Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from 2013

MRPL to receive Iranian cargo after four-month gap

Mangalore,Aug.13:Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd said on Monday it expects to receive an Iranian oil cargo by the end of this week, the firm's first purchase from the sanctions-hit nation since April. The resumption of shipments by MRPL, Iran's top Indian client until the firm halted imports in April, will boost India's flagging Iranian oil imports, which more than halved in June from a year ago. MRPL and Hindustan Petroleum had stopped purchases due to difficulties getting insurance for refineries processing Iranian oil, forcing New Delhi to look at providing its own reinsurance after European firms backed out over sanctions. "It (the cargo) was loaded at Kharg (island) on 8th and 9th of this month and is likely to reach Mangalore by the end of this week," MRPL's managing director P.P. Upadhya said, adding the firm planned to lift four Iranian oil cargoes this month. India is thinking of providing a Rs 20 billion ($327 million) state guarante

MRPL signs historic Crude Oil Sale Agreement with ONGC

Mangalore,Aug.06:. Forging a powerful bond to succeed, a landmark agreement, the Crude Oil Sale Agreement (COSA), was inked between ONGC, India’s premier E&P company and a Maharatna,   and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a mini ratna Cat 1 and subsidiary of ONGC,   on 2 nd August for supply of Crude Oil. The COSA was signed by MrYash Malik, GGM – Chief Marketing,   ONGC and MrPankajAgarwal, GM (IT) MRPL in the presence of   ShriSudhirVasudeva, Chairman, ONGC Group of companies, Mr K.S Jamestin, Director (HR), Mr A.K. Banerjee, Director (Finance), Mr P.K Borthakur, Director (Offshore) – I/c Marketing and Mr Vishnu Agarwal, Director (Finance), MRPL.   This COSA is significant   for both ONGC and MRPL as it is a FIRST and also   due to the parent- subsidiary relationship. The manner in which COSA was worked out further   cements the strict Corporate Governance   practiced

Hostile villagers at Niddodi gherao AICC team

Mangalore,July 30: An All India Congress Committee delegation to Niddodi, about 35 km from here where a 4,000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) is planned, was gheraoed by villagers who wouldn't allow them to enter the village. The seven-member delegation wanted to assess the situation and send a detailed report to the AICC regarding the pros and cons of the project and convey the apprehensions of the locals.  The villagers in and around Niddodi, still fresh from a dawn-to-dusk hunger strike against the proposed project on Sunday, were on edge about a study team visiting the site. The place has been simmering ever since chief minister Siddaramaiah mentioned in the assembly that an UMPP will be set up in Niddodi. However, officially not much information about the project has been shared in the public domain. When the team headed by AICC member PV Mohan landed at Bangerapadavu-Niddodi, they were met by suspicious villagers who mistook them for officials. The absence of any local

Niddodi residents put government on notice over power plant plan

Mangalore: July 29, 2013:The coastal belt is now witness to another agitation against a mega coal-based thermal power project. This time, the residents have taken cudgels against the 4,000-MW plant proposed at Niddodi in the taluk. They sat on a hunger strike from 6 am to 6 pm on Sunday, to register their protest. With the thermal power project at Nandikur in neighbouring Udupi district having caused considerable environmental damage, they are wary of the damage that a project four times bigger proposed at Niddodi, 35 km from here, may cause. The residents are unanimous in their vow not to allow the power plant to come up, irrespective of the inducements. The residents said no details about the project were forthcoming. But the mention of the project in the budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has made them sit up and take note. The hunger strike is aimed at expressing opposition to the project in the initial stage itself, The local people’s representatives and offic

Mangalore Vibhag Sanghik creates history; Sarasanghachalak addressed mammoth Gathering

Kenjaru Maidan, Bajpe, Mangalore February 03, 2013: In a milestone event which set a new record for RSS Karnataka, nearly 1 lakh swayamsevaks attending the mammoth RSS gathering, the VIBHAG MAHASANGHIK.  RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat at Mangalore Vibhag Sanghik-Feb-03-2013 RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhaghwat addressing the gathering.  RSS Mangalore Vibhag had organized the mega event VibhagMaha Sanghik to commemorate Swami Vivekananda’s 150th birth year. The nearly 2 hour event began with the ‘purnaganavesh’(complete uniform) wearing Swayamsevaks performing several attractive exercise routines in standing and sitting postures. This was followed by a group song in Kannada, ‘Sadvichaara dhaareyinda chimmali spoorthi (Let great thoughts enable the rise of love and affection).The RSS band which played throughout the event was the cynosure of the evening. Welcome speech was delivered by Mangalore Vibhag Karyavaaha Shri

Aneesh Balan Get Surendran Nileshwaram Award

Kasaragod,jan.01: Aneesh Balan, Mangalore reporter of ‘Deshabhimani’ Malayalam daily has been awarded the prestigious ‘Surendran Nileshwaram Award’ for his excellence in reporting the problems and grievances of Malayalis living outside Kerala.   The Award, which carries cash Rs.10,001 and citation, was instituted by Surendran Memorial Committee to commemorate former Asianet reporter Late Surendran Nileshwaram. Jury comprising media critic Dr Sebastian Paul, Asianet senior co-ordinator Mangad Ratnakaran and Professor KP Jayarajan had selected Aneesh for the award.   Aneesh received the award from Kerala Assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan at the 10 th death anniversary of Surendran Nileshwaram held at Nileshwaram in Kasaragod district on December 22.   Aneesh, who has been working as the reporter of Deshabhimani in Mangalore for the past 10 years, is the son of Balakrishnan – Padmakshi couple from Chural in Mathil of Kannur district in Kerala. Aneesh announced