Chennai: India's atomic power plant operator, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has shifted the commissioning of the first 1,000 MW unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) to June 2013.
According to NPCIL's website, the first unit, whose physical progress is at 99.66 per cent, will be commissioned next month, not in May as earlier announced.
Soon after the Supreme Court gave its nod to the project May 6, NPCIL officials were confident of getting the necessary regulatory clearances from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and commissioning the plant by the end of this month.
The NPCIL is setting up the project in Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district around 650 km from Chennai, with two Russian-made reactors of generating capacity 1,000-MW each....
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10:57 PM, May 14, 2013
Mumbai: A petition has been filed by a journalist in Bombay High Court alleging gross abuse of position by the Chairman of Press Council of India Markandey Katju and pleaded that the relevant law be amended to allow removal of a PCI chief. The Ministry of Law and Justice, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Union Government and Press Council of India through its Secretary have been made respondents in the...
09:53 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Hyderabad: Justifying his decision to appoint a panel on fixing minimum qualification for journalists, Press Council Chairman Markandey Katju on Friday said the aim was not to "muzzle" the media but to improve the standards as there are a lot of "mediocre" professionals in the field. "There are a lot of mediocre journalists these days and the quality of journalism has fallen. So we have constituted a committee headed by...
04:53 PM, Apr 05, 2013
PCI Chairman Markandey Katju has trashed the "sons-of-the-soil" theory, saying people propagating such concept should be ostracised. "What is this sons-of-the-soil theory of some of the political leaders here (in Maharashtra)? Who do they think are the original inhabitants of this land? Even the Marathis are from outside. Their theory of only Marathi people being sons of (the) soil is completely anti-national and clearly violates constitutional provisions," he said. ...
01:57 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Thursday said that he would seek pardon for both actor Sanjay Dutt and 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Zaibunisa. But senior Supreme Court Advocate Sanjay Hegde is of the opinion that Zaibunisa is a more appropriate person to ask for clemency than Sanjay Dutt because of her old age and recent surgery. ...
07:10 PM, Mar 28, 2013
New Delhi: The crisis within the UPA seems to be taking new turns each day. With Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav threatening to withdraw support, the government is now looking for new allies. Its best option is JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who has been demanding special status for Bihar. Sources say the government is also willing to give Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief...
07:47 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Following the upholding of the sentencing of film star Sanjay Dutt to five years imprisonment by the Supreme Court in 1993 Mumbai blasts case, Press Council of India chief Justice Markandey Katju has appealed to Maharashtra Governor K Sankarnarayanan to pardon the actor. In a statement issued in New Delhi, Katju sought pardon for Dutt under Article 161 of the Constitution saying that he had not been found guilty of...
09:53 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The BJP on Monday attacked Press Council of India chief Markandey Katju for writing an article in a Pakistan daily against the Gujarat government and alleged that he was engaging in political activity while occupying a quasi-judicial post. ...
02:39 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday slammed Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju for his 'unsubstantiated' remarks on curbs on press freedom in the state and trashed the PCI fact finding report. ...
03:37 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Negotiations about the sale of two French nuclear reactors to India are at an advanced stage and Indian authorities are keen to start using French nuclear technology, reactor builder Areva said on Wednesday. ...
03:05 AM, Jan 17, 2013
New Delhi: The News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) on Friday took up Jindal Steel's complaint against Zee News. Jindal Steel had filed an extortion case against the television news channel with the Press Council of India. However, in a press release, NBSA said, "The complaint filed by Jindal Steel Ltd regarding telecast of news with regard to allocation of coal blocks and other issues on Zee News, Zee Business and...
09:45 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Chennai: The Madras High Court is expected to deliver its verdict on a PIL seeking fresh environment clearance before the Kudankulam Nuclear plant is commissioned. The PIL has sought that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited get a fresh environment clearance for the project. The petition has also sought a stay on the installation of two 1,000 MW Russian reactors. ...
09:18 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Chennai: The controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) is likely to be commissioned on Saturday. Locals have been protesting against the establishment of the plant. Activist Aruna Roy had also written a letter to UPA chief Sonia Gandhi demanding a halt in the plant's installation. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa earlier requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allot all the power (2,000 mw) to be generated at the plant...
09:13 AM, Aug 25, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has reiterated her demand for the entire power generated by the first unit of two 1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) for the state. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the chief minister cited the imminent loading of the fuel in the first reactor. "May I take this opportunity to remind you of my earlier request and expect a quick...
02:10 PM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Kundankulam nuclear reactor would be fuelled by mid-August, according to a report. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is hopeful of soon getting clearance from the sectoral regulator to fuel the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), a senior official said. "We had two detailed meetings with Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) Friday and Saturday. We hope to get a positive response from AERB...
06:28 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: Ending a dry spell of 32 years without an Olympic medal is a task that Bharat Chetri and his team will have to endure at the London Games. While the enormity of the job is not unknown, India somehow have managed to string together a team of 16 men who seem capable to improve dramatically if not turn the tide into a medal. Skipper Chetri is not unaware...
05:58 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Mumbai: There was no accident at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) as has been made out in some quarters, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) asserted on Tuesday. N. Nagaich, Executive Director (Corporate Planning & Communications), said in a statement that some miscreants have been spreading rumours through SMSs of an accident having taken place at the plant. The messages said that a boiler burst at the...
04:49 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The two earthquakes that jolted Maharashtra on Saturday had no impact on nuclear power plants in the state, India's nuclear operator said. "No effect was felt at any of the nuclear power plants and all the reactors continue to operate normally," S Krishnamurthy, Executive Director (Operations) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said. The NPCIL operates four nuclear power plants at Tarapur in Thane district of...
06:47 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Chennai: India will have at least 60 nuclear reactors by 2035, SK Jain, Chairman & Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), said in Chennai on Saturday. He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of his visit to the city to address a one-day awareness programme on Atomic Energy at Sathyabama University. Jain said that the country has mastered nuclear energy, which can be tapped further...
08:08 AM, Apr 02, 2012
Chennai: India is looking to localise up to 45 per cent of work in the third and fourth units of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant after working closely with Russian experts in the first two units, a senior official said on Tuesday. "It is a repeat of Kudankulam 1 and 2. What is required this time is that how much work we can do in India. So where do you partition...
03:46 AM, Mar 28, 2012
