Everything you need to know about Awalpur Cement Project So: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Awalpur Cement Project So: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Berger Paints has tied up with Bollywood's popular interior designer Sussanne Roshan to introduce 'design rooms theme' titled - Lewis Berger Design Stories.
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) A special court Monday issued summons to Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy in a disproportionate assets case involving YSR Congress party leader Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy.
Shimla, May 8 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government Wednesday issued show cause notice to four cement makers for delaying commissioning of five plants but gave permission to Reliance to set up a new unit, an official said here.
Beijing, April 22 (IANS) Chinese shares saw slight losses Monday, as Saturday's quake in southwest China's Sichuan province weighed on the markets.
Shillong, April 18 (IANS) The Meghalaya government Thursday promised to take action against cement companies violating forest conservations laws.
Shimla, April 4 (IANS) Cement companies operating their plants in Himachal Pradesh have been asked to lower their retail rates, state Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said Thursday.
Shimla, March 21 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Thursday said the government would try to convince the cement companies to reduce cement prices in retail.
Shimla, March 21 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh may extend the deadline for companies to start cement mega-plants in the state as they have failed to finish the job within the fixed time-frame, Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said here Thursday.
Washington, Mar. 18 (ANI): Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has said the GOP has an image problem, which led to its loss in the 2012 presidential bid.
Washington, March 6 (ANI): An extremely rare Y chromosome found in an African American pushes back the time of the most recent common ancestor for the Y chromosome lineage tree to 300,000 years ago.
Sydney, Feb 27 (ANI): Australian media along with former players like Shane Warne have jeered at India's spin-friendly pitches following their ignominious eight-wicket defeat in the first Test in Chennai.
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) and French nuclear energy company Areva S.A. have agreed to collaborate in research and development projects, a statement said Friday.
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) JK Lakshmi Cement Wednesday reported a 13 percent increase in turnover for October-December 2012 quarter at Rs.552.73 crore.
Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Vicat Group, an international cement manufacturer, will build a second unit at its greenfield cement plant in Gulbarga district of Karnataka with an investment of Rs.1,300 crore.
Agra, Jan 28 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma launched an eBiz portal at the CII Partnership Summit in Agra today.
New Delhi, Jan.22 (ANI): Mr. Rashid Meredov, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday.
Shillong, Dec 27 (IANS) Nine cement plants in Meghalaya are being run on forest land, report by a team appointed on Supreme Court's directions said here Thursday.
Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group who steps down Friday, also had the uncanny ability to know when to enter a new business and, more importantly, exiting an existing one. List of such deals:
Shimla, Dec 24 (IANS) Less than 24 hours before his swearing in Himachal Pradesh chief minister for the sixth time, Congress leader Virbhadra Singh got a major reprieve as a Shimla court acquitted him and his wife Pratibha Singh in a three-and-a-half-year-old corruption case.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) DCNS, the innovative European player in naval defence, is working on submarine-launched anti-aircraft missiles as well as counter-measures against torpedos, unmanned underwater vehicles and attack missiles.
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) City-based Ajaya Bagaria's team took the pole position again after round nine for Ruia Gold Cup in the 54th Winter National Bridge Championship here Monday.
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) India is constantly upgrading its submarine fleet with modern weapons and sensors, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Monday.
Bangalore, Dec 3 (IANS) Big ticket investments for which the Karnataka government signed agreements with various stakeholders during the Global Investors' Meet (GIM 2012) in June in this tech hub are yet to take-off, according to a progress report released Monday.
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Two cement units of the B.K. Birla Group of Companies were Wednesday awarded for adopting innovative safety measures which have helped in curbing injuries and casualties.
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Eight core industries logged a 5.1 percent growth in September, led by double-digit growth in coal and petroleum refinery products, government data showed Wednesday.
Los Angeles, Oct 31 (IANS) Singer Katy Perry is set to be honoured by an American suicide prevention organisation for her efforts championing gay rights.
Buenos Aires, Oct 26 (IANS/EFE) US automaker General Motors Co. plans to invest 2.13 billion pesos ($448 million) in the production of a new model in Argentina in 2015, the industry ministry said.
London, October 1 (ANI): A new study has warned that changes in ocean and climate systems could lead to smaller fish.
