GAIL to hold stake in TAPI as global firms shun 4-nation project

Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015, 18:16

The four nations planning the TAPI pipeline last week decided to co-own the project and a joint venture company with participation from each country would be set up to build and operate the over 1,800 line.

PM Modi for early operation of TAPI; India, Turkmenistan ink 7 pacts

Last Updated: Saturday, July 11, 2015, 16:44

The TAPI gas project is an over 1,800-km pipeline with design capacity to supply 3.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per annum from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

Turkmen gas could reach Europe through Iran: EU official

Last Updated: Friday, May 1, 2015, 16:59

Speaking after a meeting with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in the capital Ashgabat,Sefcovic, vice president of the European Commission for Energy Union, also said he expected that imports of Turkmen gas via a pipeline built under the Caspian sea could begin as soon as 2019.

Trans-Afghan gas pipeline may become a reality: Pradhan

Last Updated: Monday, March 9, 2015, 14:36

Trans-Afghanistan gas pipeline connecting Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India may become a reality soon as negotiation for the ambitious project is at the final stage, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in Lok Sabha today.

TAPI pipeline: India asks Turkmenistan to ease rules

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 18:58

With construction of the USD 10 billion TAPI pipeline stuck for want of a credible operator, India today pressed Turkmenistan to relax its domestic law to help get an international firm for building the project.

Turkmenistan votes for parliament, opposition absent

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 00:20

The ex-Soviet Central Asian state of Turkmenistan on Sunday held its first multi-party legislative elections, but with no opposition to trouble the dominance of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.

Indian parliamentary team for Turkmenistan

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 23:17

Union Minister Paban Singh Ghatowar is leading an official Parliamentary goodwill delegation to Turkmenistan to attend its national day.

Pak to skip US brokered TAPI pipeline talks in India over LoC tensions

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 15:31

Pakistan has refused to participate in talks with India on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.

TAPI pipeline to be ready by 2017: India

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 19:17

The much-discussed Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline will be built by 2017, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said Thursday.

JLo urged to donate proceeds from Turkmenistan performance to charity

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 17:10

Jennifer Lopez should think about donating her Turkmenistan performance fee to the charity that supports the victims of his rule, Human Rights Watch said.

Turkmenistan president falls from horse

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 17:14

Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov narrowly escaped injuries after falling from a horse during a national horse racing event Sunday, BBC reported.

Ancient mysteries revealed in Turkmen desert sands

Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 14:29

Over four millennia ago, the fortress town of Gonur-Tepe might have been a rare advanced civilisation before it was buried for centuries under the dust of the Kara Kum desert in remote western Turkmenistan.