PM Modi's visit to Vietnam kicks off with defence, trade as top agendas

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flew into the Vietnamese capital on his maiden visit to hold wide-ranging talks with the country's top leadership on ways to bolster strategic bilateral ties......

Krishna invokes 4C plan for Indian envoys in Central Asia

Commerce, Connectivity, Consular and Community -- External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has urged Indian ambassadors in Central Asia to find ways to explore the massive potential that the......

2007 will be crucial for Indo-Russian ties

The year ahead will be crucial for Indo-Russian ties as Moscow prepares for the change of its political elite with Duma elections due in December 2007 and a change of guard in the Kremlin in early......

US sanctions won't come in way of India-Russia ties: PM

IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a signing ceremony following their talks on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok......

ONGC Videsh equity may be hiked to Rs 5,000 crore

The petroleum ministry is understood to have agreed to a proposal to increase the equity base of ONGC Videsh Limited, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, from Rs 300 crore (Rs 3......

ONGC Videsh-Oil India complete acquisition of Videocon stake

ONGC Videsh Ltd and Oil India Ltd have completed the acquisition of Videocon Group's 10 per cent stake in a giant Mozambique gas field for $2.475 billion, the companies said on Wednesday. OVL, the......

ONGC Videsh to get stake in Myanmar oil and gas block

Despite losing out in competitive bidding, ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp, may still get a stake in a deep-sea block in Myanmar. OVL had bid for two of......

ONGC, GAIL eye Exxon pie in Kazakh fields

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and gas utility GAIL India Ltd are in talks to buy a part of Exxon MObil Corp's stake in Kazakhstan's Kashagan oilfield."We are definitely interested but......