Delhi HC overturns Rs 1,891 crore arbitral award against NTPC in coal transport disputeThe Delhi High Court overturned the 2019 arbitral award directing NTPC to pay Rs 1891 crore damages to Jindal ITF Ltd for alleged wrongful ...
03 Feb, 2025, 11.21 PM IST
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, 3 other states may face power disruption due to coal supply issuesCoal India hopes to expand slowly with the help of some land that has been recently acquired. It hopes to resolve the issue in two months.
04 Sep, 2018, 08.27 AM IST
Coal shortage may hit 4,400 MW power generation capacity at NTPCCoal supplies to NTPC’s Farakka and Kahalgaon have already fallen, reducing stocks to almost three days now from at least 10 days in the re...
26 May, 2017, 01.40 AM IST
NTPC's Farakka plant gets green panel nod for coal supplyNTPC, however, sought further extension saying the study is underway and it would require another six months for its completion.
14 Sep, 2016, 03.56 PM IST
NTPC says no power shortage in West Bengal due to plant closureThe total allocation to West Bengal from NTPC stations is 786 mw, which can be fully met by NTPC from its stations, it said.
04 Apr, 2016, 04.12 PM IST
Power prices rise on NTPC Farakka shutdownNTPC’s decision to shut its 1,600 MW Farakka Thermal Power Plant due to water shortage has pushed power prices up at the India Energy Excha...
16 Mar, 2016, 07.18 PM IST
After Farakka plant, NTPC's Barh project to get coal through waterwaysThe final phase of the Farakka plant was commissioned in March 2011. The project supplies electricity to West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Ori...
21 Sep, 2014, 01.04 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari’s Ganga waterway plan not new, NTPC already using similar cargo corridorNTPC looked at Ganga as an alternative to overcome bottlenecks in transporting coal to its eastern powerhouses by rail.
09 Jun, 2014, 12.43 PM IST
NTPC's Farakka project gets domestic coal via inland waterwaysThe Farakka Super Thermal Power Station started the movement of imported coal by barges through inland waterway last year.
08 Jun, 2014, 12.15 PM IST
CIL arm, NTPC end Rs 2,000 crore payment impasseEastern Coalfields has resumed coal supply to two thermal plants of power generator NTPC, signaling an end to the around Rs 2,000-crore pay...
12 Jul, 2013, 05.48 AM IST
- Power situation grim in Bihar: Minister
The power situation has become grim in Bihar due to availability of only 1068 MW as the Eastern Coalfields Ltd has stopped coal supply.
03 Apr, 2013, 10.54 PM IST
- Poor coal supply forces NTPC to reduce output in Bihar, West Bengal plant
Inadequate coal dispatches have forced state-run NTPC to slash output at two of its plants in Bihar and West Bengal
08 Oct, 2011, 01.58 AM IST
- NTPC, Coal India to form JV to develop coal mines
State-owned NTPC and Coal India would form a 50:50 joint venture to develop coal mines for feeding the power major's Farakka and Kahalgaon ...
14 Oct, 2009, 05.22 PM IST
- Power-starved Bihar sends SOS to Centre
Following Bihar's SOS, the Centre has formed a four-member committee to examine the issue.
24 Aug, 2009, 07.56 AM IST
- NTPC to set up 6th unit at Farakka by Dec 2009
NTPC has set December 2009 as the target for completing the 500 mw unit.
01 May, 2007, 01.20 PM IST
- NTPC okays Rs 3,282 cr investment in hydel project
Power major NTPC Ltd on Monday said its Board of Directors has approved setting up of the 600 MW Loharinag-Pala hydroelectric power plant i...
26 Jun, 2006, 09.20 PM IST
- 'FDI needed to meet gap in domestic investments'
India needs to rope in substantial FDI to meet the gap in domestic investments to attain a growth rate of 8 per cent, Defence Minister Pran...
17 Dec, 2005, 05.30 PM IST