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Thousands of landless farmers, including women, staged an indefinite agitation in front of the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) plant here on Tuesday protesting against the dilly-dallying attitude of IOCL officials in fulfilling their long-standing demands

Bhubaneswar: The ongoing IOCL row between the BJP and the ruling BJD intensified today after a BJP delegation met Director General of Police KB Singh here and demanded immediate release of 13 party workers who were arrested by the police. Apart from this, the delegation also demanded action against two BJD leaders— Cuttack-Barabati MLA Debasis […]

Paradip: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today gave credit to former chief minister Biju Patnaik for the setting up of IOCL refinery at Paradip.

Paradip: Prime minister Narendra Modi today said the Paradip oil refinery would be the Vikash Deep and Bhagya Deep of crores of Odia people. “Paradip refinery will act as the ‘Bhagya Deep’ and Vikash Deep of crores of people of the State. IOCL’s refinery will help to change the fortune of the people. More than […]

Bhubaneswar: Cornered in the tug of war between ruling BJD and BJP to take credit for IOCL’s refinery at Paradip ahead of its inauguration, the Congress party woke up on Saturday to claim that the contribution of the two parties towards the development of the port town is zero. “Whatever development is seen in Paradip […]

Paradip: With PM Narendra Modi scheduled to inaugurate IOCL’s refinery in Paradip tomorrow, Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh today reviewed the security arrangements at the venue. Singh, along with central region IG and other senior police personnel, took stock of the security arrangements ahead of the PM’s visit. “I have been here since […]

Bhubaneswar: The police on Friday conducted security mock drills in Bhubaneswar and Puri ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sunday visit to the State. The Commissionerate police conducted drills in the city in which more than thirty vehicles took part. The drill began from the campus of National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) […]

Bhubaneswar: The battle to take credit for IOCL’s refinery reached the streets of Paradip on Friday after activists of the ruling BJD and BJP blocked roads in several parts of the port town following a face-off. Meanwhile, BJD today lodged a police complaint after finding that the party’s posters for the February 7 event have […]

Bhubaneswar: In an act of one-up-manship to claim credit for the IOCL’s Paradip Refinery, BJP and BJD have unleashed a massive poster war ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to inaugurate the marquee project on February 7. While BJP has put up huge billboards featuring life-size images of Narendra Modi mentioning certain trivia about […]

Bhubaneswar: The campaign vans of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) named ‘Jan Amantran’ vehicles propagating various central programmes have sparked off a political war between BJP and BJD in the State. Two heavyweights of the regional ruling party – Tourism minister Ashok Panda and Cooperation minister Damodar Rout have raised objections over the pictures of […]

Bhubaneswar: Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday launched a public invitation programme to invite the people of Odisha to attend IOCL’s refinery dedication programme scheduled to be held in Paradip on February 07. Prime minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the refinery constructed with an investment of Rs 35,000 crore. Launching the programme, Pradhan said, […]

India’s public sector oil major IndianOil is making all-out efforts to meet the deadline set by the Centre to switch over to BS-VI norms of auto emissions and auto fuels of commensurate quality (motor spirit and high speed diesel), directly from BS-IV norms with effect from April, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the 15 MMPTA capacity state-of-the-art Paradip Refinery to the nation on February 7

Bhubaneswar: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on Thursday joined in as co-sponsor of the Kalinga Lancers team of Hockey India League (HIL) for the 2016 season. On behalf of IOCL, Ramjee Ram, Executive Director (In-Charge) of Paradip Refinery project handed over the Rs 1 crore co-sponsorship cheque to Sanjeev Chopra, CMD, IDCO and chairman, Odisha […]

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s (IOCL) 15 MMTPA state-of-the-art refinery on February 6. This was informed by Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday. The minister said, “Modi is scheduled to dedicate the refinery to the nation on February 6 and will inaugurate the new building of National Institute […]