Union Petroleum Minister

Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan hails Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for allocating of Rs. 4,682 Crore to Odisha in the Rail Budget. Union Minister Pradhan congratulates Railway Minister Suresh…

Bhubaneswar, Feb 1: A fire broke out on Saturday at the oil refinery of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) in Odisha's Paradip, just a week before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit. An official said the fire was under control and there…

Bhubaneswar, Dec 31: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has directed oil marketing companies (OMCs) to add 40 lakh new cooking gas connections in Odisha by 2019. The petroleum minister reviewed the availability and coverage of…

Bhubaneswar, Dec 21: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday attacked the Odisha government on the state's drought situation, demanding a judicial probe into suicides by distressed farmers. "Instead of making it a prestige…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approving railroad capacity augmentation in Odisha. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a…

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, Sep 23: Union Cabinet has approved for expansion of the 112 Km Cuttack–Angul road into four lanes of National Highway NH -42 in the State of Odisha under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase III at…

Bhubaneswar, Sep 18: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday urged the Centre to send a team to assess first-hand the drought-like situation in different parts of Odisha. In a letter to union Agriculture Minister Radhamohan…

Bhubaneswar, May 26 (IANS): Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the ruling Biju Janata Dal were engaged in a war of words on Tuesday, as he blamed the Odisha government for the delay in setting up the Posco project and…