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Govt invokes ESMA powers, orders refiners to ramp up LPG production

New Delhi, March 6 -- The government invoked sparingly used emergency powers to direct oil refineries to ramp up LPG production as it looks to increase the availability of domestic cooking gas to hedg... Read More


Adani Total Gas keeps CNG and domestic PNG prices unchanged

New Delhi, March 6 -- Adani Total Gas Ltd (ATGL) has not raised prices of CNG and piped cooking gas supplied to households, even as it has imposed supply curbs on some large industrial consumers amid ... Read More


PM: Focus on making agri products export-oriented, globally competitive

New Delhi, March 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked farmers to leverage India's diverse climate to increase productivity and export strength, and stressed on scaling up high-value crop ... Read More


Rahul: Politics, int'l relations now moving towards 'darkness'

Kollam, March 6 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that politics and international relations in current times were "running towards darkness" and away from knowledge. Gandhi, the Leader o... Read More


LS to take up notice on Monday for resolution to remove Birla as Speaker

New Delhi, March 6 -- Lok Sabha has listed for Monday a notice by Opposition members to move a resolution to remove Om Birla as the Speaker. Once 50 members of the House stand up upon being called by... Read More


Shah announces CISF deployment at all EXIM Ports

MUNDALI, March 6 -- Union Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will now be entrusted with the security of all ports in the country, highlighting the expa... Read More


JD(U) workers continue to vent spleen

Patna, March 6 -- workers on Friday continued to protest the decision of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to enter the Rajya Sabha, a move seen as signalling the end of his more than two-and-a-half-decade-... Read More


Karnataka CM presents his 17th Budget; alleges injustice by Centre

Bengaluru, March 6 -- Presenting his record 17th Budget on Friday, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, by not adhering to the federal system of governance as per the constitution, the Centre i... Read More


BJP MLA's car 'vandalised' during 'Poriborton Yatra' in Purulia

Kolkata, March 6 -- BJP MLA Baneswar Mahato's car was vandalised during the party's 'Poriborton Yatra' in West Bengal's Purulia district on Friday. The incident happened in Mahato's Constituency, Bal... Read More


'Nearly 100% electrification of Indian Railways strengthens energy security'

New Delhi, March 6 -- While geopolitical tensions in West Asia once again threaten to disrupt global fuel supply chain, Indian Railways has achieved a milestone with 99.4 per cent of its broad gauge n... Read More