‘Builders destroying Himachal’s ecology’
April 22nd, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 22 (IANS) Forests are vanishing, rock blasts are traumatising wild animals and debris is filling up riverbeds with builders having a field day in Himachal Pradesh, says a ... Read more...
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BHEL’s eastern wing eyeing to double turnover
April 5th, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)'s eastern wing is eyeing to double its turnover in the next five years to Rs.54 billion, a top official of ... Read more...
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For family, I chose to do TV over movies: Karisma
March 18th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Karisma Kapoor stayed away from films after marriage and children because she wanted to focus on her family. But she says she continued doing ads ... Read more...
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BHEL bags Rs.774 crore contract from ONGC
February 27th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) Monday said it has secured a contract worth Rs.774 crore to supply onshore drilling rigs to Oil and ... Read more...
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BHEL looks at South African market for CFBC boilers
January 31st, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) is looking at South Africa for marketing its circulating fluidized bed combustion (CFBC) boilers, needed for power and industrial applications.And the power ... Read more...
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Indian power industry poised for major growth: Shinde
January 19th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) Stating that the Indian power industry is at the cusp of major growth with 80,000 MW of power units under construction, union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde ... Read more...
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Revised disinvestment target in November: Official
October 1st, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) The central government will come up with a revised disinvestment target and determine the revised number of public sector enterprises whose stake will be divested in ... Read more...
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5 percent equity divestment in BHEL cleared
August 30th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Tuesday approved disinvestment of five percent paid up equity in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), a public sector ... Read more...
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Chinese power plant equipment inferior to BHEL’s: Minister
August 11th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 11 (IANS) Chinese power plants equipment is of inferior quality as compared to that supplied by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), parliament was told Thursday."Power plants set ... Read more...
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Bharat Heavy Electricals dismisses Neyveli Lignite’s charges
May 29th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 29 (IANS) Rejecting Neyveli Lignite Corporation's charges that the boilers supplied to it had a design fault, Indian power equipment giant Bharat Heavy Electricals says it will run ... Read more...
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China, India tie for top place on Forbes Asia’s Fab 50 list
September 16th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Singapore, Sept.16 (ANI): Asia's economic powerhouses China and India have tied for top place with the most number of firms on Forbes Asia's Fab 50 List, an annual roster of the best ... Read more...
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BHEL, Kerala government to form joint venture
September 8th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) State-run power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) Wednesday said it would form a joint venture with the Kerala government to acquire the Kasargod unit ... Read more...
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Centre approves FDI proposals worth over Rs.2000 crore
July 23rd, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): The Central Government on Friday approved 18 foreign investment proposals worth Rs 2,245.32 crore.A statement issued by the finance ministry said that of this amount, Transcend Infrastructure's ... Read more...
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BHEL net rises 35.6 percent
January 21st, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) State-owned power equipment manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) Thursday reported a 35.67 percent increase in its net profit for the quarter ended Dec 31 at Rs.1072.5 crore ... Read more...
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Singur welcomes railway proposal, but sceptical
December 16th, 2009 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
By Soudhriti Bhabani
Singur (West Bengal), Dec 16 (IANS) Mahadeb Das' 12-bigha (4.8-acre) land, which fell within the plot earmarked for the Tata Motors small car project here, was acquired by the ... Read more...
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Rahul tours Amethi, meets schoolchildren
August 17th, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Amethi, Aug 17 (IANS) Congress general secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi Monday visited a nursery school, sat on the ground with children and and chatted with them for an ... Read more...
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Kerala seeks more central public sector units
June 26th, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 (IANS) Kerala will ask the central government to set up more public sector units and centre-state joint ventures in the state to spur its industrial development, Industries Minister Elamaram ... Read more...
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BHEL Bhopal beats meltdown, posts profit before tax
April 3rd, 2009 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) Beating the global meltdown, the Bhopal unit of the state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) achieved a 2008-09 turnover of Rs.3,306 crore - up 21 percent as compared to ... Read more...
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Indian equities slip, regain ground after opening in the green (Lead)
March 19th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) Indian equities opened in the green Thursday and continued to trade in the positive territory for some 40 minutes. It subsequently lost ground, but only to regain ... Read more...
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Watch out for India’s largest, tallest tricolour
January 30th, 2009 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Awestruck by the towering height of the Qutb Minar? Now get ready to crane your neck at a mammoth tricolour nearly as high.The 22-metre-wide, 14.6-metre-high national flag, ... Read more...
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Swiss firm setting up machine tool plant in India
January 27th, 2009 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 27 (IANS) Leading Swiss firm StarragHeckert Holding AG will soon set up a $31-million (Rs.1.53-billion/Rs.1,535-crore) machine tool manufacturing plant in India, a top company official said Tuesday."The plant location will ... Read more...
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Blue Star net profit falls in second quarter
October 27th, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Blue Star, the country's largest central air-conditioning and commercial refrigeration company, Monday reported a near Rs.10-million dip in its net profit in the second quarter this fiscal.In ... Read more...
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British grand mom charged with smuggling cocaine of 1mn pound in fruit cans
September 19th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 19 (ANI): An elderly grandmother tried to smuggle one million pounds of uncut cocaine into Britain inside tins of fruit.Ambrozine Heron, 76, was caught along with daughter Paulette ... Read more...
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West Bengal seeks lowest power plant bid
July 9th, 2008 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) West Bengal would offer engineering procurement and construction contracts (EPC) to any company which emerges as the lowest bidder irrespective of the country of origin of the winner ... Read more...
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Kerala seeks JVs with public sector for its sick units
March 20th, 2008 - 11:06 pm ICT by admin
Kozhikode, March 20 (IANS) With a majority of government-owned industries in Kerala sick, the state is trying to form joint ventures (JV) with central public sector companies for their revival. "The companies ... Read more...
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