Essar Oil reports good quarterly results
Ranchi: Essar Oil on Friday reported excellent operational performance for the half year and quarter ended September 30, 2013. Gross revenues for the six month period surged to Rs 52,113 crore, up 15% from Rs 45,131 crore reported in H1FY13, a press communique from its Ranchi office said. The refinery continued to operate well above its rated capacity, delivering a throughput of 10.32 MMT for the period, up 8% from the corresponding period last fiscal. EBIDTA for the period stood at Rs 1,447 crore, up 69% from Rs 853 crore reported H1FY13. Profit after tax stood at negative Rs 934 crore, against negative Rs 1,413 crore in H1FY13.
Nine persons injured in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur: A total of nine persons including women were injured during a stampede which took place in a Prabhat Pheri (religious morning procession) after a high-tension wire fell near the Anil Sur Path in Uliyan under Kadma police station area on Friday morning.
Those injured were rushed to the emergency ward of the Tata Main Hospital where the they were released after first aid. Bharatiya Yugavashishta Bhramhanand Sangh (BYBS) is organising the birth anniversary celebration of the former spiritual head of Kalibari Temple, Brahmanand Shastri and the religious procession was part of the celebration on the concluding day.
Orientation programme held at DAV Hazaribagh
Hazaribagh: A four-day long parent-orientation programme on Problem Solving Assessment for std. IX and XI students was held at Senior Wing of DAV Public School, Hazaribagh. This is compulsory for all students of standard IX and XI to appear in Problem Solving Assessment. Since, there is no specific syllabus for this test and there is no separate period in the school routine, this program becomes very important to make the parents acquainted with the forthcoming examination.
Sarwadaliya Sangharsh Committee holds Picket
lohradaga: A picket was organised by Sarwadaliya Sangharsh Committee on Friday near district head office for the demand of the bid of sand zones to be held on the basis of domicile policy. In the programme all the local parties other than governing political parties gathered. They said that Hemant Government has planned to loot the State and so the sand bigwigs from other States have been invited. But the Sangharsh Committee would not let them loot the State.