Toronto, Oct 1 (IANS) Warming oceans and climate may have an unexpected side effect - shrinking fish. Their body weight could decline by 14-20 percent in 50 years, says a Canadian study based on computer modelling of 600 ocean fish species.
Nagpur, Sep 17 (IANS) Reliance Infrastructure, a part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group, Monday entered the cement market, launching its "Reliance Cement" brand through subsidiary Reliance Cement Company.
London, August 10 (ANI): Sienna Miller and Kate Moss have teamed up with other fashionable stars to auction their footwear for charity.
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) Monday found 11 cement manufacturers and the Cement Manufacturers Association contravening the provisions of the Competition Act through monopolistic trade practices and imposed a penalty of Rs.397.51 crore on Shree Cement Ltd.
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Cement firm ACC said Thursday its net profit grew by 24.16 percent to Rs.417.93 crore in the quarter ended June 30 as compared to Rs.336.59 crore during the corresponding period of last year.
Chennai, July 24 (IANS) In a joint effort, Coca-Cola India and Jain Irrigation System plan to train around 50,000 mango farmers in ultra high density plantation (UHDP) techniques over the next five years, showcasing the 100 demo farms set up in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district.
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) A structural failure of a launching girder resulted in Thursday night's accident on the Eastern Freeway Project bridge near Wadala in Mumbai which killed one person and injured seven others, a top official said here Friday.
Washington, July 11 (IANS) If you're born to a father who's a strong and enduring community leader, you're far more likely to become a leader yourself due to a range of advantages accruing from your dad's position.
Washington, July 11 (ANI): New research has provided a glimpse into how our male ancestors may have jockeyed for power and passed it on to their male offsprings.
Panaji, July 6 (IANS) The severe monsoon of Goa will now not hold back over 200 children from poor families from attending school.
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Birla Corporation, a flagship company of the M.P. Birla Group, is mulling setting up its first overseas cement plant in Ethiopia, a top company official said here Thursday.
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Floor tile, bath and kitchen player H&R Johnson India, a division of Prism Cement Ltd, is all set to enter the Indian wellness industry by the end of July, a top company official said Friday.
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) Thursday imposed a hefty penalties amounting to over Rs.6,000 crore ($1.1 billion) on 11 cement companies including Ambuja Cements, ACC, Ultratech and India Cements, terming them guilty of forming a cartel and fixing prices.
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) Thursday imposed penalties amounting to over Rs.6,000 crore ($1.06 billion) on 11 cement companies including Ambuja Cements, ACC, Ultratech and India Cements, terming them guilty of forming a cartel and fixing prices.
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), June 13 (IANS) Nearly 3,000 farmers and fishermen Wednesday made an unsuccessful attempt to 'recapture' their farms and other lands, which have been acquired for the proposed 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) coming up here, police said.
Vedanta has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Bihar (Department of Education and Bihar Education Project Council,
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Growth in eight core industries fell to 2.2 percent in April as compared to 4.2 percent registered during the corresponding month of previous year, due to drop in the output of oil, gas, fertiliser and petroleum refinery products, official data showed Thursday.
Hyderabad, May 18 May (IANS) H&R Johnson (India), a division of Prism Cement limited, India's largest ceramic tile company, Friday announced the expansion of its manufacturing capacity by 55 percent at the Silica JV unit in Andhra Pradesh with an investment of Rs.225 crore.
Melbourne, May 18 (ANI): Next month, one of Australia's biggest wineries will be releasing a brew based entirely on what 3000 drinkers downed in May.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): ESA's Space Situational Awareness (SSA) programme is keeping an eye on space hazards, including disruptive space weather, debris objects in Earth orbit and asteroids that pass close enough to cause concern.
Srinagar, April 24 (IANS) For renowned Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan, the locale for her latest song sequence could just not be better. Srinagar's Tulip Garden Tuesday not only fascinated Khan, but also convinced her this was the ultimate shooting destination.
Washington, Apr 20 (ANI): NASA has recreated a breathtaking view of what it might have looked like from Moon's viewpoint back in 1968 when Apollo 8 astronauts captured the first photographs of the Earth rising over the Moon.
