Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (P&NGRB) has allowed Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) to implement gas distribution network in the entire national capital region of Delhi. IGL supplies compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped natural gas (PNG) across NCR.

It is a joint venture of State run GAIL (India) Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd along with Government of NCT of Delhi.

New Delhi - Ten million people working in India's export sector will be out of their jobs by March as markets shrink further due to global recession, news reports said Tuesday.

"There will be 10 million job losses by March," A Sakthivel, president of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations was quoted as saying by PTI news agency.

Indian export-oriented industries, which account for about 22 per cent of the country's gross domestic product, are highly labour-intensive and employ an estimated 150 million people.

New Delhi, Jan 6 : A group of diplomats from various countries like Sri Lanka, Turkey, Arab States Mission met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee here today and condemned the recent Mumbai terror attack.

The condemnation by Arab States Mission assumes significance because it has 22 members, most of whom are Muslim countries. It can be a set back for Pakistan.

New Delhi, Jan 6 : Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today called for a "proactive" approach to root out threats emanating from "potential" terrorists as the country has suffered a substantial loss of life in terror attacks.

Addressing the Chief Minister''s conference on terrorism here, Chidambaram called for the need for more preparedness to handle sophisticated terror threats and asked the Chief Ministers to put in place a clear command structure to tackle any terrorist threat or attack.

New Delhi, Jan 6 : A day after transporters went on a nationwide indefinite strike, the prices of vegetables remained unaffected at Azadpur wholesale vegetable market on Tuesday.

The operators at the market said the strike had not affected the prices of the perishable commodities.

"The strike has not affected the Delhi vegetable market as such. We are getting the supplies. I don''t think that it has been affected much. Save for two-three percent reduction in supplies, there is not much loss," said Bhajan Singh, Vice Chairman, Agricultural Produce Marketing Centre, Azadpur vegetable market.

New Delhi, Jan 6 : A conference of Chief Ministers will begin here today to discuss internal security.

The conference will be chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh where issues like terrorism, strengthening of intelligence network, security of coastline and key establishments, including atomic sites, will be discussed.

The meeting is likely to formulate a comprehensive approach to deal with the menace of terrorism.