Everything you need to know about Bokaro Thermal S.o.: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Bokaro Thermal S.o.: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Ranchi, May 22 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Wednesday ruled out any pre-poll tie-up in the state assembly and Lok Sabha polls in 2014.
Bokaro (Jharkhand), April 28 (ANI): A year-old white tiger cub has died mysteriously at the Jawaharlal Nehru Zoologocal Park here.
New Delhi, Apr. 25 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that there is a need to change the approach from 'acquiring technology' to 'development of technology' in order to achieve desired level of indigenization, and added that the aim should be to equip the Indian armed forces with state of art equipments to bring them at par with the world leaders.
Moscow, April 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology has started a research and development programme to develop new rail-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems, Deputy Defence Minister Yury Borisov said.
Ranchi, March 12 (IANS) Three women were crushed to death under a heap of coal while illegally extracting it from a mine in Jharkhand Tuesday, police said.
Raipur, March 11 (IANS) A Chhattisgarh lawmaker Monday accused public sector National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of dumping fly ash in state's Hasdeo river even as Industry Minister Rajesh Munat denied the charge.
Ranchi, March 2 (IANS) A Jharkhand legislator held a kangaroo court Saturday and punished a man after his wife's complaint over ill-treatment by her alcoholic husband.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) Wednesday approved the setting up of the 1,980 MW North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Plant in Jharkhand by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
Ranchi, Feb 20 (IANS) A two-day countrywide shutdown called by 11 trade unions Wednesday affected mining, banks and railway services in Jharkhand.
Ranchi, Jan 24 (IANS) A man allegedly killed his wife and then committed suicide in Jharkhand's Bokaro district, police said Thursday.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) India's largest power generator National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Monday reported a 21.89 percent rise in net profit at Rs.25.97 billion in the third quarter ended December 2012 as against Rs.21.30 billion in the same period last year.
Bokaro, Jan 21 (ANI): At least 11 CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) jawans were injured in a series of blasts triggered by the Maoists in Bokaro district of Jharkahnd last evening during a combing operation.
Ranchi, Jan 20 (IANS) Seven CRPF personnel were injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand's Bokaro district Sunday, police said.
Patna, Jan 2 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday sought the intervention of Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia for the allocation of coal linkages for thermal power projects in Bihar.
Bokaro, Dec 16 (ANI): Internal rivalry between Maoist insurgents in Jharkhand led them to blow up portions of the under-construction house of a comrade currently in police custody on Saturday.
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Some people who had set up "political retail shops" were okay with India importing gas at high prices but not for exploring energy within the country, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday in an apparent dig at Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal.
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) State-run power major NTPC Sunday said it wants the proposed disinvestment in the company to go through before March 2013.
Bokaro (Jharkhand), Nov. 27 (ANI): Tired of the civic authorities' inability to counter the spread of dengue and malaria, residents of Jharkhand's Bokaro District have taken to worshipping an idol of a mosquito, and praying to it to show mercy.
Bokaro (Jharkhand), Nov.27 (ANI): A villager was killed in an encounter between police personnel and Maoist militants in Bokaro, Jharkhand, recently.
Bokaro, Nov 26 (IANS) The ward off dengue and malaria fever, people in Jharkhand's Bokaro district are offering prayers to the 'mosquito god' to seek a shield against the life?threatening mosquito?borne diseases.
Ranchi, Nov 26 (IANS) A man was killed Monday after he was caught in a crossfire between security forces and Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand's Bokaro district, police said.
Ranchi, Nov 7 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Wednesday repeated his demand for a change in leadership after the BJP-led Jharkhand government completes 28 months in power in January.
Ranchi, Nov 1 (IANS) Six women were killed and six others injured in two accidents in Jharkhand Thursday, police said.
Washington, October 14 (ANI): An international team of astronomers have discovered an intriguing spiral structure surrounding a pulsing red giant star, which they believe may offer a preview of how the sun will behave at the end of its life.
Beijing, Oct 11 (IANS) China's coal prices have fallen sharply this year, as a slowing economy has reduced industrial demand and coal supplies have continued to grow, an official said Thursday.
