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Cairn to invest Rs 1,400 crore to raise oil, gas carrying capacity

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 16:03

Cairn India is set to expand its crude oil and natural gas carrying capacity by laying a new gas pipeline from its Barmer (Rajasthan) field with an investment outlay of Rs 1,400 crore.

Undertrial escapes from court premises

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 17:48

An undertrial on Saturday managed to escape from court premises in Rajasthan`s Barmer district when he was taken there for hearing in a murder case.

Remote controlled helicopter crashes, one held

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 10:07

A remote controlled helicopter showering flower petals on a religious procession went out of control and crashed in Rajasthan`s Barmer district today. No one was injured in the incident.

Sonia Gandhi to lay foundation stone of refinery in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 13:28

Congress President Sonia Gandhi will lay the foundation stone of refinery and petro-chemical complex at Pachpadra in Rajasthan`s Barmer district on Sunday.

Rajasthan in grip of severe heat wave

Last Updated: Sunday, June 9, 2013, 20:42

Heat wave remained unabated across Rajasthan with temperatures in Churu and Sriganganagar districts breaching 46 degree mark.

Heat unabated in Rajasthan, Sriganganagar sizzles at 48.1 degrees

Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 18:48

There was no let up in the searing heat wave sweeping entire Rajasthan, where Sriganganagar was the hottest place on Saturday with a maximum of 48.1 degree Celsius.

Marsh turns into traps for antelopes in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 19:29

Marsh developed by industrial effluent in villages on the border of Jodhpur and Barmer districts of Rajasthan has turned into a trap for antelopes claiming lives of about a dozen endangered chinkaras in the past one week.

HPCL approves joint venture for Rs 37,320 cr Barmer refinery

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 17:39

Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) has approved the incorporation of a joint venture company to set up Rs 37,320-crore oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Rajasthan.

Cairn India finds oil again in Rajasthan's Barmer basin

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 15:50

Technical evaluations indicate nearly 10 metres of gross oil column within Dharvi Dungar sands in Raageshwari-Tukaram area, the company said in a statement.

Seven arrested with illegal arms in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013, 21:00

Seven persons were today arrested with illegal arms and live cartridges in Rajasthan`s Kota and Barmer districts, police said.

Unused bombs of 1965 Indo-Pak war recovered

Last Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 13:45

As many as 60 bombs, which remained unused during the 1965 war, have been recovered in the premise of border home guard office in Barmer district, police said Thursday.

Barmer refinery unviable without all crude from Cairn: HPCL

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 19:06

HPCL last week asked the ministry to give firm allocation of Rajasthan crude oil for at least 10 years for it to begin work on the 9 million tonne a year refinery, sources with direct knowledge of the deliberations said.