Punjab flags water dispute with Haryana; 'biased' BBMB, CISF deployment at Niti Aayog meetingPunjab CM Bhagwant Mann voiced strong objections at the Niti Aayog meeting regarding water sharing disputes with Haryana, citing a biased a...
24 May, 2025, 06.36 PM IST
Punjab, Haryana in dispute again over water-sharingA dispute has erupted between Haryana and Punjab over water sharing from the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB). Punjab opposes releasing ...
05 May, 2025, 05.19 PM IST
View: India needs domain experts for timely completion of water projectsIn the trade-off between development and environment, projects like Damodar Valley Corporation, Bhakra Nangal, Hirakud and the more recent ...
16 May, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
View: India's new bank for infra financing is clearly mandated to have a ‘developmental role’As Nirmala Sitharaman let us know on Tuesday, it is to start with an equity base of Rs 20,000 crore — the largest-ever institutional startu...
18 Mar, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
Dams, hydroelectric projects don't harm environment; calls for study to find that: R K SinghHe further said, "If you ask any person in Bihar, then his dearest wish is to construct large dams on the river Kosi in Nepal. Wherever we ...
24 Feb, 2021, 04.26 PM IST
BBMB focus on roof top solar power generation on its non-residential structuresAll these solar rooftop power plants are SCADA compliant for data transmission and monitoring purposes.
28 Jun, 2019, 05.56 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi faces fire as he launches bullet train projectCongress called the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed train an "election bullet train" project launched with an eye on the upcoming Gujarat Assem...
14 Sep, 2017, 10.36 PM IST
Punjab, Haryana to face shortfall of cheapest BBMB power in summersThe BBMB is primarily an irrigation project and power is a by-product allocated supplied at around paise 33 per unit to beneficiary states.
27 Apr, 2017, 11.10 PM IST
Indus hydropower projects being built despite Pakistan's objections: GovtProjects such as Miyar Nallah, Lower Kalnai, Pakal Dul, Kishenganga and Ratle are at different stages of implementation," V K Singh told th...
29 Mar, 2017, 06.14 PM IST
Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag visits India's tallest Bhakra DamMauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag visited India's tallest Bhakra Dam and praised the management for its "flawless upkeep and maintenanc...
23 Apr, 2015, 10.02 PM IST
Congress calls PM Narendra Modi 'pied piper', attacks MoS after IraniIrani was then alleged to have provided contradictory affidavits of her educational qualifications to the Election Commission.
14 Nov, 2014, 04.57 PM IST
Government must focus on content development; digital India plan lacks specifics: Rahul Khullar, Trai chairmanKhullar was of the view that the private sector should be involved both in the optic-fibre rollout as well as in designing content.
26 Aug, 2014, 08.13 AM IST
- Bhakra dam achieves black start within 24 minutes of Northern grid failure
Black start, process to restore power generation in the grid, was started today at 2:59 am at Bhakra Nangal & Beas hydel project after comp...
30 Jul, 2012, 11.08 PM IST
- Terror threat to Bhakra Nangal dam, reveals IB report
The IB report points out that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa could be looking to attack the Bhakra Nangal project and are also training...
16 Jul, 2011, 01.25 PM IST
- Quality education key to strong and vibrant economy: Mukherjee
Underlining the importance of quality education, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that it was the key to the foundation f...
04 Feb, 2010, 06.03 PM IST
- Taming the Kosi: New imperatives
Prime Minister Manmohan appropriately declared the floods in Bihar to be a calamity of national proportion.
30 Aug, 2008, 03.04 AM IST
- Taming the Kosi: New imperatives
Prime Minister Manmohan appropriately declared the floods in Bihar to be a “calamity of national proportion.”
29 Aug, 2008, 01.36 AM IST