Jal Shakti minister tests positive for coronavirus

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday said he has tested positive for coronavirus. In a tweet, the minister said he underwent a coronavirus test after developing symptoms of the......

Pradhan made BJP poll incharge for UP, Shekhawat in Punjab

Gearing up for the upcoming state assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Partyon Wednesday named its organisational spearheads for the elections, putting Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Pralhad......

PM slams Opposition for not letting House debate note ban

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday flayed the Opposition for its ‘undemocratic’ act of not allowing a debate on the demonetisation issue even as he asserted that the......

PM firm on Land Act, orders MPs to 'bust the myths'

Amid stiff opposition to government’s move to amend land acquisition Act, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made it clear that there was no going back.The Bharatiya Janata Party......

Govt has received 3 bids for BPCL: Oil minister

The government has received three preliminary bids for buying of controlling stake in India's second-largest fuel retailer Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan......

Minister Dharmendra Pradhan: 'Benefits of falling oil prices passed on to consumers'

‘If the benefit of falling oil prices was not passed on to the consumers, would inflation have come down to zero?’ ‘I haven't met a single family in the last 10 months that......

Exxon Mobil in talks to buy stake in Indian oil, gas fields

Energy supermajor Exxon Mobil Corp is in talks to buy a stake in producing oil and gas fields in India, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday showcasing efforts to raise domestic output......

LPG subsidy for BPCL consumers to continue post-privatisation: Pradhan

LPG customers of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will continue to get cooking gas subsidy post-privatisation of the nation's second-biggest fuel retailers, Oil Minister Dharmendra......