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Colombo shooting: Police nab Arjuna Ranatunga
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 29 (ANI): Sri Lanka's petroleum minister Arjuna Ranatunga has been arrested on account of his alleged role in a shooting incident that took place on Sunday at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) in Colombo's Dematagoda suburb.
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'Household access to clean cooking fuel increased by 32% under BJP rule'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday asserted that households having access to clean cooking fuel has increased from 55 per cent four years ago to 87 per cent now due to central government's determined efforts to provide u
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'BPCL refinery to make India less reliant on other countries for crude oil
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bargarh (Odisha) [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said that refinery plant under Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will make the country less reliant on other for crude oil and will also fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promis
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Ujjwala Yojna benefited 34 lakh women in Odisha: Pradhan
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday claimed that 34 lakh poor and needy women in Odhisha have benefited from Central Government's Ujjwala Yojana.
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Petrol, diesel should come under GST: Petroleum Minister
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jharsuguda (Odisha) [India], Sept 17 (ANI): Expressing concern over the continuous rise in fuel prices, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that petrol and diesel should come under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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Pradhan proposes forum of oil-consuming Asian countries
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Vienna (Austria), June 20 (ANI): Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan urged the constitution of a forum of oil-consuming Asian countries to achieve sustainable crude oil prices.
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Pradhan to raise fuel hike issue at OPEC meeting
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 18 (ANI): Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said India will raise the issue of the recent fuel price hike at the upcoming meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) countries in Vienna.
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Mathura to get city-wide integrated sewerage treatment infrastructure
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] June 13 (ANI): The Centre's 'Namami Gange' initiative got a boost after Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan signed a concession agreement for developing India's first city-wide integrated sewerage infrastructure for Mathura.
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Commission probing missing Jagannath temple keys fooling people, claims Pr
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar, (Odisha) [India] June 8 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said the inquiry commission constituted by him to look for the missing treasury keys in Jagannath temple is only to fool people of the stat
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GST on fuel price not possible until all state FMs agree: MoS Finance
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): With prices of petrol and diesel soaring high, Minister of State (MoS) for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla on Wednesday suggested that imposing Goods and Services Tax (GST) on fuel price will not be possible until and unless all state finance ministers agree. Read More
UAE to store 6 mn barrels of oil in strategic storage: Pradhan
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 12 (ANI): Oil and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to store six million barrels of oil in strategic storage for the very first time, thereby ensuring a strategic partnership between the two countries.
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Pradhan seeks assistance from Ratan Tata over IMFA plant issue
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday sought assistance from Tata emeritus Ratan Tata in ending the two-week long impasse at the India Metal and Ferro-Alloys (IMFA) plant at Rayagada in Odisha.
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