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India’s ONGC plans to buy rigs for $986 mln-report

July 1, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 29 (Reuters) – State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC.BO) is planning an investment of 45.80 billion rupees ($986 million) to buy 14 oil and gas rigs, the Mint newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed company official.

Energy | Industrials

The company wants to acquire 10 onshore rigs for 9 billion rupees from state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) and float tenders for four offshore rigs that may require an investment of 36.80 billion rupees, the report said.

“For onshore rigs we will go with BHEL. We have got quotations from them,” an ONGC official was quoted as saying. “For offshore jackup rigs, once we crystalize the design, we will go for tendering.” ($1=46.45 rupees) (Writing by Ruchira Singh; editing by Surojit Gupta)

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Philippine 7-yr T-bond fetches average rate of 7.03 pct

June 9, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 8 (Reuters) – Following are the results of the Philippine Bureau of Treasury’s auction of 7-year T-bonds on Tuesday:

Tenor 7 years

Average rate 7.03 pct

Highest rate 7.1 pct

Lowest rate 6.875 pct

Offer 8.5 billion pesos Tenders 17.089 billion pesos Awarded 8.5 billion pesos ($1 = 46.8 pesos)

(Reporting by Rosemarie Francisco)

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BJP tenders apology over ‘Gaddar’ remarks in Parliament

May 6, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday tendered an unconditional apology for alleged remarks made by its member Ananth Kumar in the Lok Sabha against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad.

On Wednesday, certain words used by Kumar during his speech on Census 2011, resulted in a heated debate between him and Lalu Prasad.

As soon as the House met for the day, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj submitted the apology.

“I unconditionally apologise for the remarks made by Ananth Kumar yesterday,” she said.

When Prasad sought to intervene, Swaraj said in a lighter vein, “I also apologise on behalf of Laluji also.”

“There is a lot of important business to be done in the House. I appeal to members to help in the smooth running of the House,” Swaraj added.

Kumar, who was present in the House, however, did not say anything on the matter.

On Wednesday, Kumar had insisted that he had not made the remarks against Prasad and would neither apologise nor withdraw them.

“I will neither apologise nor withdraw my comments,” Kumar had said.

Swaraj said Kumar has not denied using both “Gaddar ” and “rashtravirodhi” words during his speech.

However, Swaraj maintained that Kumar had not used these two words against Prasad.

She said there was a misunderstanding among the Samajwadi Party (SP), the RJD and other members.

“But one should understand the context in which Kumar mentioned them. Our notice demanding a discussion on Census was against the column ”nationality as declared” in the National Population Register (NPR) form. Gaddar word per se is unparliamentary but not in this context,” Swaraj said.

On Wednesday evening, the Lok Sabha was adjourned twice, after Kumar and Prasad had a strong exchange over Bangladeshi’s being registered as Indian citizen in the current Census.

Kumar drew the attention of the House to the alleged activities of Bangladeshi refugees and the attempt by illegal migrants to register themselves as Indian citizens.

He asked whether members of the House are with pro-Nationals or with anti nationals, and alleged that the Bangladeshi effort was not happening without the support of some politicians.

This agitated Prasad so much so that he tried to walk over to Kumar, but SP chief Mulayam Singh stopped him. (ANI)

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Fire at Indian blade factory

April 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Thane (Maharashtra) Apr 26 (ANI): A massive fire engulfed a blade-making factory in Maharashtra’s Thane District, causing losses amounting to millions of rupees late on Sunday night.

Locals helped authorities to evacuate people from nearby houses.

“The fire broke out at around 12:30 am. The accident is big…the fire is serious…and we have evacuated the houses nearby and brought all the residents out…and they are trying to bring the fire under control,” said Eknath Singh Shinde.

“There are three tankers and five fire-fighting tenders…The fire can be brought under control in one and a half hours to two hours…We cannot say anything right now…the loss is high,” said Vijay Vaid, Fire Officer.

No casualties were reported and the cause of fire is still to be ascertained.

Fire brigade personnel are still battling the flames to douse the fire.

More than 300 workers, who used to work in the 50 year-old factory, may now have to seek new employment.(ANI)

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Clashes erupt between two communities in Agra

April 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 26 (ANI): The members of two communities set ablaze each other”s properties in Uttar Pradesh”s Agra city following a verbal clash.

