B Ashok

Ashok joined in 1981 as officer trainee and is steeped in Indian Oil's ethos as his father too worked with the company.

Chairman and managing director of state electricity board b ashok has lodged a complaint with the city police commissioner over the reports of a group who are involved in KSEB bill fraud.

India's biggest fuel refiner and retailer IndianOil is facing the prospect of a leadership gap from Sunday unless the government approves the appointment of b ashok as the successor of R S Butola who retires on Saturday.

Senior IAS officer b ashok has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd (KSEBL).

The stand-off between KSEB chairman and managing director b ashok and the pro-CPM Officers' Association leaders took another turn on Wednesday with the CMD revoking the suspension of the association leaders by transferring them outside Thiruvananthapuram.

Prakasam police have arrested two persons and rescued 28 cows that were allegedly kept ready for slaughter. According to police, the accused were identified as Sheik Dawood (35) and b ashok. Acting upon credible information, police rescued the cows and arrested the accused.

Disposing of a plea which sought to install electric poles on an alternative path in Trichy district to prevent cutting of trees, the Madras high court has observed that double the number of saplings should be planted if trees are cut.

Senior LDF leaders have directed power minister K Krishnankutty to hold talks with the KSEB employees' joint action council at the earliest and put an end to the indefinite strike at board headquarters Vydyuthi Bhavan.

Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is believed to have sought views of new oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on appointment of b ashok as the head of India's largest oil firm, IOC.

b ashok took over as full-time chairman of IndianOil Corporation on Wednesday, marking the Narendra Modi government's first major public sector appointment and ending the uncertainty over leadership at India's biggest oil refiner and retailer.

Kerala state electricity board Ltd (KSEB) will induct 65 electrical vehicles as the board turns 65 years of being set up in 1957.

Two men from Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam district peddling in ganja were arrested here on Tuesday and 102kg of ganja was recovered from them.

The district Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) police on Friday busted an illicit liquor racket with the arrest of four people and seizure of 54 bottles of liquor at Soolai.

A 26-year-old software engineer died and his friend suffered injuries in an accident caused by drunken driving when their bike hit the footpath at Gachibowli in Hyderabad on Thursday.

b ashok took over as full-time chairman of IndianOil Corporation on Wednesday, marking the Narendra Modi government’s first major public sector appointment and ending the uncertainty over leadership at India’s biggest oil refiner and retailer.

KSEB CMD b ashok said on Friday that the board was trying its best to tide over the current power crisis. "KSEB has decided to buy 250MW power at the rate of up to Rs 20/unit to meet the sudden slump in availability. This would cost the board around Rs 150 crore in additional expense. Present crisis may be over by April 30," he said.