Less than a week after taking additional charge of the ministry of environment and forests, M Veerappa Moily has decentralised decision-making by empowering senior officials to expeditiously clear

HC asked it to pay Rs 10,000 cr in past royalty dues ONGC

Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) today said it would appeal in the Supreme Court against a Gujarat High Court order asking it to pay Rs 10,000 crore in past royalty dues, saying it cannot pay the levy on revenue it hasn't earned.

The fishermen from Mahul gaon, a quiet fishing village near Chembur, are a distressed lot.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), facing a prolonged stagnancy in oil production, has got a shot in the arm with one of its blocks in the Krishna-Godavari basin off the Andhra Pradesh coast,

The ministry also ordered the closure of the faulty ONGC pipeline responsible for the spill

Concerned over environmental damage caused due to an oil spill off Uran coast near Mumbai, the Environment Ministry today constituted a team to inspect the site and issued a show cause notice to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).

The oil spill on the Uran coast close to Mumbai is larger than what was estimated, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has said.

ONGC, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board say the spill is minor

On Monday, Naushad Qureshi returned from the sea with a net full of dead fish. The thick film of black grease that covered his net was the result of an oil spill from the ONGC plant along the Uran coast. Nearly 1,000 litres of crude oil has washed into the sea, according to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The Board says the spill is a minor one.

Heavy Pollution Feared Along 10-Km Stretch

Navi Mumbai/Mumbai: A pipeline in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s Uran plant developed a leak on Sunday night, spilling about 5,000 litres of crude oil into the Arabian Sea that spread about 10km along the coastline and caused considerable water pollution.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Tuesday approved the much-awaited coal block auction policy for private companies that for the first time will allow companies in the power, ceme