India’s Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri sits on a panel as top energy executives and ministers meet in Houston for the annual Gastech conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Over the next two decades, India will contribute to 35% of the global increase in energy … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 26, 2023, chaired a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Urban Affairs and Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. Senior officials including the principal secretary to the PM were also present. | Photo Credit: Video grab: Twitter/@PTI_News Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (June 26) … Read more
As Punjab goes to polls on Sunday, ET’s political team catches up with Petroleum & Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, BJP co-incharge for the state. The alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal, he feels, did more harm than good to BJP. Was withdrawal of farm laws more of a national security move than … Read more
Amid a clamour by the Opposition for cutting taxes to soften record high petrol and diesel prices, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday equated the move to ‘axing one’s own feet’, saying such levies funded government schemes to provide free COVID-19 vaccines, meals and cooking gas to millions amid the pandemic. He also said … Read more
Indian domestic flights resumed operations on May 25, 2020 after being grounded for two months due to the COVID-led lockdown (Photo: PTI) The ministry of civil aviation (MoCA), as per the official statement issued by the ministry on Twitter, has increased the capacity of domestic flights to 65 per cent from 50 per cent on … Read more
The government told Parliament that India has not received any proposal from Pakistan and it is for Pakistan to review its unilateral measures on trade. “India desires normal relations including on trade with all countries, including Pakistan. Pakistan unilaterally suspended bilateral trade with India in August 2019. It is for Pakistan to review its unilateral … Read more
Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday accused the Congress of constructing “substandard” buildings like Krishi Bhawan, Shastri Bhawan and Nirman Bhawan, saying they are not fit for being used as offices. He was speaking in parliament in response to a query by Congress leader Amee Yajnik on the number of … Read more
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said empty planes are flying to Saudi Arabia to bring back Indian citizens stranded there, amid the gulf nation barring flights from India and various other nations due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a series of tweets, Puri said that Indian citizens are travelling to and … Read more
In a decision taken on December 22, the government had banned the international flights between the UK and India till December 31. Travellers take note, extension of temporary suspension on India-UK flights likely! Union Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri has said that the suspension of international flights between India and the United Kingdom … Read more
PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday urged Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to take a slew of steps to develop the new Darbhanga Airport and name if after renowned poet Vidyapati. Kumar, in a letter to Puri, said Darbhanga should be connected to more cities and flight services need to be … Read more