A Supreme Court constitution bench on Tuesday dismissed the Union government’s curative petition demanding an additional compensation of over ₹7,400 crore from American company Union Carbide for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. The bench, headed by justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, noted all previous proceedings related to the incident before the top court […]
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Lucknow’s Aishbagh residents allege gas leak from factory, complain of difficulty in breathing
Lucknow The residents of Bharatpuri Colony Phase 2 in city’s Aishbagh area have complained of gas leakage from Manali Pigment Private Limited, situated in Bazarkhala Mill Area. Area locals allege that the gas leakage has been going on for two days while adding that the factory is operating in a residential area against the norms. […]
Petrol and diesel prices today: Check fuel rates in your city on March 14
Petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged on Tuesday. The oil companies announced the fuel prices at 6 am today morning. The petrol and diesel prices are decided by oil companies and are not controlled by the government. The oil companies need to adjust their prices according to global rates. The Union government regulates fuel prices […]
Puducherry: CM announces monthly LPG subsidy of ₹300, allots ₹126 crore for scheme in UT budget
The Puducherry government on Monday announced a ₹300 monthly LPG subsidy for the people of the union territory, earmarking ₹126 crore for the scheme. Chief Minister N Rangasamy made the announcement in the UT budget presented for the year 2023-24. Rangasamy, who detailed the achievements of various departments said the government had earmarked ₹126 crore […]
Petrol and diesel prices today: Know latest fuel rates in your city
The petrol and diesel rates remained unchanged on Monday. According to fuel prices announced by the oil companies, petrol was being sold in Delhi at ₹96.72 per litre while the cost of diesel stood at ₹89.62 per litre. In India’s financial capital Mumbai, the price of petrol stood at ₹106.31 while the cost of diesel […]
Saudi Aramco’s 2022 net profit jumps to 46% as oil demand rises
Saudi Aramco said on Sunday it achieved “record” profits totalling $161.1 billion last year, highlighting how a surge in oil prices after Russia invaded Ukraine spurred growth in the world’s biggest crude exporter. The mostly state-owned energy giant, the world’s second most valuable company behind Apple, said in a filing with the Saudi stock market […]
Petrol and diesel rates today March 12: What are the rates in your city?
Petrol and diesel rates stayed the same on Sunday, continuing an eight-month trend of price stability. Delhi charges ₹96.72 for a litre of petrol and ₹89.62 for a litre of diesel. Mumbai charges ₹106.31 for a litre of petrol and ₹94.27 for a litre of diesel. The most recent nationwide adjustment was made on May […]
Night patrolling by line walkers to safeguard pipeline: BPCL
Mumbai: The Bharat Petroleum Ltd (BPCL) has clarified in a media statement that the Mumbai-Manmad pipeline follows all regulatory and precautionary measures at regular intervals, and ground surveillance of the pipeline is carried out by line walkers “We at BPCL have all systems in place for this Pipeline. Ground Surveillance is carried as out by […]
India’s Russian oil imports highest ever in February at 1.6 million barrels a day
India’s imports of crude oil from Russia soared to a record 1.6 million barrels per day in February and is now higher than combined imports from traditional suppliers Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Russia continued to be the single largest supplier of crude oil, which is converted into petrol and diesel at refineries, for a fifth […]
Russia set to mothball damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines: Report
Russia’s ruptured undersea Nord Stream gas pipelines are set to be sealed up and mothballed as there are no immediate plans to repair or reactivate them, sources familiar with the plans have told Reuters. Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, each consisting of two pipes, were built by Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom to pump 110 […]
Petrol, diesel prices today, March 3: Check latest fuel rates in your city
Petrol and diesel prices remained steady on Friday across India as per the notification by fuel companies. Fuel prices have stayed stagnant in India for at least nine months now. Petrol and diesel in the national capital Delhi cost ₹96.72 per litre and ₹89.62 a litre, respectively. In Bengaluru, petrol is being sold at 101.94 […]
Cooking gas price raised by ₹50 per cylinder
State-run suppliers have raised cooking gas price by ₹50 per cylinder for 313.70 million customers across the country from Wednesday, days after polls in three northeastern states, inviting sharp criticism from the Opposition. This is the first price increase of cooking fuel sold to households also known as domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in about […]