Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) is in the process of finalising the policy paper outlining a clear-cut programme for undertaking overseas oil exploration activities by it and its

42% oppose nuclear energy push : Forty-two percent of respondents to an Asahi Shimbun survey said they oppose the promotion of the use of nuclear power for electricity. The nationwide telephone poll,

Multilateral financial institutions have funded the power sector to the tune of Rs. 4,012 crores during fiscal 1998-99, up from Rs. 3,868.26 crores during 1997-98, thus reflecting a marginal 3.7 per

The Government of India has prepared a model amendment to the building byelaws which, if adopted by municipal corporations, will make it mandatory for all new buildings - residential or commercial -

At least two solar energy projects, costing Rs 321.40 lakh, are in the final stages of commissioning, the projects are being put up by the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) with the financial

Cash-strapped Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) plans to witch its power generation units of Bin Qasim Thermal Power Plant and Korangi Thermal Power Plant 12 gas from furnace oil to save at

The Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) said that the north-eastern region has a potential for saving energy by substituting traditional direct combustion bio-mass fuels with 'producer gas'.

Usha India, the flagship of the Rs 4,000 crore Group Usha, has decided to diversify into the power sector. The company has, however, identified only hydro and the solar power segments as their focus

One of the two reactors at the Narora Atomic Power Plant has been shut down following the collapse of an "airlock door" leading to the coolant section housing the reaction. The plant is divided into

Big offshore oil, gas strikes expected on Makran coast : The outgoing secretary, Ministry of Petroleum, expressed great hopes of big offshore strikes on Makran coast where spudding for first of