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Everything you need to know about Sector 5 Bhilai: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more

Everything you need to know about Sector 5 Bhilai: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more

ADB to invest $30 mn in NSL's hydropower project

May 1, 2013 at 5:40 PM

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Wednesday announced $30 million equity investment in a hydropower project developed by Hyderabad-based NSL Group.

Woman robbed of gold chain at gun point

April 20, 2013 at 2:04 PM

Noida, April 20 (IANS) A 51-year-old woman was robbed of her gold chain at gun point by two men on a motorcycle near her home here Saturday, the family said.

Youth killed in Delhi fire

March 23, 2013 at 5:14 PM

New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) A 22-year-old youth was killed and three others seriously injured early Saturday after a fire broke out inside a guesthouse here, an official said.

Gas leakage at Bhilai steel plant

March 13, 2013 at 11:02 PM

Raipur, March 13 (IANS) A gas leakage Wednesday afternoon at Bhilai Steel Plant's blast furnace number 5 triggered panic among dozens of employees who developed breathing problems, an official said. Three people fainted after inhaling the gas.

SAIL's Bhilai Plant registers growth

March 3, 2013 at 8:27 PM

Raipur, March 3 (IANS) Bhilai Steel Plant, the largest unit of the public sector Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), saw growth in its production in various categories in 11 months of the current fiscal (April 2012-February 2013) over the same period last year, a statement said Sunday.

BCCI suspends Praveen Kumar, issues show-cause notice

February 10, 2013 at 3:55 PM

Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Indian swing bowler Praveen Kumar was Sunday suspended and issued show-cause notice by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a reported bust-up with an opposition player during a Corporate Trophy game in Bhilai.

Bhilai Steel Plant registers 4.8 percent growth

February 6, 2013 at 8:27 PM

Raipur, Feb 6 (IANS) The Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh has registered a growth of 4.8 percent crude steel production for a 10-month period from April 2012 to January 2013.

Indian Army reiterates that Pakistan 'mutilated and beheaded two of its soldiers

January 12, 2013 at 6:49 PM

New Delhi, Jan.12 (ANI): The Indian Army on Saturday reiterated that two of its soldiers had been mutilated and beheaded by the Pakistan Army during an encounter in the Mendhar Sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

India lodges protest over ceasefire violation by Pak troops

January 9, 2013 at 1:21 PM

New Delhi, Jan. 9 (ANI): Pakistan's High Commissioner Salman Bashir met Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai here on Wednesday during which the latter lodged a protest against yesterday's attack in which Pakistani troops crossed over the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch District and killed two soldiers.

BJP describes ceasefire violation by Pakistan as 'unprovoked act of aggression'

January 9, 2013 at 11:45 AM

New Delhi, Jan. 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Arun Jaitley on Wednesday strongly condemned the incident of ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch District, describing the attack as a unprovoked act of aggression by Pakistan.

Armed Forces modernization planning session to be held in Secunderabad

December 12, 2012 at 2:16 PM

Hyderabad,Dec.12 ( ANI ): The College of Defence Management(CDM) and the Indian School of Business(ISB) are planning to jointly conduct Swavalamban III, a two-day annual seminar on 'Indigenisation Through Innovation In Defence Sector', on December 14 and 15 at CDM, Secunderabad.

Delhi fire brigade attend 250 calls on Diwali

November 14, 2012 at 11:46 AM

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) It was a busy Diwali night for Delhi's fire fighters who received and attended 250 calls from across the capital till early Wednesday morning. There was no major incident, an official said.

Delhi Police constable arrested for SSC paper leak

October 28, 2012 at 8:47 PM

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Three people, including a Delhi Police constable and a government school teacher, were arrested for their alleged role in leaking a Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examination paper here Sunday, police said.

One killed by friend over Rs.100

October 12, 2012 at 5:40 PM

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) A 45-year-old man was stabbed to death by his friend after a heated argument over Rs.100 here, police said Friday. The incident was reported Thursday around 10.30 p.m. in west Delhi's Rohini area.

Family of three found murdered in Delhi

September 21, 2012 at 9:39 PM

New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) A businessman, his wife and daughter were found murdered in their house in the capital early Friday, police said.

Retired woman income tax officer killed

September 12, 2012 at 9:30 PM

New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) A 70-year-old retired Income Tax officer was found killed inside her residence here Wednesday, said police adding that robbery seems to be the reason behind the incident.

