Graded action plan enforced in Delhi to combat air pollution

The Badarpur power plant has been shut, diesel generators banned, hundreds of brick kilns ordered to stop production, and if the air quality worsens, Delhiites may have to shell out more as......

ULFA claims responsibility for blast in IOC pipeline

An oil pipeline at Makum in upper Assam's Tinsukia district was on Tuesday damaged in an explosion, for which the United Liberation Front of Asom claimed responsibility. The explosion in......

Nilam: Search ops on for missing ship crew in Chennai

Search operations are in full swing for the missing crew members of the Indian vessel Prathibha Cauvery, which ran aground following strong winds due to Cyclone Nilam, which made landfall on the......

Oil tanker runs aground off Chennai; rescue operations on

An oil tanker with 37-member crew on board on Wednesday ran aground off the city coast under the impact of high velocity winds before the landfall of cyclone 'Nilam'. Coast Guard and other agencies......

WPI inflation eases to 12.07% in June; food, crude prices soften

The wholesale price-based inflation eased marginally to 12.07 per cent in June as crude oil and food items witnessed some softening in prices. However, WPI inflation remained in double digit for......

Petrol, diesel prices depend on govt, not crude rate!

'I have no problems with the finance ministry or with state governments treating petrol pump prices as the last resort for meeting their ambitious spending targets with very limited revenue......

Weak WPI data is an eye-opener, Indian govt wake up now!

Image: Food prices in India continue to remain high, government must take steps to control it, say economists. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Wholesale prices continue to remain in negative......

India keen to build pipeline to Wagah border

India has offered to build a pipeline to the Wagah land border and supply 50 million tonnes of POL products a year to meet Pakistan's requirement, according to media reports on Tuesday. The offer......