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  Dharmendra Pradhan slams Rahul Gandhi over 'hollow budget' remark, requests him to educate

  Politics | February 01, 2020 20:37 IST

  While speaking on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remark, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said, "A person who is hollow himself, will find everything hollow.

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  Only those who say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' will stay in India: Dharmendra Pradhan

  India | December 29, 2019 8:37 IST

  Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday that only those who will say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' will stay in India. Addressing the 54th state conference of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Pradhan questioned, "Whether the sacrifice given by Bhagat Singh and Subhash Chandra Bose will go waste? People have fought for freedom not because we have to count after 70 years who all are citizens. Whether we will make this country a Dharamshala?."

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  IOC, GAIL to pay Adani 5% more charge than their own LNG terminal: Dharmendra Pradhan

  Business | November 18, 2019 15:26 IST

  ​State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and GAIL India will pay Adani Group 5 per cent more in hiring charges for using the private firm's upcoming LNG import facility at Dhamra in Odisha than their own similar terminal, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday.  

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  Dharmendra Pradhan to visit Russia, Japan from Oct 22 to Oct 26

  India | October 21, 2019 22:07 IST

  Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will visit Russia and Japan between October 22 and 26 to boost energy ties with the two nations.

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  Indo-US energy trade to touch ten billion dollar in FY20: Pradhan

  Business | October 21, 2019 16:47 IST

  In 2018-19, our energy trade size is $7 billion with the US. It is increasing this year, as we are importing crude oil, LNG, coal, especially the special category of coal.

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  India to see USD 118 billion investment in oil, gas sector: Pradhan

  Business | October 14, 2019 16:14 IST

  Speaking at the India Energy Forum of CERAWeek conference here, he said India's energy transition level is in line with global trends.

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  Conclave on making India global steel manufacturing hub

  Business | September 22, 2019 11:03 IST

  At present, China is the world's largest steel producer with a production capacity of 928.3 MT of crude steel (2018), while India, with 106.5 MT of crude steel production, ranks second on the list.

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  Minister seeks direct flight between Bhubaneswar and Dubai

  India | September 18, 2019 13:13 IST

  In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Pradhan said there has been a long-pending request from various quarters for introducing a direct flight from Bhubaneswar to Dubai.

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  Government appoints two OSDs, one private secy to union ministers Pradhan, R K Singh and Nitin Gadkari

  India | August 28, 2019 22:35 IST

  The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has appointed Jitendra Asati, a 2009-batch IES officer, as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Pradhan for a period up to October 20, 2021.

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  Dharmendra Pradhan seeks independent trains connecting Kalahandi with Odisha capital

  India | July 19, 2019 18:52 IST

  Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Railways Minister Piyush Goyal to run two independent trains -- Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur and Bhubaneswar-Junagarh -- for the convenience of the people in Odisha's Kalahandi.

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  86% of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries ordered LPG refill: Dharmendra Pradhan

  Business | July 01, 2019 21:13 IST

  Highlighting achievements of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), he said average per capita consumption of PMUY beneficiaries is around 4.87 cylinders in a year.

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  Dharmendra Pradhan retains petroleum, gets steel too

  India | May 31, 2019 14:42 IST

  Considered the party's chief ministerial candidate at one time, Pradhan had steered one of the Modi government's most talked about schemes Pradhan Mantri Ujjawla Yojana, an initiative to provide free cooking gas connection to poor women.

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  VIDEO: Mamata Banerjee gets off car after people chant Jai Shri Ram

  News | May 31, 2019 11:24 IST

  VIDEO: Mamata Banerjee gets off car after people chant Jai Shri Ram

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  Dharmendra Pradhan: From ABVP activist to Union Minister

  India | May 30, 2019 21:24 IST

  Even though he lost one Assembly election from the Pallahara constituency in 2009, Dharmendra Pradhan's political journey has witnessed a rise and rise. Pradhan, who has been elected to the upper house of the Parliament this time from Madhya Pradesh, is a three-time MP and one-time MLA.

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  Modi Sarkar 2.0 formation: As it happened

  India | May 29, 2019 23:25 IST

  Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan and Prakash Javadekar are set to take oath as ministers in Modi Sarkar 2.0 on Thursday when Narendra Modi will be sworn in as the 16th Prime Minister of India.

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  Congress is raising questions on Rafale deal to hide their failures: Dharmendra Pradhan

  Politics | December 14, 2018 23:16 IST

  Gandhi also reiterated the Congress' demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the deal. He claimed that if it was conducted, names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and businessman Anil Ambani will come to the fore.

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  Piyush Goyal orders probe into Odisha land cave incident

  India | December 07, 2018 16:25 IST

  In a letter to Goyal, Pradhan informed him of the incident that took place on Wednesday, saying it had caused panic among the residents.

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  India to keep buying oil from Iran, thanks to PM Modi: Pradhan on US sanctions on Tehran

  India | November 04, 2018 1:01 IST

  The US administration has allowed India and other seven countries to keep importing oil from Iran, despite its reimposition of crippling sanctions on the Persian Gulf nation from November 5.

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  'Despite looming US sanctions, Indian companies will continue to buy Iranian oil in November'

  India | October 09, 2018 6:37 IST

  "We have to fulfill our own domestic requirements. Some of our companies have already nominated theire quota for November," said the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, while referring to import of Iran's oil by Indian companies.

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  No going back on fuel price deregulation: Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

  India | October 08, 2018 16:47 IST

    Pradhan said he had spoken to Saudi Oil Minister Khalid A Al-Falih and "reminded him of the June commitment of Opec to increase production by 1 million barrels per day" to help cool prices.