New Delhi: State-run BHEL on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 500 crore for setting up a manufacturing facility at Bhandara in Maharashtra. "BHEL is setting up a new Power Equipment Fabrication Plant at Bhandara in Maharashtra. The greenfield unit is being set up by the company at an initial investment of Rs 500 Crore and will provide direct employment to about 700 persons," BHEL said in a statement.
The foundation stone for the new unit was laid at Bhandara by Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The ceremony was presided over by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Praful Patel and BHEL Chairman & Managing Director B Prasada Rao were also present on the occasion, the statement said.
In his address, Chavan said that electricity is one of the most vital elements for sustained economic growth. "We need commensurate growth in power supply and BHEL has taken various capacity and capability building initiatives towards this. Today's milestone is an outcome of such initiatives," Chavan said.
"Power is projected to grow at a much quicker pace in the coming years. The government has drawn up ambitious plans for adding additional 2,34,000 MW capacity to the power generating base by 2017," Pawar said in his address. Praful Patel said that BHEL's technology tie-up for super-critical boilers for 800 MW units is one such example which will enable the company to cater to the requirements of power stations with higher efficiencies and low
12:49 PM, May 14, 2013
Facing flak for 'failure' of police to make headway in the probe of the alleged mysterious rape and murder of three minor sisters at Murmadi in Bhandara district, Maharashtra government on Monday announced that the case would be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). ...
08:25 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of the rape of three minor sisters, whose bodies were found in a well in their village in Bhandara district. ...
02:05 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Even as thousands of Indians came out on the streets demanding tough anti-rape laws a few weeks ago following the brutal gangrape of a paramedical student in Delhi, another 20 years old girl has been raped in Bhandara, Maharashtra. ...
03:15 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Wednesday said that the accused in the alleged rape and murder of three minor sisters in Bhandara district will be brought to book soon. "The culprits in the case will be arrested soon," Patil said when asked by reporters about the efforts being made by the government in the case. ...
05:33 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The Maharashtra Police has formed teams to pursue different lines of investigation and track the rapists and murderers of three minor sisters in Bhandara, government told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. In a statement in the House, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said he was "deeply shocked at the despicable, ghastly and brutal manner" in which the three minor girls from the same family were brutally raped and murdered and...
02:23 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Police have detained three people in connection with the murder and rape of three minor sisters in Maharashtra's Bhandara. The three are being interrogated about the crime even though police officials have refused to give any information about the investigations. But sources say police have got some vital clues and evidence. ...
01:21 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is likely to make a fresh statement on the triple rape and murder in Bhandara. This comes a week after his faux pas in the Rajya Sabha. The Home Minister had ended up naming the three minor victims in Parliament in his statement. ...
09:35 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Home Secretary RK Singh has expressed his regret to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for the gaffe of disclosing the names of the victims of the Bhandara rape incident in Rajya Sabha over which the Minister faced huge embarrassment. Sources said Singh admitted the mistake as the statement, which was read out in Rajya Sabha by the Home Minister, was cleared by him. ...
07:33 PM, Mar 04, 2013
The rape and murder of the three sisters in Maharashtra's Bhandara district has led to some status check on the increasing rate of crime against women in the state. An RTI inquiry shows such crimes are on the rise in Maharashtra. ...
07:59 AM, Mar 03, 2013
The mother of three minor girls, who were raped and murdered in Maharashtra's Bhandara district in February, has threatened to return the compensation amount of Rs 10 lakh she received from the government and hit the street in protest if police failed to arrest the culprits in the next two days. ...
05:56 PM, Mar 02, 2013
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11:23 PM, Mar 01, 2013
A seven-year-old girl student of a municipal school in Mongolpuri in northwest Delhi was raped by an unidentified man on Thursday. The incident triggered protests. ...
09:10 PM, Mar 01, 2013
It was yet another embarrassing lapse from the Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, who ended up naming the three minor girls in Parliament. ...
08:14 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Left parties on Friday boycotted Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien by staging a walkout to protest his presiding over the proceedings of the House when it was debating the Bhandara rape incident in Maharashtra. ...
05:32 PM, Mar 01, 2013
The government on Friday turned down Opposition's demand in Rajya Sabha for a CBI probe into rape and murder of three Dalit minor girls, all below 11 years, in Maharashtra's Bhandara district, saying Centre does not intervene in state affairs. "This is a very serious issue and concerns the jurisdiction of Maharashtra government," Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said, adding the Centre did not intervene in state matters "be a...
03:38 PM, Mar 01, 2013
There was outrage in Parliament on Friday over the Bhandara rape and murder case as Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's written statement issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs mentioned the three victims' names. However, Shinde later withdrew the statement and said, "I have withdrawn the statement. Rajya Sabha Chairman has also withdrawn the statement. Have asked the secretary to conduct an enquiry into the matter." ...
02:37 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday expressed shock over Bhandara triple rape and murder case in the Rajya Sabha. The Union Minister also explained to the House that the police has been investigating the case after allegations levelled by the family of the three girls that the police is not taking interest in the case. ...
12:24 PM, Mar 01, 2013
More than 15 days since the tragic death of three minor sisters in the Bhandara rape and murder case, no arrests have been made yet. Members of the National Commission for Women (NCW) were at Bhandara on Thursday and met the victims' mother. ...
11:01 AM, Mar 01, 2013
What shocked the country a fortnight ago has now turned into a baffling jigsaw puzzle. Culprits behind the horrendous rape and murder of three school going sisters in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra are still at large, as a clueless police is struggling to make headway in the investigation. ...
08:50 AM, Mar 01, 2013
