Coal supplies to power plants up 7.3%: Coal ministryThe supply is likely to further increase after opening of the Dhanbad-Chandrapura line
06 Feb, 2019, 05.35 PM IST
Train accidents down by 40 per cent: Railway board chairmanThe number of accidents between April 1 and November 30 this year had gone down by 40 per cent in comparison to the corresponding period in...
30 Nov, 2017, 07.26 PM IST
Dhanbad-Chandrapura railway track closure hits coal supply to power plantsThe development has affected movement of 42,000 tonnes of coal per day and 2,400 megawatt of power generation capacities.
25 Jun, 2017, 11.47 PM IST
Police conduct flag march in violence-hit Saharanpur villagesPrincipal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar said the situation was under control but as a precautionary matter, RAF and PAC platoons were deplo...
26 May, 2017, 01.03 PM IST
Sanjiv Goenka Group plans Rs 500 crore foray into sporting arenaGoenka isn't ruling out the possibility of entering sports business abroad, but presently he is concentrating on his venture in Kolkata.
23 Jul, 2016, 10.21 AM IST
CESC to sign new 150 mw PPA for Maharashtra plantThe thermal power plant has already entered into 100 megawatt purchase agreements with Tangedco and another 170 megawatt agreement with Gre...
22 Jul, 2016, 09.33 PM IST
Power sector acquisitions to get cheaper over next year: CESCOpportunities will come cheaper in a year or so. This is our articulated calculation for it," the group's Chairman Sanjiv Goenka said.
22 Jul, 2016, 08.11 PM IST
CESC secures 712-crore loan for capex and debt managementCapex towards distribution is around Rs 700 crore, renewable energy capex of Rs 600 crore and distribution franchise in Kota and Bharatpur ...
05 Jul, 2016, 08.11 PM IST
Decommissioned thermal power units to soon lose their fuel supplyThe move is expected to release 35 million tonnes of coal as some 2,000 MW of thermal power capacity has been shut after having completed i...
18 Mar, 2015, 05.37 AM IST
Power Ministry wants Coal India Ltd to sign pacts with firms for 4,000 MWThe govt had earlier stated that the timelines for signing of fuel supply pacts for power projects of 78,000 MW capacity should be met.
16 Jun, 2014, 04.13 PM IST
CESC Q4 net down 5 per cent to Rs 243 crorePower utility CESC Limited today reported a decline of 5 per cent in its standalone net profit at Rs 243 crore for the quarter ended March ...
30 May, 2014, 07.19 PM IST
Netai massacre accused arrested in Hooghly districtA team led by CID special superintendent Bharati Ghosh last night arrested Chandi Karan, CPI(M)'s Belatikri local committee secretary.
09 May, 2014, 11.51 AM IST
- Eastern Grid collapse: Train services disrupted in Jharkhand
However, efforts were on to restore power in some areas as the state finally secured 15 MW from the Power Grid.
31 Jul, 2012, 07.12 PM IST
- DVC's Bokaro power plant likely to be commissioned in 2012-13
Commercial operation at CTPS is likely to commence within the 11th Plan period (2007-12). The two units were commissioned in November 2009 ...
04 Mar, 2011, 06.55 PM IST
- DVC gears up for power generation in 4 years
With the DVC having proposed to generate 35,000 mw electricity from four places in Jharkhand, the Shibu Soren government has gone an overdr...
07 Sep, 2008, 09.09 PM IST
- N-power to produce 20,000 MW by 2020
The Centre today said once the Indo-US nuclear deal comes into effect, 20,000 mw of power could be produced by 2020.
29 Jul, 2008, 09.04 PM IST
- DVC poised to become 2nd largest power producer: Ramesh
Minister of State for Power Jairam Ramesh on Friday said the multi-purpose agency, however, has the potential to become the country's secon...
18 Apr, 2008, 08.35 PM IST