Barmer

The incident unfolded outside Multanmal Bhikhchand Chhajed Women’s College, where students, along with two leaders linked to the ABVP, were protesting against a fee increase. Police later arrested the two student leaders and took them to the Kotwali police station, citing concerns over public order.

Vedanta says will double Barmer production if India withdraws additional 10% levy on revenue

The Supreme Court gives the government six weeks time to rethink its decision to impose an additional 10 percent levy on Vedanta's revenue from its Barmer oil fields.

Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari inaugurate emergency landing strip for IAF planes on national highway in Barmer

A Hercules C-130J plane of the IAF, carrying the two ministers and Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, conducted a mock emergency landing on the national highway on Thursday. NH-925 is India's first national highway to be used for emergency landing of IAF aircraft.

BJP, Congress eyeing to set caste equation right in Barmer after BSP candidate's nomination rejected

Political commentators say the seat will now see a virtually direct contest and the BSP votes would shift to either the BJP or the Congress as the two parties are trying to woo them.

Congress gives ticket to Ashok Gehlot's son, fields Jaswant Singh's son from Barmer

In Rajasthan, the party has fielded forer Union minister Jitendra Singh from Alwar, senior leaders Ramnarayan Meena from Kota, Savita Meena from Dausa (ST), Jyoti Khandelwal from Jaipur, Namo Narayan Meena from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur and Jyoti Mirdha from Nagaur, among others.

R'sthan inks pact with Cairn India for water conservation proj

Rajasthan government has signed today an MoU worth Rs 1.20 crore with Cairn India for second phase of water conservation project in Barmer, under Jal Swavlamban Yojna.

HC dismisses Cairn India plea on oil export from Rajasthan field

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed oil company Cairn India's plea to export crude from its Barmer oil field in Rajasthan. The court has allowed Cairn India to invoke dispute resolution mechanism under the production sharing contract.

Nila Infrastructures gains 16% on contract win worth Rs 87.46 cr

The company has entered in to EPC contract for Rs 87.46 crore with Engineering Projects India for construction of medical college campus and residences at Barmer, Rajasthan.

Rajasthan govt not satisfied with 15% royalty from Cairn

The state government believes the royalty it received, Rs 3100 crore, from the company in FY15 was paltry in comparison to the Centre's share of Rs 19,000 crore.

Cairn India to invest Rs 3k cr to improve oilfield recovery

The schemes will help recover over 90 million barrels of oil in the Rajasthan block and sustain peak output for a longer time. Cairn India currently produces close to 1,85,000 barrels of oil per day from the Rajasthan block and will exit the financial year with over 2,00,000 bpd output

Cairn hikes daily crude production in Rajasthan by 8%: Srcs

The company's crude oil production has now risen to 190,000 bpd from 176,000 bpd.

Cairn, ONGC likely to hike Rajasthan production in 4 months

The ministry has also streamlined the approval process between the two JV partners and the DGH, a move that can expedite each proposal like drilling of wells by 5 months.

Merchant rate to remain strong on elections: JSW Energy

JSW Energy expects merchant power rates to remain strong in south market after the state government restructured tariff structure in various states. The JSW Group firm generates almost a third of its total sales from the merchant market and hence will be largely benefitted with this development.

JSW Energy up 4%: Unit VIII of Barmer project commissioned

JSW Energy gained nearly 4 percent intraday on Friday after the company said its unit VIII of 135MW of the 8X135MW power project at Barmer (Rajasthan) successfully commissioned from February 28, 2013.

Imported coal price, Barmer plant boost Q3: JSW Energy

NK Jain, vice chairman, JSW ENERGY, says that better realisations and soft imported coal prices helped in the third quarter. Merchant tariffs have been higher than estimates for the Q3. Barmer plant contributed positively to Q3 profits.

Barmer refinery unviable without all crude from Cairn: HPCL

Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) has told the Oil Ministry that its proposed Rs 24,000 crore refinery at Barmer in Rajasthan will be unviable unless it is given all of the crude oil that Cairn India produces from oilfields in the state.

Cairn seeks nod to raise oil production by 70% in Raj block

Cairn India plans to raise crude oil production from its Rajasthan block by over 70% to 15 million tons if the government permits further exploration in the prolific block.

NOC in limbo: Differences between ONGC, Cairn on payment

ONGC may take a little longer to issue an NOC to Cairn for the Vedanta deal. While the two companies have now decided Cairn will pay ONGC in dollars for the royalty the companies are yet to decide at what exchange rate, reports CNBC-TV18's Nayantara Rai quoting sources.

JSW Energy's Ratnagiri power plant now fully operational

JSW Energy has started commercial operations of the fourth 300 mega watt unit at its power plant at Jaigad in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district from Sunday. The entire 1200 mw power plant is now fully operational and supplying power to the state grid, the JSW group company said Monday.

Govt's late approval costs Cairn USD 900 million

Cairn India's revenue has been hit notionally by USD 900 million since July 2010 since the company has still not received government approvals to hike production by 50,000 barrels in Barmer, a day, reports CNBC-TV18’s Nayantara Rai quoting sources.