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Will stay in UPA with bitterness: Karunanidhi

After threatening to pull out of the UPA govt over petrol price hike, DMK supremo M Karunanidhi did ...

Anger against govt over price hike: Cong leader

Congress leader Anil Shastri said, "Common man is awaiting govt`s decision to roll back petrol price...

BJP to hold rallies during bandh against fuel hike

Senior BJP leaders will participate in rallies, processions and public meetings at different places ...

PDP holds protest march against fuel price hike

Jammu and Kashmir`s main Opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Friday continued their protest again...

Oppn parties in J&K demand rollback of fuel prices

The opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir today came out strongly against the "unprecedented" incr...

Congress defends petrol price hike

The Congress on Thursday tried to distance itself on the issue of petrol price hike on Thursday sayi...

BJP leader injured while burning effigy

A BJP local leader sustained serious burn injuries here Thursday when her sari caught fire during a ...

Will Opposition unite against petrol price hike?

While the NDA has given a Bharat Bandh call for the day, the Left parties have decided to observer a...

Unite against petrol price hike, says Bal Thackeray

Despite the UPA government hiking petrol prices 16 times in the last three years, people of the coun...

Fuel price hike: NDA calls for `Bharat Bandh`

Opposing the steep hike in petrol prices and spiralling prices of commodities, BJP-led national Demo...

Left calls for nationwide protests against fuel pr

With the steepest ever hike in petrol prices, the Left parties on Wednesday strongly opposed the mov...

Left opposes hike in fuel prices

The Left parties on Wednesday strongly opposed the proposed increase in prices of petrol, diesel and...

KNPP now stands one step away from fuel loading

The KNPP has moved one step closer to its commissioning with Atomic Energy Regulatory Board giving t...

Himachal should promote use of biomass fuel: Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari Wednesday advised his party`s government in Himachal Pradesh to take green initiatives...

Parl panel asks govt to decide on bio-fuel programme

The Planning Commission had set up a committee on development of bio-fuels, which in its report in 2...

Lawnmower engine-powered car may reach 3300 mpg!

US student engineers are intending to break fuel barriers by designing a car with a lawnmower engine...

Kudankulam plant fuelling may get nod by next week

Atomic power reactor operator NPCIL hopes to get the regulatory nod to fuel the first unit of Kudank...

Tweaking copper to recycle CO2 into fuel

Copper is one of the few metals that can turn CO2 into hydrocarbon fuels with little energy and also...

Taiwan President allowed fuelling stop in India

Taiwan says its leader made a transit stop in India on his way to Africa. India has previously banne...

Iran not interested in nuke fuel swap: Atomic Chief

Iran has no interest in reviving a failed nuclear fuel swap deal with Western powers.

`NASA`s spacecraft fuel shortage can be tackled by 2017`

Shortage of spacecraft fuel that has cast doubts over NASA`s future space missions may soon be preve...

North Korea begins fuelling rocket: Report

North Korea has begun fuelling a rocket for a launch that the West considers a missile test.

Gaza baby dies after respirator runs out of fuel

A Gaza man says his baby died after the generator powering his respirator ran out of fuel the first...

Airplane rivals launch joint biofuel project

Plane makers and bitter rivals Airbus of Europe, Boeing of the US and Embraer of Brazil have announc...

Deal for mid-air refueller aircraft in last phase

The deal for procuring six mid-air refueller aircraft for the Air Force has entered its last phase...

Biofuel cell-implanted snails can generate electricity

Researchers have for the first time implanted a biofuel battery in a living snail, which can produce...

Fuel-efficient supersonic UAV comes closer to commercialisation

Ryan Starkey and his team of students from the University of Colorado Boulder have developed the air...

Superbugs from space offer new source of power

Bacteria usually found 30km above the earth have been identified as extremely efficient generators o...

‘Artificial leaf’ tech to power cars?

British scientists claim to be working on a project to produce an oil substitute, using photosynthes...

Alaskan ice reveals human impact on global carbon cycle

Glacial ice has provided scientists new clues as to how the Earth’s remote ecosystems have been infl...

Police crackdown on protesters in Lanka: 1 dead

One person was killed while four others injured as Lankan police fired on fishermen protesting a f...

Finnish firm to build world`s first bio-refinery

The demand for biofuels is expected to grow by approximately seven percent a year in the European Un...

New power source `discovered`

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology claim to have discovered a new power source ...

STEPS to set up plant to turn plastic waste to fuel

The Mumbai based firm has also succeeded in generating diesel from algae.

Nepal govt decreases fuel prices after protests

The Nepal government on Thursday decided to partially roll back prices of petroleum products.

Soon, biofuel made from whiskey to power cars

A start-up firm in Scotland will soon be manufacturing biofuel made from whisky by-products, which c...

UAE carrier operates first biofuel-powered flight

UAE`s national carrier Etihad Airways has operated its first biofuel-powered flight, a step towards ...

Nepal students protest fuel hike

The agitating student unions staged demonstrations by burning tires and chanting anti-government sl...

Technology to convert seaweed into renewable fuels

Scientists has developed breakthrough technology that extracts all the major sugars in seaweed and c...

Nepal students block roads to protest fuel hike

The Nepalese government has decided to increase prices of various fuels by an average of 10 percent.

Nigeria strike suspended after fuel price cut

The sudden removal of a fuel subsidy on January 1 more than doubled the pump price of petrol to 150 ...

Late-night talks end as Nigeria fuel strike looms

The fuel strike began on January 09, paralysing the nation of more than 160 million people.

Nigeria labour says no agreement to end fuel strike

Nigeria`s government and labour unions have failed to end a paralysing nationwide strike over high g...

New techs can cut car fuel consumption

New technologies can reduce friction in cars, which is responsible for no less than one third of fue...

Lagos shows signs of strain amid strike

Market stalls and food sellers can only return to the streets at dusk to do business or else risk th...

7 die as Nigeria`s fuel protests turn violent

Nigeria was hit by riots for a second day today as a general strike against lifting of fuel subsidy...

Burning roadblocks at 2nd day of Nigeria strike

The strike started on Monday by labour unions upset over high fuel prices in Africa`s most populous ...

Police clash with fuel protesters in Nigeria

Thousands of Nigerians demonstrated against the axing of fuel subsidies in Africa`s top oil producin...

Police break up fuel protest in north Nigeria

Police fired tear gas to break up a sleep-in protest at a traffic roundabout in northern Nigeria.

Fuel test won`t hasten Iran bomb: Experts

Diplomats believe Iran has in the past overstated its nuclear progress to gain leverage in its stand...

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