The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana, Sh. K. Chandrashekhar Rao, handed over the cheque of initial advance to Sh. Atul Sobti, CMD, BHEL in the presence of Sh. G. Jagadish Reddy, Hon’ble Energy Minister, Govt. Of Telangana, and Sh. Prabhakar Rao, CMD, TSGENCO, for the setting up of the 5×800 MW Yadadri Power Project. Other senior officials from Govt. of Telangana, TSGENCO and BHEL were also present on the occasion. The order for the 4,000 MW Yadadri Supercritical Thermal Power Project, valued at approximately Rs20,400 crore, is the single largest order for the company so far and is also the highest value…
Author: Aruna Sharma
The Ministry of Shipping has taken up projects worth Rs 2,302 crore for financial assistance under the Coastal Berth Scheme of the flagship Sagarmala Programme. The Ministry, after due appraisal in consultation with NITI Aayog and Department of Expenditure, has extended the period of the scheme for three years, upto 31st March, 2020 and expanded its scope to cover capital dredging at Major Ports and preparation of DPR for coastal berth project, in Oct 2017. The projects under Coastal Berth Scheme of the flagship Sagarmala Programme are distributed over eight states with the highest number of projects in Maharashtra (12…
(DNA) In view of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh state assembly elections, Central government is mulling over curtailing or scrapping the three-week long Winter Session of Parliament that usually begins around third week of November. Another issue of consideration is combining financial year with calendar from 2018 so that it will commence on January 1, instead of April. This also necessitates the Union Budget to be tabled in Parliament in December so that the budgetary exercise can be concluded by the year-end. Sources said some ministers have discussed the possibility of scraping Winter Session informally with Opposition leaders. A final decision…
(Hindustan) गुजरात में मिशन 150 का लक्ष्य हासिल करने के लिए भाजपा आधे से ज्यादा नए चेहरे चुनाव मैदान में उतार सकती है। मौजूदा विधायकों में भी 40 से 45 के टिकट काटे जा सकते हैं। भाजपा अपने उम्मीवारों की सूची अगले सप्ताह तैयार कर लेगी, जिस पर हिमाचल प्रदेश के चुनाव के बाद केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति अपनी मुहर लगाएगी। गुजरात में बीते दो दशकों से सत्ता संभाल रही भाजपा इस बार भी पूरी सजगता व ताकत से चुनाव लड़ रही है। पार्टी विरोधी दलों कोई मौका नहीं देना चाहती है। सत्ता विरोधी माहौल की काट के लिए बड़ी संख्या…
(Hindustan) दक्षिण कश्मीर के पुलवामा में गुरुवार देर रात सर्च ऑपरेशन के दौरान यहां आतंकियों के साथ सुरक्षाबलों का एनकाउंटर हुआ। इस एनकाउंटर में सेना ने एक आतंकी को मार गिराया जबकि दो जवान शहीद हो गए हैं। यहां पर सेना को खबर मिली थी कि पंपोर के सांबूरा गांव में दो से तीन आंतकी छिपे हुए हैं। इसके बाद सुरक्षाबलों ने पूरे इलाके में सर्च ऑपरेशन लॉन्च कर दिया। सर्च ऑपरेशन की शुरुआत में ही आतंकियों ने सेना के जवानों पर गोलियों की बौछार कर दी। जवाबी हमले में जवानों ने एक आतंकी को तुरंत ढेर कर दिया। सुबह…
(LiveMint) Indian authorities on Thursday ordered an inquiry to determine within seven days the cause of a blast at a coal-fired power plant that killed 26 people and injured more than 100 — one of the country’s worst industrial accidents in years.More than 20 survivors were battling for life with severe burn injuries following Wednesday’s blast at the 1,550-megawatt plant operated by state-owned NTPC in Uttar Pradesh, state officials said. Arvind Kumar, a principal secretary, said some of the severely injured had been taken to a hospital in the state capital Lucknow.“Blockages in the flue gas pipe in a unit…
(AU) सुप्रीम कोर्ट आधार कानून की संवैधानिक वैधता को चुनौती देने वाली एक याचिका पर शुक्रवार को सुनवाई करेगा। इस याचिका में कहा गया है कि यह कानून निजता के अधिकार का उल्लंघन करता है और इसकी बायोमेट्रिक प्रणाली ठीक से काम नहीं कर रही है। जस्टिस जे चेलमेश्वर की अध्यक्षता वाली खंडपीठ ने बृहस्पतिवार को कर्नाटक निवासी मैथ्यू थॉमस की याचिका पर सुनवाई करने का फैसला किया। मैथ्यू के वकील ने कहा कि इसी तरह की याचिकाओं पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट में शुक्रवार को सुनवाई होने वाली है, इसके मद्देनजर उनकी याचिका पर भी अविलंब सुनवाई होनी चाहिए। खंडपीठ ने इस दलील को स्वीकार…
(Millenium Post) ONGC plans to nearly double natural gas production in four years as it invests billions of dollars to produce from newer discoveries, the state-owned firm’s chairman Shashi Shanker said. India’s biggest oil and gas producer is investing Rs 92,000 crore in 35 major projects which include 14 to bring new finds to production and six to improve recovery from the ageing fields. “We have almost 70 per cent of oil production coming from mature fields. My primary challenge is to step up production,” said Shanker, who took over as the Chairman of Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC)…
HPCL Vigilance Department has been conferred with the prestigious “Vigilance Excellence Award-2017” in the ‘outstanding’ category instituted by the Central Vigilance Commission for CPSEs, PSBs, Ministries and Departments. The selection of award winners was done by a high level Committee of the CVC. The Commission’s objective of the award is to encourage and motivate organizations for bringing out innovative ideas of anti-corruption measures; recognize individuals and teams for their resourcefulness and perseverance in turning concepts into reality; documentation process enabling replication and knowledge sharing for propagation of innovations to other organizations. The coveted award was received by HPCL’s CVO, Shri U Krishna Murty at the hands of Hon’ble Vice…
(PTI) The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act.The matter was mentioned before a bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar and the counsel representing the petitioner sought an urgent hearing, saying similar pleas were already listed for hearing before the apex court tomorrow.Karnataka-based Mathew Thomas has moved the top court challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act claiming that it infringes upon the Right to Privacy and the biometric mechanism was not working properly. On October 30, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had said that a…