Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
In an indication of the state of affairs in the Power Ministry, even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's dream project, the 750-MW Bongaigaon power project in Assam, is in a state of neglect after he laid the foundation in January 2006. Work on the Rs. 3,000-crore project being executed by the …
Following the collapse of banking powerhouse Bear Stearns, BW decided to scrutinise the Indian terrain for possible industries and companies that might follow a similar fate. In this week
India has finally agreed to locate a 500-MW coal-based plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation at Sampur town in Sri Lanka's Trincomalee district. According to reliable sources, New Delhi's decision was conveyed to the Mahinda Rajapaksa government. Though the two countries signed an agreement in December 2006, there was …
UCIL's bauxite mine project: Assistance from rapid action force was sought to conduct public hearing. No environmental issue was taken up during the hearing Tata's iron ore mine extension project: Tata blocked roads leading to the hearing venue, Noamundi village, with the help of the district administration. It passed off …
The state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), which proposes to increase its generation capacity to 50,000 MW by 2012 from the present level of 27,404 MW, has firmed up plans to enter into captive power generation and retail distribution in the upcoming greenfield special economic zones (SEZs). NTPC's move is …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) which meets on Thursday is expected to consider a proposal to give BHEL an order to supply equipment for 10 power plants using the advanced 800-mw supercritical technology. The order for the ten units would be placed by the central power generating utilities …
The construction of the coal-based 750mw Thermal Power Project at Salakati in Kokrajhar district at the site of the existing non-operational Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station (BTPS) of NTPC is progressing as per schedule. Replying to a question raised by Rajya Sabha MP UG Brahma recently about the status and progress …
The power ministry has laced with sweeteners its offer to let Central generation utility NTPC take over Jharkhand State Electricity Board's coal-fired power station at Patratu for turning it around. Power secretary Anil Razdan has informed the state chief secretary that the Central utility will also set up state-of-the-art generators …
At a time when the country is faced with a severe shortage of power, the leading power generation company National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) six gas-based power plants with a total installed capacity of 3,605 MW are lying under-utilised due to shortage of natural gas. Official sources said that even …
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has cleared an investment of Rs 4,375.35 crore for the coal-based 750 MW Thermal Power Project at Salakati in Kokrajhar district. In a Rajya Sabha reply to a question by UG Brahma, Union Power Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde said that a Transfer Agreement has …
Resettlement row over Sipat project continues Protests are continuing at the national thermal power commission's (NTPC's) power project in Sipat, Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district. Work on the 12,000 crore, 2,980 megawatt project, expected to solve power problems in the region, has come to a virtual halt due to protests by the …
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Thursday announced that it planned to invest nearly Rs. 13,000 crore during 2008-09 and add 2,700 MW of power during the period with the aim of touching the 50,000 MW mark by 2012. Talking to reports on the sidelines of the Energy Technology Conclave …
Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd (RGPPL), which operates the 2,140 mw power plant at Dabhol, Maharashtra, plans to raise over Rs 1,000 crore through an initial share sale. The company, jointly owned by power utility National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), gas utility GAIL India and the Maharashtra State Electricity …
India's most hi-tech power turbine is finally expected to be liberated from a narrow hill road between Mumbai and Nashik on Tuesday, almost nine months after it got embarrassingly stuck on its way to Chhattisgarh as the National Highway here was not strong or wide enough to take the load. …
IT WAS MEANT TO BE ANIL AMBANl'S big DAY in MORE ways than ONE. ON February 11, Reliance Power, which had just wrapped up India's biggest ipo ever and the first from Ambani's Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, was to list on the Bombay Stock Exchange. As much as the investors …
Arunachal Pradesh is poised to become a power-surplus State by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan with a capacity addition of 11,000 MW hydro-electric power
NTPC Ltd plans to spend about Rs 7,341 crore for setting up the second phase of Barh super thermal power project in Bihar. "The company has accorded the investment approval for Barh Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-II (2 X 660 MW) in Bihar at an appraised estimated current cost of …
The Delhi Government has taken possession of land given by the DDA for construction of a gas-based power plant at Bamnauli. The 50 acres that will be owned by the Delhi Government and leased to the Power Department has fetched the DDA Rs.109 crore. The land will be used for …