Washington, October 6 (ANI): A quick pit-stop at the gas station is enough to leave with a hole in your pocket.
Ranchi, Sep 25 (IANS) When Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived on a two-day visit to the state Tuesday afternoon, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was injured in clashes between supporters of the two parties, police said.
Ranchi, Sep 8 (IANS) Three people, including a woman, died in a fire that broke out in a hospital in Jharkhand's Bokaro district, police said Saturday.
Ranchi, Sept 3 (ANI): Violent clash broke out between activists of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) and police here on Monday, leaving at least one dead.
Ranchi, Sep 3 (IANS) One person was killed and several others, including policemen, were injured here Monday in a clash during a protest against land takeover, police sources said.
Ranchi, Sep 3 (IANS) In a dramatic event, an opposition legislator Monday tore up his kurta in the Jharkhand assembly to bring to the government's notice the plight of the industrially displaced people, prompting the speaker to adjourn the house.
Ranchi, Aug 28 (IANS) At least two mine officials, including a manager, were trapped in a coal mine in Jharkhand's Bokaro district Tuesday after water from a nearby mine gushed in, officials said. The body of one has been recovered while search is still on for the missing manager.
Ranchi, Aug 28 (IANS) An unspecified number of miners were trapped in a coal mine in Jharkhand's Bokaro district Tuesday after water from a nearby mine gushed in, officials said.
Bokaro (Jharkhand), Aug 25 (ANI): In a joint operation with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Jharkhand Police recovered huge cache of arms and ammunitions from a Maoist hideout here, and detained three rebels.
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) The country needs national leaders from science and engineering and not just politics, sports and cinema, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Saturday.
Chennai, Aug 4 (IANS) City based engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) company, BGR Energy Systems Ltd., targeting a revenue of Rs.3,750 crore this fiscal, is confident of beefing up its order book position when several tenders are set to be opened soon, said the company chairman here.
Ranchi, Aug 1 (IANS) Jharkhand is considering a request by steel major ArcelorMittal for renewal of its MoU to set up a 12 million tonne greenfield steel plant in the state, an official said here Wednesday
Ranchi, July 31 (IANS) Mining and railway services were hit hard in Jharkhand due to unprecedented tripping in the Eastern Grid Tuesday. Major mining companies - BCCL and CCL - have also halted coal production due to the power failure.
Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) State-run thermal power major NTPC Friday posted an increase of 20.4 percent at Rs.2,498.7 crore for the quarter ended June 30 against Rs.2,075.8 crore during the same period in the last financial year.
Sydney, July 17 (ANI): The US military is planning to fly a hypersonic plane that will travel 20 times the speed of sound by 2016.
Ranchi, July 6 (IANS) At least eight people from a marriage party were killed and more than 35 were injured in a bus accident in Jharkhand's Bokaro district, police said Friday.
Dhanbad, June 27 (ANI): Maoists attacked a police patrolling team in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, causing one death and critical injuries to twelve others.
Washington, June 19 (ANI): When restoring damaged and faded works of art, artists often employ lasers and other sophisticated imaging techniques to study intricate details, analyze pigments, and search for subtle defects not visible to the naked eye.
Ranchi, June 9 (IANS) A hijacked truck laden with explosives was recovered in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district Saturday afternoon, police said. Two people have been arrested.
Moscow, May 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian court has convicted an employee at a defence firm for passing on secrets about latest Russian weapons to a foreign intelligence service, and sentenced him to eight years in prison.
Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An employee at a Russian defence firm has been accused of passing secrets on the Bulava intercontinental missile to a foreign intelligence service.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Players like Parvinder Awana (Kings XI Punjab), Shahbaz Nadeem (Delhi Daredevils), Debabrata Das (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Mandeep Singh (Kings XI Punjab) have done reasonably well in domestic cricket, but their showing in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has made them stars overnight.
Bokaro, Apr 28 (ANI): Rekha Manjhi, wife of former top Maoist leader Varun Manjhi has urged the rebels to join the mainstream and derive benefits of central government's rehabilitation schemes.
Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): A US researcher has spotted lava flows on Mars that reveal coiling spiral patterns, which resemble snail or nautilus shells.
