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Minister expects East-West Corridor to be ready by end 2014

Minister expects East-West Corridor to be ready by end 2014

Union Transport Minister CP Joshi informed media persons that work on 431 km of the 670-km East-West Corridor in Assam is over and the entire project would be completed by December 2014.He said the project is in progress against many odds like law and order problem, unfavourable weather conditions

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Gujarat govt seeks gas at equal price

Gujarat govt seeks gas at equal price

During his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi demanded provision of natural gas to the state at the same rate as places like Delhi and Mumbai. Both the Gujarat government and the central government are locked in a legal battle on allocation of natu

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AP CM requests centre to allocate gas

AP CM requests centre to allocate gas

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister wants union oil ministry to take immediate steps to ensure sufficient natural gas supply to the state and help overcome the power shortage. The chief minister requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct oil ministry to boost gas supply for the state. He made this request when he met the Prime

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Morgan Stanley upgrades ratings on oil firms

Morgan Stanley upgrades ratings on oil firms

Following the centre's move towards deregulating diesel prices, financial services firm Morgan Stanley upgraded the ratings on Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) to 'overweight' from 'equalweight'. On January 17, the central government allowed state-owned oil firms to raise prices in small measures every mon

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Shell denies charges of miscalculation of share price

Shell denies charges of miscalculation of share price

Shell India denied charges leveled by the union government against the company on tax evasion and said it is evaluating all options to challenge the recent order of the government. Recently, the central tax authorities issued a notice to the firm claiming Rs $2.7 bn on alleged mispricing of share

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Ministry sets up panel for 2nd major port in Gujarat

Ministry sets up panel for 2nd major port in Gujarat

Union Minister of State for Shipping Milind Deora informed that his ministry set up a panel to study the feasibility of setting up another major port in Gujarat on the lines of Kandla Port. It is learnt that the committee will explore locations at which this second major port could come up. Gujarat alrea

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Kerala govt promotes coastal shipping

Kerala govt promotes coastal shipping

The Kerala government is taking steps to boost transport of cargo through inland waterways and coastal shipping route in order to ease pressure on road infrastructure and also to reduce carbon footprint. In this regard, the state government announced a subsidy of Rs 1 for every 1 tonne of cargo moved through the coastal shipping

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Chinese firm takes control of Gwadar port

Chinese firm takes control of Gwadar port

Chinese Overseas Port Holdings, which is a state-run company of Chinese government, took control over the management of Gwadar port, around 600 km (370 miles) from Karachi and close to Pakistan's border with Iran. The management of the port was handed over to the C