Sunday, February 22, 2026

Author: Worldsnap Staff

Business
Worldsnap Staff

HPCL – A Navratna PSU

HPCL is a mega Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) with Navratna status. It has two refineries producing a wide variety of petroleum products- fuels, lubricants and specialty products; one in Mumbai (West Coast) having a capacity of 6.5 MMTPA and the other in Visakhapatnam? (East Coast) with a capacity of 7.5 MMTPA. HPCL holds an equity stake of 16.95% in Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, a state-of-the-art refinery at Mangalore with a capacity of 9 MMTPA. HPCL in collaboration with M⁄s…

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Pune
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Case in fast track court: RR Patil

Home minister RR Patil on Friday announced in the state assembly that the Hinjewadi gang rape case will be handed over to a fast track court and Ujjwal Nikam will be appointed as the special public prosecutor.Patil said that the rape-related cases that are pending for a longer period will be handed over to fast track courts and a request will be made to the high court to set up additional such courts. The issue of the security of women in the state was brought for the discussion in the a…

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Sports
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‘We’re treating every game like a final’-Tirumalasetti Suman

In life, your strengths can sometimes work to your disadvantage. Ask Tirumalasetti Laxminarayana Suman and he may give you a wry smile before nodding in the affirmative.During pre-tournament camp, Suman used to clear the fairly large Uppal stadium in Hyderabad. He had hit a 26-ball 62 in a practice game.That’s it. Coach Darren Lehmann managed to convince skipper Adam Gilchrist that they had just found a ‘new finisher’. Suman proved the coach right on Thursday night with a …

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Business
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Plan panel rejectsdemand to increase MPLAD funds

The Planning Commission has rejected the proposal to increase allocation under the Local Area Development (LAD) fund scheme for Ministers of Parliament (MP) from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore, citing fiscal constraints for the government, especially for its flagship schemes.The government is currently running 15 flagship schemes to improve economic conditions of the poor. The rejection is seen as the Plan panel’s distrust in the MPs’ ability to undertake developmental work.In June 2…

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Bangalore
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Roadside revolver seller lands in police net

A 25-year-old man was arrested while trying to sell a countrymade revolver near St John’s Road here on Thursday.The Commercial Street police, who arrested JC Nagar resident Mohammed Salman Khan (pictured), said he was only a seller of the illegal firearm. The revolver was manufactured in a North Indian state.Khan was reportedly showing the firearm to passersby near the RBANMS ground, in a bid to sell it off. However, a passerby, who was also offered the revolver, informed the po…

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