A GAS pipeline of Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) caught fire in Kharadi on Saturday, a day after a similar incident took place on Sinhagad Road. According to sources in Pune Fire Brigade, the MNGL gas pipeline at Vitthal Borate Nagar in Kharadi caught fire in the early hours of Saturday. In this connection, the […]
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Gas pipeline in Pune catches fire, no casualties reported
A gas pipeline of Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) at the Rajaram bridge on Sinhagad Road in Pune caught fire in the early hours of Friday, officials said. The firefighters of the Pune Fire Brigade extinguished the flames with the help of the MNGL team in an operation that lasted for about four hours. No […]
MNGL gas pipeline catches fire again in Pune, now in Kharadi
In the second such incident in the last two days, a Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) gas pipeline at Vitthal Borate Nagar in Pune’s Kharadi caught fire early on Saturday, the Pune Fire Brigade said. No casualties were reported in the incident. Around 4.15 am, the fire brigade control room received a call about the […]
Couple, 4 children, die in cooking gas cylinder fire in Panipat
Six of a family died Thursday morning after a fire broke out reportedly due to a leakage in the LPG cylinder in Panipat city of Haryana. The deceased were identified as Abdul Karim (50), his wife Afroza (46) and their four children Ishrat (18), Reshma (16), Abdul (10) and Arfan (7). The incident took place […]
Rajasthan: Death toll in cylinder blast rises to 32, BJP says state govt in ‘celebratory mode’
The death toll in the cylinder explosion during a wedding in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district rose to 32 on Friday, with four more people succumbing to injuries at a hospital here. Slamming the Congress government in the state, BJP leader Rajendra Singh Rathore said while Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is yet to visit Bhungra village where […]
Windfall profit tax on crude, diesel cut
The government has slashed the windfall profit tax levied on domestically-produced crude oil as well as on export of diesel and ATF following a drop in global oil prices, according to an official order. The levy on crude oil produced by companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been cut steeply to […]
EU agrees €20 bln boost for energy funding to quit Russian gas
The European Union will raise an extra 20 billion euros from its carbon market for investments to help end more swiftly the bloc’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels, under a political deal reached on Wednesday. Negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament agreed in the early hours of Wednesday to raise 60% of the […]
CO2 tax at Europe’s border: Revolution or protectionism?
The EU is picking up speed with climate protection regulations. For imports from abroad, a carbon tax will soon be introduced. But poorer countries could be unfairly disadvantaged by this. Last year, the European Union announced plans for a 55% reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, setting its sights higher than the 40% […]
5 killed, 49 injured in cooking gas cylinder blast in Jodhpur
Five people were killed and 49 injured after a cooking gas cylinder exploded in a house in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur where guests had gathered for a wedding, police said on Friday. A portion of the house in Shergarh sub-division’s Bhungra village also collapsed due to the impact of the blast that occurred on Thursday afternoon, they […]
Cut excise duty on CNG till gas is included in GST: Kirit Parikh panel
The Union government should moderate the excise duty it levies on CNG till such time that the environment-friendly natural gas is included in the one-nation-one-tax GST regime, Kirit Parikh Committee has recommended. Natural gas is currently outside the ambit of GST, and existing legacy taxes — central excise duty, state VAT and central sales tax […]
Delhi Transport dept bans plying of BS III petrol, BS IV diesel vehicles in city
The Delhi Transport Department on Monday banned BS III petrol and BS IV diesel vehicles from city roads till December 9 or till air quality improves. “As per directions provided under Stage-III of the GRAP and under section 115 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, it is hereby ordered that there shall be restrictions to […]
Russia will not export oil subject to Western cap, says Putin energy point man
Russia, the world’s second-largest oil exporter, will not sell oil that is subject to a Western price cap even if it has to cut production, President Vladimir Putin’s point man on energy said. The Group of Seven and Australia on Friday agreed to a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil after […]