फैसला पढ़ा. कोर्ट ने कहा कि इस मामले में अंतिम फैसला आने तक कुलभूषण जाधव को फांसी नहीं दी जाएगी. कोर्ट ने कहा कि दोनों ही पक्षों को इस आदेश को मानना होगा. दोनों ही देशों पर विएना समझौते के तहत यह आदेश बाध्यकारी है. इसी के साथ अंतरराष्ट्रीय मंच पर यह भारत की बड़ी कूटनीतिक जीत साबित हुई है. भारत मामले की सुनवाई तक फांसी पर रोक की मांग कर…
(PTI) The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of the practice of triple talaq among Muslims. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar heard the issue for six days during which various parties including the Centre, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board and various others made the submissions. The bench, also comprising Justices Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman, U U Lalit and Abdul Nazeer, had begun the hearing on May 11. The members of the bench are from different religious communities including Sikh,…
(AT) जम्मू कश्मीर की राजधानी श्रीनगर में वस्तु एवं सेवा कर परिषद (जीएसटी काउंसिल) की बेहद अहम और आखिरी बैठक चल रही है. देश के इतिहास का सबसे टैक्स सुधार करार दिए जाने वाले जीएसटी पर इस बैठक में काउंसिल वस्तुओं और सेवाओं पर टैक्स रेट तय करेगी. इस अंतिम बैठक को श्रीनगर में रखे जाने के लिए पीछे कई अहम राजनीति मायने भी देखें जा रहे हैं. दरअसल पिछले कुछ महीनों से पत्थरबाजी और विरोध प्रदर्शनों की आग से झुलस रहे कश्मीर में जीएसटी पर इस अहम बैठक से सरकार की कोशिश धरती के इस स्वर्ग से देश और…
(PTI) Consumers would soon be able to buy energy efficient LED bulbs, tubelights and ceiling fans at petrol pumps at much lower retail rates. The consumer would get the LED bulb for Rs 65, tubelight for Rs 230 and ceiling fan at Rs 1,150.These appliances would be sourced by the three state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) — Hindustan Petroleum, Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum — from the state-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL). The OMCs and EESL was to ink Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the EESL today for selling these appliances but it was postponed due to the demise of…
The Central Information Commission (CIC) is organising a Seminar on implementation of the Right to Information here tomorrow. The Chief Information Commissioner Shri Radha Krishna Mathur will deliver the Inaugural Address and Information Commissioner, CIC, Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu, will give a talk on “Scope of Privacy of Public Servant”. Information Commissioner, CIC, Shri Yashovardhan Azad will deliver the address at the Valedictory Session. Academicians, practitioners, researchers, NGOs/civil society groups and other stakeholders will be giving well researched original presentations, including case studies during the Seminar. Speakers of eminence will include Ms. Anjali Bhardwaj, co-Convenor, National Campaign for People’s Right…