By Heather Timmons The biggest Indian oil producer, ONGC, agreed Tuesday to pay $2.6 billion for Imperial Energy of Britain as India scrambles to meet rising energy demands that come with fast economic growth.

By Sanjay Dutta NEW DELHI: Oil minister Murli Deora is to seek answers from heads of state-owned oil marketing companies on Wednesday on reports of diesel shortages and resultant long queues at petrol pumps in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.

NEW DELHI: Here's one more reason the report on the financial health of the state-owned oil companies has got the government's goat.

Text of unattributed report headlined "Another media blitz planned on nuclear energy" published by Indian newspaper The Hindu website on 16 July New Delhi: Stating that the India-US nuclear deal will end India's technological isolation suffered since the Pokharan tests, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora said on Tuesday [15 July] that the deal assured the country of supplies needed to power the future.

Text of report by Indian news agency PTI New Delhi, 15 July: Petroleum Ministry is planning a second round of media blitzkrieg to explain the strategic importance of nuclear energy, which Oil Minister Murli Deora said would help reduce revenue loss on fuel sales.