Anticipation of dying early is inspiring youngsters to commit crimes, a new study suggests.
Georgia State University Criminal Justice experts Timothy Brezina, Volkan Topalli and economist Erdal Tekin, in their study titled ‘Might not be a Tomorrow’, insist that young criminals have put their faith in the idea “here and now,” even though they are [...]
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesay evening to discuss raising prices of petroleum products, but no decision was taken.
Deora is now scheduled to meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday to discuss the issue, as well as the possibility of issuing oil bonds for public sector oil marketing companies, which have [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Qatar will consider meeting India’s demand for additional supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on a long-term basis, the petroleum ministry said Wednesday.
This was conveyed to Indian Petroleum Minister Murli Deora Wednesday by Abdulla Bin Ahmed Al-Attiyah, Qatar’s deputy premier, in Doha, Qatar.
The Indian minister, on a visit to Qatar, [...]
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Public sector oil marketing companies will incur a loss of Rs.45,478 crore in 2009-10, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora has told the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of his ministry.
Chairing a meeting here Thursday evening, Deora said the oil marketing companies ‘incur under-recoveries of Rs.3.10 per litre of petrol, Rs.2.55 per litre of [...]
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The government will earn a royalty of $2 billion from the sale of gas from D6 block in the Krishna Godavari basin, being operated by the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora said the royalty was revised to [...]
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) State-run gas major GAIL India has earmarked a capital expenditure of Rs.49,000 crore for 2010-14, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora said Tuesday.
The company is planning to double its pipeline length to 14,000 km and expand its transmission capacity, Deora told the Rajya Sabha during question hour. [...]
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of India’s state-run oil exploration major Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), is planning to set up a greenfield refinery in Nigeria.
‘In efforts to broad-base our activities, ONGC Videsh is discussing setting up a greenfield refinery in Nigeria,’ Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli [...]
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) India is looking to participate in ‘exploration and production opportunity’ in Africa and to be a part of the continent’s natural gas market, Petroluem Minister Murli Deora said Monday.
‘We are particularly keen to participate in upcoming exploration and production opportunity in Angola, Ghana, Sudan, Nigeria, Uganda and Cote d’Ivoire,’ Deora [...]
Allahabad, Dec 4 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court on Friday cancelled the land allotted to Anil Ambani’s Reliance Natural Resources Limited (RNRL) for a gas-based thermal power plant at Dadri in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh.
In 2004, Mulayam Singh Yadav led state [...]
Mumbai, Nov 26 (IANS) The government Thursday handed over letters of petro-product dealerships to families of the five uniformed men killed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram handed over the appointment letters from public sector oil companies to the widows of the five men at a special function in Mumbai Thursday. [...]
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Murli Deora and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will meet Tuesday to discuss the issue of supply of ethanol for blending with petrol.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had Nov 12 reiterated that oil marketing companies had to ensure gasoline was blended with 5 percent ethanol to limit [...]
New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): Union Government on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that it has taken a series of measures to promote safety in and around oil depots across the country.
Making a suomoto statement in the lower House, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said these [...]
New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the three-day India Economic Summit here on Sunday.
The agenda for the Summit will focus on how to ensure India’s aspiration to emerge as one of the world’s four largest economies by 2020, skill development, financial empowerment of [...]
Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) Belying rumours of a rift between them, budding actor Pratik Babbar this week took off for Ferozabad district of Uttar Pradesh to campaign for his father and Congress candidate Raj Babbar for a by-election Nov 7.
While Pratik was in Uttar Pradesh, his aunt Manya Patil confirmed Pratik’s determined bid to stand [...]
New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): Petroleum Minister Murli Deora met the executives of various oil companies, both public sector and private owned here on Tuesday and reviewed the safety and security aspects of oil and gas depots.
The meeting came days after a massive fire broke out at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot in [...]
Jaipur, Nov 2 (ANI): The fire at the Indian Oil depot in Jaipur blazed into its fifth day, with the toll mounting to 11.