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Jaypee Cement has expanded its sponsorship support to three Indian hockey players - Sardara Singh, Sandeep Singh, and Shivendra Singh.
Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): Observations from two of European Space Agency's space telescopes have been combined to create a multi-wavelength view of violent events taking place within the giant galaxy Centaurus A.
Chennai, April 3 (IANS) In his mesmerising baritone, megastar Amitabh Bachchan set the stage alive at the opening ceremony of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a heartwarming poem written by lyricist Prasoon Joshi.
Washington, March 30 (IANS) An 18-year-old Indian American singer, whose parents hail from Kerala, could well emerge as America's new singing sensation after making the top 24 on NBC's reality singing show "The Voice"
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Growth in eight core industries, including electricity, coal, cement, steel and crude oil, rose by 6.8 percent in February against 0.5 percent in the previous month, raising hopes of a revival in the overall factory output, official data showed Thursday.
Bristol (England), Oct 4 (ANI): The 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to two American and one Australian pioneers of astrophysics for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae.
New Delhi, Aug 25(ANI): It was an evening when fans sitting in the comfort of their homes and offices enjoyed a live 'webcert' of New Delhi-based legendary rock band Parikrama.
New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today said the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network Systems (CCTNS) Project has been launched recently under it nearly 15,015 police stations and 7,000 higher offices including circles, districts, sub-divisions, state headquarters, etc. throughout the country have been proposed to be automated.
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Wednesday agreed to that discussions will continue on Siachen, Wullar Barrage/Tulbul Navigation Project and Sir Creek to find a mutually acceptable solution to these issues.
Washington, June 11 (ANI): Britain's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ed Balls, has denied reports that he had conspired to overthrow former Prime Minister Tony Blair as early as July 2005, saying that the allegations were 'complete and utter total balderdash'.
London, June 10 (ANI): Britain's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ed Balls, had conspired to overthrow former Prime Minister Tony Blair as early as July 2005.
New Delhi, Apr 27 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Dr. C.P. Joshi today emphasized the need to speed up the preconstruction activities such as land acquisition and utility shifting with a view to hasten the pace of construction of highways.
Mumbai, Nov 29 (ANI): The 9900-Mega Watt Nuclear Power Project of Jaitapur, a small port situated in Maharashtra Ratnagiri district received green nod by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh.
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): A scientist has developed a cement-like substance that could help with stormwater management while potentially keeping millions of plastic bottles out of landfills.
New York, Oct 22 (ANI): Actors Hugh Jackman and Gerard Butler have joined forces to fight poverty.
Srinagar, Oct. 19: Situation remained by and large normal and under control across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, except for a stone pelting incident in which a person was injured during police action.
Washington, Sep 24 (ANI): A new report has suggested that comic books may help in spreading awareness about testicular cancer and its symptoms amongst young men and their partners.
Washington, July 21 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Valencia (UV) have found that 34 percent of ultraviolet radiation filters through under beach umbrellas.
London, June 28 (ANI): Neelam Jhelum Hydroelectric Project is located near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Administered Kashmir. It aims to dig a tunnel and divert water of Neelam River from Nauseri, about 41 KM East of Muzaffarabad.
New Delhi, June 9 (ANI): Union Minister of Urban Development Jaipal Reddy on Wednesday said the Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) aims at long-term strategy to empower planners, decision makers and other professionals by building their capacity, in planning and implementation of Green Urban Transport Project.
Bangalore, June 4 (ANI): The ambitious Global Investors Meet-2010, which has been hosted to lure entrepreneurs in Karnataka, received an overwhelming response here on Thursday.
London, April 13 (ANI): With the increasing rise in the Earth's average temperature, scientists are hoping to tackle the problem of global warming by creating a new environmentally friendly cement using waste materials such as rice husks.
Sydney, Mar 15 (ANI): An Australian study has found that parents who delay their children's potty training until they are three or older could be doing them and environment serious harm.
New Delhi, Jan 20 (ANI): The Ministry of Labour and Employment will organise a conference of the State Labour Ministers here on Friday to discuss various labour related issues.
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Mark Frank from the University at Buffalo says behavioural science techniques could have averted Farouk Abdul Mutallab from getting on board Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas.