Washington, Apr 10 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a more efficient and a less expensive way of cooling electronic devices - especially devices that generate a lot of heat, like lasers and power devices.
Washington, March 14 (ANI): Holding a bottle of cold water to cool your palms could help you work out longer and stick with a physical activity program, say experts.
Washington, March 14 (ANI): Holding a bottle of cold water to cool your palms could help you work out longer and stick with a physical activity program, say experts.
Washington, Mar 2 (ANI): The world's oceans may be turning acidic faster today from human carbon emissions than they did during four major extinctions in the last 300 million years, when natural pulses of carbon sent global temperatures soaring, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Mar 2 (ANI): The world's oceans may be turning acidic faster today from human carbon emissions than they did during four major extinctions in the last 300 million years, when natural pulses of carbon sent global temperatures soaring, a new study has revealed.
Bokaro, Jan 18 (ANI): Police officials arrested two Maoists and seized explosives on Tuesday in Bokaro city of Jharkhand.
Bokaro, Jan 18 (ANI): Police officials arrested two Maoists and seized explosives on Tuesday in Bokaro city of Jharkhand.
Bokaro, Jan 12 (ANI): A train tragedy was averted in Jharkhand as railway personnel located a bomb planted by suspected Maoists from a railway track in Bokaro.
Ranchi, Jan 4 (ANI): Displacement, a major problem in Central Asia, has, over the "developing" years, spread its roots intensely in Indian sub-continent. It has been 64 long years that its central regions are bearing the brunt of land acquisition for development.
Ranchi, Dec 17 (ANI): Authorities in Ranchi zoo prohibited the visitors from going near the enclosures after bird flu alert was sounded in the state.
Washington, Oct 18 (ANI): A significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth has been released, thanks to NASA's Terra spacecraft.
Washington, Sept 12 (ANI): A newly made thermal imager amplifies the vision of the war fighter to a different spectrum, thereby giving the soldier a super vision.
Bokaro, Aug 28 (ANI): Security forces arrested a Maoist named Ram Kishen Kisku alias Udit Ji in Suarkatwa area near Jharkhand's Bokaro District on Sunday.
Washington, June 11 (ANI): Engineers at Oregon State University have developed a prototype of new technology that has the potential of addressing one of the leading problems in energy use around the world today - the waste of half or more of the energy produced by cars, factories and power plants.
London, June 6 (ANI): An international team of geologists has indicated that the rate of release of carbon into the atmosphere today is nearly 10 times as fast as during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), 55.9 million years ago, the best analog we can have for current global warming.
New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): A groundbreaking report on Concentrating Solar Power has concluded that India has sufficient land to allow solar power to make a major contribution to its energy mix.
Lohardaga, May 5 (ANI): Police officials arrested a suspected Maoist on Thursday who got injured during an ambush in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district recently.
Ranchi, May 3 (ANI): At least five security personnel were killed and over 31 others injured after Maoists struck in two different districts of Jharkhand on Tuesday.
Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): A team of scientists has analysed evidence from a prehistoric event and come to the conclusion that the Earth may be able to recover from rising carbon dioxide emissions faster than previously thought.
London, April 21 (ANI): The entire workers at Thermal Ceramics, an English company based in France, have gone on strike because their British boss can't speak the native tongue.
London, Mar 17 (ANI): Periods of intense global warming lasting tens of thousands of years occurred more frequently in the past than previously believed, according to a new study.
Washington, Mar 8 (ANI): A new study has found evidence that suggests that the key to locomotion in snails stems from the animal's complex muscle movements, and not from its mucus, as had been previously thought.
Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): NASA is conducting studies to examine whether beamed energy propulsion can be used for launching crafts in space.
Bokaro, Dec 22 (ANI): In a major breakthrough during anti Maoists operations, security forces arrested three top ultras in Jharkhand's Bokaro city.
Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): By the middle of next week, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, which entered orbit around Mars on Oct. 24, 2001, will have worked longer at Mars than any other spacecraft in history.
Washington, Nov 12 (ANI): Global warming may not have any adverse effect on the Tropical forests, as scientists have suggested that nearly 60 million years ago rainforests prospered at temperatures that were 3-5 degrees higher and at atmospheric carbon dioxide levels 2.5 times today's levels.
