Once seen as a spokesman of the government on internal security matters, Sriprakash Jaiswal was on Wednesday elevated to Cabinet rank and retained in the coal ministry. A three-time Lok Sabha......
Dipankar Mukherjee, an engineer-turned-trade unionist and former Rajya Sabha member, died at a hospital in New Delhi on Monday after battling pancreatic cancer. Mukherjee, 69, a former Communist......
The United Progressive Alliance government has announced the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the Rs 176,000 crore 2G scam. The JPC will comprise 20 members from Lok Sabha and......
IMAGE: Amit Shah takes charge as Minister of Home Affairs at North Block in New Delhi, last week. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo The government on Thursday announced constitution of......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain DoPT, Atomic Energy as well as all important policy issues and portfolios not allocated. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Ministers Nitin......
A Parliamentary committee on Friday asked the government to stop the import of kerosene by private sector retailers as the imported fuel is being used for adulteration of diesel."In view of the......
The parliamentary standing committee on petroleum and chemicals has recommended the merger of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, and their ultimate merger......
The employees unions of Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum said on Tuesday that they will strike work for three days starting March 25 in protest against the proposed privatisation of two oil......
The scheduled commissioning of Indian Oil Corporation's Paradip-Haldia pipeline later this year will reduce the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT)'s annual revenue by Rs 180 crore (Rs 1.8 billion) by......
Within 24 hours of the Supreme Court halting the privatisation of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd, the petroleum ministry appears to have hit upon a magic formula to divest the oil marketing......