A few shops at Bijli Ghar market area in the city was set on fire by members of a particular community, while in retaliation the members of the other community burnt shops in their locality.

The police had to use mild force and fired rubber bullets to bring the situation under control.

The authorities, however, said the situation in the city was normal and that the tension had prevailed in the area this week.

“See the situation in the city is normal. There is this Subhash market, where there was a dispute between the members of two communities three-four days back. A case was registered in that respect,” said District Magistrate Mrityunjay Narayan.

“There was a verbal clash, after which some roadside stalls were set ablaze, some nearby shops also caught fire because of that. Fire has been brought under control as the tenders reached in time. Situation as of now is fully under control,” he added.

It has been reported that the police have made some arrests in the area and the security has been stepped up in the violence prone localities of the city. (ANI)

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Now, a multi-billion dollar LNG contract scam in Pak surfaces

April 23, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Apr.22 (ANI): In yet another massive scam that could run into billion of dollars, the Pakistan Supreme Court has been told that a French company was awarded two contracts for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) without even participating in the bidding procedure.

During a hearing, Petroleum Ministry’s special secretary G A Sabari told the apex court that the French company, GDF Suez, had neither applied for the short term (five years) 3.5 million tons gas supply nor for the long term (20 years), as required under the bidding laws.

Despite that fact the French company was given both the contracts worth 25 billion dollars in February 2010 in the Economic Coordination Committee presided over by Shaukat Tarin on the recommendation of Petroleum Ministry bosses, The News reports.

The Supreme Court was also told that the that Sui Sounthern Gas Company had also recommended to give the short-term gas supply contract to Shell through a letter dated May 2, 2009, without calling any tenders and bids.

Sabari also told the court that initially 53 companies, which were finally shortlisted to 10, were in the race for the gas supply deal, but ultimately GDF-Suez, which didn’t even feature in the list was awarded the contract. (ANI)

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Philippines’ PSALM 7-yr bond coupon rate at 7.75 pct

April 13, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

MANILA, April 12 (Reuters) – Following are the results of
the Philippine Bureau of Treasury’s auction of 7-yr bonds of
the state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management
Corp on Monday:

Tenor 7 year

Coupon rate 7.75 pct

Highest rate 7.75 pct

Lowest rate 7.25 pct

Average rate 7.577 pct

Offer 10.0 billion pesos
Tenders 14.637 billion pesos
Awarded 10.0 billion pesos
($1=44.72 pesos)

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Philippines’ PSALM 5-yr bond fetches 6.875 pct at auction

April 13, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

MANILA, April 12 (Reuters) – Following are the results of
the Philippine Bureau of Treasury’s auction of 5-yr bonds of
the state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management
Corp on Monday:

Tenor 5-yr

Coupon rate 6.875 pct

Highest rate 6.875 pct

Lowest rate 6.25 pct

Offer 10.0 billion pesos
Tenders 19.075 billion pesos
Awarded 10.0 billion pesos
($1=44.72 pesos)

Council calls for pool tenders

April 13, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The Bega Valley Shire Council in the New South Wales South East is calling for tenders to run its public swimming pools.

The Council owns six pools in the Shire, but the Sapphire Aquatic Centre at Pambula is closed for upgrading.

Private companies operate the facilities, and the contracts for the other five pools are in their last year.

The Council’s Civil Assets Manager, Mark Canaider, says pools are important facilities in the community.

“The fact that a community our size can operate five or six swimming pools, albeit for summer, is an indication of just how important that particular recreational opportunity is to our community,” he said.

“I can assure you that council is very mindful of the role swimming plays in our broader community.”

Applications close April 14, and it is expected the contracts will be finalised in May.

For more, go to the South East News blog at http://bit.ly/dgL1SN

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Tenders called for school aircon

April 10, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The New South Wales Department of Education has called for tenders to install airconditioning at Inverell Public School.

Three companies have been invited to tender to fit new refrigerated and evaporative cooling systems at the school.

The new system has been budgeted to cost up to $500,000.

It is not known when the work is scheduled to begin.

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Indigenous safety bus set to return

April 8, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

There are plans to put a Newcastle bus for young Aboriginal people back on the road.

The New South Wales Government has called tenders to run its Safe Aboriginal Youth Program for the next three years.