There were two more blasts on Sunday night, as two barrels of lubricants exploded due to the intense heat.
So far, nearly five lakh [...]
Jaipur, Nov. 1 (ANI): Indian Oil Corporation on Sunday confirmed that three out of 11 petrol tanks are still blazing at the Sitapura oil storage depot near Jaipur, while the rest are spewing smoke.
“A factory adjacent to IOC factory caught fire; some bitumen fell on the top floor and it caught fire due to high [...]
Jaipur, Nov 1(ANI): Two more bodies were spotted at the burning Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) fuel depot in Jaipur today, pushing the toll to ten.
“The unidentified charred bodies were noticed in the wee hours of the day near one of the blazing tanks, but was not possible to reach there because of the heat,” said [...]
Jaipur, Nov 1 (IANS) Flames continued to leap from an Indian Oil depot in Jaipur Sunday, four days after it caught fire leaving 10 people killed and 150 others injured. Officials said the fire is likely to die out by the evening or Monday morning as most of the oil stored in the huge tanks [...]
Jaipur/New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) A massive fire continued to rage Friday at an Indian Oil depot in Jaipur nearly 24 hours after it broke out, killing five people and injuring
150 others. Officials are waiting for the petroleum stock to burn off for the blaze to die out.
The fire, which could be seen miles away [...]
Jaipur/New Delhi, October 30 (IANS) While the fire raged on some 20 hours after it broke out at an Indian Oil depot at Jaipur, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora Friday announced a five-member inquiry committee and compensation for the victims.
The blaze broke out in the depot in the Sitapura industrial area, about 20 km from the [...]
Jaipur, Oct 30 (IANS) A five-member committee has been set up to investigate the fire at the Indian Oil depot here, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora told reporters Friday.
The blaze broke out in the depot in the Sitapura industrial area, about 20 km from the city centre, at 7.15 p.m. Thursday evening. Officials said nine [...]
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Shares of the Indian Oil Corp scrip fell over 7.5 percent Friday on the Bombay Stock Exchange as a fire in a major oil products depot on the outskirts of Jaipur continued to rage, leading to an estimated loss of Rs.200 crore.
The shares of the state-run refinery major fell to Rs.291.50 [...]
Jaipur, Oct 30 (IANS) The fire at the Indian Oil depot here continued to rage Friday morning, a day after it broke out, with six people still trapped and officials saying nine people could have been killed and nearly 150 injured.
The blaze, which broke out at 7.15 p.m. following a minor earthquake, has engulfed the [...]
Jaipur, Oct 30 (ANI): Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora on Friday said there is no other option but to let the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot fire burn itself out.
“We will have to let all the fuel burn. Only then, will experts be able to go anywhere near the site. We expect the fuel [...]
Jaipur, Oct 30 (ANI): The massive fire that erupted at the Indian Oil Corporation’s fuel depot in Sitapura industrial area on the outskirts of Jaipur on Thursday night is still raging.
Atleast 12 people were killed and 150 others were injured in the incident. he army has been deployed to handle the situation. Twenty two fire [...]
Jaipur, Oct 29 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 70 injured when a major fire broke out at an Indian Oil depot in Sitapura industrial area near here Thursday evening.
Many of the injuries were reported from nearby areas and caused due to the shattering of glass panes, officials said.
Though the cause of the [...]
Jaipur, Oct 29 (IANS) At least 60 people were injured when a major fire broke out at an Indian Oil depot in Sitapura industrial area near here Thursday evening. Many of the injuries were reported from nearby areas and caused due to the shattering of glass panes, officials said.
Though the cause of the fire was [...]
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) With China expressing interest, there is a likelihood of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Bangkok this month, official sources said Friday.
India and China are perceived to have had a strained few weeks, with the governments issuing statements [...]
New Delhi, Oct 16(ANI): Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora on Friday said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao may likely to meet on the sidelines of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Thailand.
The 15th ASEAN Summit will be held from [...]