New Delhi, Oct 8 (ANI): U S based multinational energy company, Bergamo Acquisition Corp, today announced ambitious plans to set up mega solar thermal power plants in India.
Washington, Sep 24 (ANI): Using data from ESA's Venus Express spacecraft, a new animation has shown that the double eye of the giant vortex at Venus's South pole has disappeared.
Washington, Sept 21 (ANI): A study by Italian scientists has revealed that methane in the atmosphere of Mars lasts less than a year.
Bokaro, Aug 24 (ANI): A top Naxal leader surrendered before Jharkhand Police here on Monday.
Bokaro (Jharkhand), Aug 8 (ANI): Police in Jharkhand's Bokaro district arrested a top Maoist leader Narasimha Reddy on Sunday.
Washington, August 4 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa say that seawater from the Hawaiian Islands may be ideal for future ocean-based renewable energy plants.
Washington, July 24 (ANI): A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever.
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh), July 15 (ANI): Opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam District have demanded a judicial probe into an incident of police firing on protestors, who refused to vacate their lands for a proposed 2,000 MW Srikakulam Thermal Power Project.
Ranchi, July 13 (ANI): An area commander of a Maoist organization, Barun Majhi, alias Uttam, surrendered with huge amounts of arms and ammunition in Bokaro, Jharkhand.
New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): The Central Government on Wednesday signed 31 Product Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for 31 oil and gas blocks awarded to 23 companies in the eighth round of auction, under the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP).
Washington, June 19 (ANI): A group of 16 seventh-grade students have found a cave on Mars using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.
Washington, June 12 (ANI): Researchers and entrepreneurs in Slovenia and Serbia are developing a heat pump technology that would make ground-source heat a cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels-a feat that could cut CO2 emissions and improve energy security.
Ranchi, Apr 16 (ANI): School kids of Ranchi in Jharkhand are facing the brunt of heat as the mercury continues to rise.
Kolkata, Apr 15 (ANI): Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has said there are no Maoists in West Bengal.
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): Venus is alive - geologically speaking, say researchers. t was ESA's Venus Express that clearly indicated that Venus is geologically active.
New Delhi, Mar. 23 (ANI): In the wake of Maoists blowing up railway tracks during 48-hour shutdown call, Minister of State for Railway E. Ahamed on Tuesday urged all state governments to take necessary steps to avert such incidents.
Washington, March 22 (ANI): Infrared Thermal Detection System (ITDS) was found to be a fast and effective fever-screening tool in clinical settings during the H1N1 influenza pandemic.
Latehar (Jharkhand), Mar 18 (ANI): Maoist sympathisers in Jaharkhand's Latehar district have launched a protest against Operation Green Hunt, an operation launched by the Central Government against the rebels.
Washington, March 5 (ANI): New research indicates that flowing lava can carve or build paths very much like the riverbeds and canyons etched by water, which probably explains at least one of the meandering channels on the surface of Mars.
Washington, March 2 (ANI): An experiment has indicated that random thermal fluctuations in magnetic memory can be harnessed to reduce the energy required to store information, a development that could lead to computer memory that operates at significantly lower power than conventional devices.
Paris, Feb 2 (ANI): The intense public debate on how rapidly the Himalayan glaciers are retreating highlights the necessity for the constant monitoring of glaciers worldwide by satellites, with a ESA (European Space Agency) project creating inventory data for more than 1000 glaciers in Kashmir.
New Delhi, Dec 11(ANI): Hero Honda, country's leading motorcycle manufacturer, on Friday joined hands with the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 (OC CWG Delhi 2010) to be its official partner for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in the national capital.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the 2010 Commonwealth Games Organisers to be its official partner here on Thursday.
Ranchi, Dec 8 (ANI): Polling for the third phase of the five-phased Jharkhand assembly elections began amidst tight security on Tuesday morning.
Ranchi, Nov. 29 (ANI): Maoists in Jharkhand State have given a call for a 48-hour shutdown, as part of their poll boycott, ahead of the second phase of State Assembly polls due on December 2.