Last year, the Awabakal Aboriginal Co-op ran a bus on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the program, until funding ran out.

NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos says he is pleased the program is set to resume.

“There’s an enormous number of benefits associated with this program,” he said.

“It provides young people a safe means of transporting them home or to another activity or a support service.

“It also provides a vehicle whereby they can avoid themselves becoming a victim of crime

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Inpex ‘full steam ahead’ on EIS: Henderson

April 1, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The Northern Territory Chief Minister says he hasn’t heard that Inpex has again delayed its final decision to build an LNG processing plant in Darwin.

Paul Henderson says he met with Inpex executives in Darwin yesterday and there was no talk of a delay.

“They are full steam ahead on providing the EIS for public comment in the not too distant future,” Mr Henderson said.

“If you have a look at their website there’s over a billion dollars worth in Inpex tenders out at the moment for this project, so I have had no advice to that effect and Mr Koroda was in town just yesterday.”

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Psychiatric unit a year behind schedule

March 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The Western Australian Government has called for tenders to build a mental health unit in the north-west, more than two years after funding for the project was announced.

The 14-bed unit will be attached to Broome Regional Hospital and provide acute psychiatric care to patients from the Kimberley and Pilbara.

The project is running a year behind schedule and the Government says it will not be finished for at least 18 months.

Mental health groups have criticised the delays, saying patients are still having to be placed into comas before being flown to Perth.

The Minister for Mental Health, Graeme Jacobs, says the delays are unfortunate.

“Yes, it has been a while coming. There have been some issues of logistics and seasonal matters of course,” Dr Jacobs said.

“It’s a bit of a jigsaw puzzle, you have to have some bits in place before you start the other bits.”

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Doors to shut on domestic violence centre

March 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The State Government has taken court action to close a women’s centre that has been operating on Palm Island, off Townsville in north Queensland, for 25 years.

The Kootana Women’s Centre was set up to help women and children affected by domestic violence, but the Government expressed concerns about its service delivery.

A court order made last week has seen Kootana close and its workers removed.

Former mayor Delena Foster has worked at Kootana for 15 years and says the community knows and trusts it.

“A lot of them are asking where will you go, where will you operate from? I said we won’t exist because we have no place to go,” Ms Foster said.

She says she does not understand the decision and has sent the State Government a petition signed by more than 1,000 community members pledging their support.

“We built a clientele base of about 550 domestic violence clients plus 520 emergency relief clients,” Ms Foster said.

Communities Minister Karen Struthers says her department had hoped to avoid court action.

“There’s been concerns over a number of years about the compliance of that service with their funding agreement,” Ms Struthers said.

“I’d personally visited the service late last year to talk with staff and committee members myself. We’re not confident, as a department, that the funding going to that service was actually delivering support to women and children fleeing domestic violence.”

Ms Struthers says her department will call for new tenders to deliver domestic violence services on the island soon.

She says the Palm Island Community Company will run domestic violence services until then.

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Council dumps bin tenders

March 25, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Shoalhaven council’s $100 million waste tender process for the next six years has broken down, with councillors all but rejecting staff recommendations on two and three-bin systems.

The council accepted tenders for the on-call organics and bulk waste pick-up, and the weighbridge and non-weighbridge operations.

But after two hours of debate last night, the council rejected the tenders for the two and three-bin waste systems.

A rescission motion on the recommendations will be the subject of council meeting on Friday.

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Council: Sandbar not to blame for diverted ship

March 20, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Eurobodalla Shire Council’s General Manager says an un-dredged sandbar is not to blame for this week’s failed cruise ship docking at Batemans Bay in the New South Wales South East.

The Dutch liner, Volendam, was supposed to have docked at the town with 1500 crew and passengers, but unexpectedly moored at Eden.

Passengers were told they could not be ferried to shore because the sandbar was too shallow.

But General Manager, Paul Anderson, says a meeting between the ship’s agents, the Council and Maritime New South Wales has dismissed that suggestion.

“The issue is not really with the bar itself,” he said.

“There were some concerns and there were some misunderstandings with respect to the depth of the bar and what that actually meant.

“The issue is really about safety of the passengers, getting them on and off the tenders that will bring them in and out of the bay and onto the wharf structures.

“We need to do some work on that.”