Chicago, Dec.10 (ANI): Alleged Mumbai terror attack conspirator David Coleman Headley lived in two worlds - using a fake name and a fake job to help a terrorist group in Pakistan plan the 2008 Mumbai attack and a potential attack against a Danish newspaper, the FBI says.
Chicago, Dec.10 (ANI): Alleged Mumbai terror attack conspirator David Coleman Headley lived in two worlds - using a fake name and a fake job to help a terrorist group in Pakistan plan the 2008 Mumbai attack and a potential attack against a Danish newspaper, the FBI says.
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): Casual sex does not cause emotional or psychological damage in young people, says a new study.
Washington, Oct 17 (ANI): Hugh Hefner is espousing a noble cause through his October 31 Halloween night.
Cochin, Oct 12 (ANI): Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge has stressed on the need to eliminate child labour, a social evil still widely prevalent in the country.
Washington, September 10 (ANI): A team of scientists has finally decoded the basic molecular structure of cement.
London, Aug. 26 (ANI): A London council has come under fire for describing Pakistani origin pupils who attend the borough's school as 'Pakis'.
Washington, July 28 (ANI): Researchers at Rutgers University in Newark and the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a highly accurate method to peer into the brain, which can help uncover a person's mental state and determine what sort of information is being processed before it reaches conscious awareness.
Adelaide/Perth, July 13 (ANI): Golfing enthusiasts from across the globe will soon be able to swing their clubs on an 1365-km-long golf course stretching across the Australian Outback.
Sydney, May 27 (IANS) Tens of millions of tonnes of fly ash, produced worldwide annually by coal fired power stations, could become a valuable source for fireproof concretes.
Washington, May 23 (IANS) Sperm whales have been caught on camera stealing cod off fishing gear.
Raipur, May 19 (IANS) A sacked security guard of Lafarge Cement was arrested near here for stabbing the unit vice president for removing him from his job, police said Tuesday.
Bangalore, May 14 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor D. Subbarao Thursday said some sectors of the economy were showing signs of recovery even as the pace of decline in certain areas has started to moderate.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Heard of businesses making profits by consciously selling at a loss? That's what lighting firms hope to do in India: Sell energy saving lamps at 27 percent of the cost but still make money by selling valuable carbon credits in the global markets.
New Delhi, Apr 27 (ANI): After keeping in view the reported human cases of Swine Influenza A (HINI) caused by a re-assorted Swine flue virus, the Government has instituted a series of preventive actions that include surveillance at Ports and International Airports.
Washington, April 23 (IANS) A self-healing concrete has been developed by researchers for safer and more durable structures.
Mumbai, Apr 8 (ANI): Bollywood actor and owner of Rajasthan Royals Shilpa Shetty unveiled new cricket gear for her team here last evening.
New Delhi, Apr 2 (ANI): The rate of inflation for the week ended March 21 rose marginally to 0.31 percent, from 0.27 percent a week earlier, government data showed on Thursday.
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the country's leading engineering and construction conglomerate, Wednesday said it has bagged a Rs.1,245 crore (Rs.12.45 billion) contract for the construction of dams as part of the 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I hydroelectric Project in Bhutan.
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) International charity Save the Children Tuesday said an extra 10 million children are now malnourished because of the global rise in food prices and asked the G20 leaders to keep them in mind while taking decisions.
Bhubaneswar, March 29 (IANS) Maoist rebels killed a village leader and blew up three forest offices in two separate incidents in Orissa early Sunday, police said.
The current global economic crisis could be proved beneficial for India and Africa, as it is a concrete opportunity for the both to step up their partnership to a new level
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Cement manufacturer Binani Cement is in the last stage of finalising a deal with an Indonesian coal block for long-term mining rights, a top official said here Thursday.
La Paz (Bolivia), March 11 (EFE) Global warming has melted the snow on Bolivia's Chacaltaya, a peak 5,395 metres above sea-level that was once home to the world's highest ski slope.
Jerusalem, Feb 24 (ANI): Former James Bond star Roger Moore will donate his fee from an appearance at the fourth International Eilat Chamber Music Festival to help fight AIDS in Africa.