For more, go to the South East News blog at http://bit.ly/dgL1SN

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Questions asked about diverted cruise ship

March 19, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Speculation is continuing that an un-dredged sandbar caused a cruise ship to divert to an unscheduled New South Wales Far South Coast port.

The Dutch liner, Volendam, was supposed to have docked at Batemans Bay earlier this week with 1500 crew and passengers, but it moored at Eden instead.

Authorities said the decision was made due to operational problems.

Pambula Beach resident, Les Sullivan, says passengers he spoke to were told that a sandbar at the mouth of the Clyde River was too shallow for ship tenders to make it to port at Batemans Bay.

But he says the tourists were not worried about the change.

“They seemed very casual and light hearted about it all,” he said.

“As one said, it is better than endless castles and cathedrals.

“We sat down and chatted to some of them for up to half an hour, and they were just delighted to have a relaxing day onshore.”

For more, go to the South East News blog at http://bit.ly/dgL1SN

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‘Bendy buses’ boost Tomago jobs

March 16, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Volgren Australia says the first of its 56-seat, articulated buses to be built at Tomago, for the Sydney bus network, rolls off the production line today.

Transport Minister David Campbell and the Minister for the Hunter, Jodi McKay, will be at the $18 million factory today for the official launch.

Volgren’s general manager of sales and marketing, Tony Kerr, says the $100 million ‘bendy bus’ contract has created more than 90 jobs at Tomago and there is strong potential for more.

“A fortnight or so ago, the NSW Premier announced a commitment for the next 10 years to provide a further thousand new buses, so obviously we’d be very keen to ensure a few of those came our way, we also have other major tenders and contracts either in the process over the next 12 months,” he said.

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Tenders called for bridge revamp

March 15, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Tenders are being called for upgrades to the Isis River Bridge on the Bruce Highway near Childers.

A Main Roads’ spokeswoman says the design for the new bridge is underway and construction should begin subject to funding, later this year.

The federal Member for Hinkler, Paul Neville, says he has been petitioning to upgrade the bridge for many years.

“If the planning work and the design work hasn’t been done then the bridge can’t go ahead,” Mr Neville said.

“Now we’re given to understand that has been done so there shouldn’t be any impediments for it going ahead and I feel certain that the federal Minister won’t hesitate to provide the funding when Main Roads have all their ducks lined up.”

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Fire in cracker godown engulfs commercial complex in Agra

June 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Agra (Uttar Pradesh), June 20(ANI): A massive fire engulfed a firecracker godown in Jatni Bagh commercial complex of Agra in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

The fire engulfed several shops in the complex and gutted some of them, causing panic amongst the people.

The fire, which broke out around midnight in the godown owned by Manoj Jain, was eventually brought under control at six in the morning.

Initial reports suggest an electrical short circuit.

“We received information at around midnight that some fire flames and bursting of firecrackers were noticed in Jatni Bagh commercial complex. Immediately, fire brigade tenders were rushed to the spot,” said Badri Prasad Singh, DIG of Agra Range.

“We tried to douse the fire but the fire kept on spreading since the godown consisted of a good lot of firecrackers. The fire also reached the neighbouring plastic shop. As a precautionary measure we asked help from the army. Their fire brigade vehicles had also reached the spot,” he added.

The inferno has reportedly caused damage to property and goods worth nearly Rs 15 lakh. (ANI)

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India’s ONGC plans to buy rigs for $986 mln-report

Philippine 7-yr T-bond fetches average rate of 7.03 pct

BJP tenders apology over ‘Gaddar’ remarks in Parliament

Fire at Indian blade factory

Clashes erupt between two communities in Agra

Now, a multi-billion dollar LNG contract scam in Pak surfaces

Philippines’ PSALM 7-yr bond coupon rate at 7.75 pct

Philippines’ PSALM 5-yr bond fetches 6.875 pct at auction

Council calls for pool tenders

Tenders called for school aircon

Indigenous safety bus set to return

Inpex ‘full steam ahead’ on EIS: Henderson

Psychiatric unit a year behind schedule

Doors to shut on domestic violence centre

Council dumps bin tenders

Council: Sandbar not to blame for diverted ship

Questions asked about diverted cruise ship

‘Bendy buses’ boost Tomago jobs

Tenders called for bridge revamp

Fire in cracker godown engulfs commercial complex in Agra

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