Woman in rickshaw shot dead in Delhi

September 11, 2012 at 6:18 PM

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) A 31-year-old woman was shot dead Tuesday by two men on a motorcycle while she was going to drop her four-year-old son to school in a rickshaw, police said.

Jaiswal rules out immediate de-allocation of coal blocks

September 5, 2012 at 11:53 AM

New Delhi, Sep 5 (ANI): Refusing to respond to the opposition's demand for cancellation of mining licences to end the ongoing parliamentary impasse, Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said action would be taken on currently allocated coal blocks on the basis of deliberations of an inter-ministerial group (IMG).

CBI registers five separate cases against private coal firms

September 4, 2012 at 5:29 PM

New Delhi, Sep.4 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered five separate cases against certain private companies, their directors and unknown public servants on September 3.

Minor girl commits suicide with father's gun

August 22, 2012 at 5:52 PM

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) A 15-year-old committed suicide by shooting herself with her father's revolver at her residence here, police said Wednesday.

'Chain snatching, father's death shocked starved sisters'

June 16, 2012 at 11:54 PM

New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Two traumatised sisters rescued from in their house here were shocked by their father's death 10 years ago and a chain snatching incident involving one of them six years ago, a neighbour said Saturday.

Army man arrested in Gurgaon for woman's murder

May 25, 2012 at 7:48 PM

Gurgaon, May 25 (IANS) A soldier posted at army headquarters in Delhi was Friday arrested for murdering a pregnant woman here, police said.

75 mn youths to be unemployed in 2012: IlO

May 22, 2012 at 4:09 PM

Geneva, May 22 (IANS) Nearly 75 million youths across the world will stay unemployed in 2012, said a report released Tuesday by the International labour Organisation (IlO).

IIT-JEE results out, Faridabad boy tops

May 18, 2012 at 4:42 PM

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The results of the Joint Entrance Examination for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-JEE) 2012 were declared Friday.

BMW kills two, injures four

May 5, 2012 at 4:54 PM

Gurgaon, May 5 (IANS) In yet another incident involving a BMW, a speeding car rammmed into a vehicle Saturday here killing two people, including a woman, and critically injured four others, all of a family, police said.

Shiv Sena candidate in MCD polls attacked

April 12, 2012 at 2:43 PM

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A 25-year-old Shiv Sena candidate in Sunday's Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls was stabbed by two unidentified people Thursday, police said adding that he is out of danger.

Production at SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant dips

April 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM

Raipur, April 10 (IANS) Production at the public sector Bhilai Steel Plant dipped in the 2011-12 fiscal from the previous financial year, the management said Tuesday, blaming the aging coke oven batteries for the fall.

Avalanche traps about 135 Pakistani soldiers near Siachen Glacier

April 7, 2012 at 12:33 PM

Skardu (Pakistan), Apr.7 (ANI): An avalanche has reportedly buried about 135 Pakistani Army soldiers, including a colonel in the Gayari Sector near the Siachen Glacier.

Move away from coal to gas to achieve low carbon growth, says UK Minister

August 31, 2011 at 8:10 PM

New Delhi, Aug 31 (ANI): Britain's Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord David Howell, on Wednesday emphasized the need for moving away from coal to natural gas to achieve reduction in greenhouse emissions.

Germany's KfW, India's IREDA sign ?200 million agreement

March 8, 2011 at 8:23 PM

New Delhi, Mar 8 (ANI): To promote development of renewable energy in India, German Government-owned development bank KfW today signed a loan agreement worth ?200 million with the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA).

Praful Patel to hold interactive session with Public Sector Enterprises

March 7, 2011 at 9:15 PM

New Delhi, Mar 7 (ANI): Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel will hold the first ever ministerial level interactive session with a cross-section of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) here on March 9.

Union Budget eyes upon result oriented economic management system

February 28, 2011 at 2:43 PM

New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that the Union Budget is a transition towards a more transparent and result oriented economic management system in India.

Resilient economy reflected country's economic management: Mukherjee

January 10, 2011 at 4:30 PM

Kolkata, Jan 10 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the resilience shown by the Indian economy during the global crisis reflects a maturing of the economic management of the country and the growing competitiveness of enterprise.

Delhi Govt. nods for two PWD projects worth Rs 17.19 cr

November 11, 2010 at 1:26 PM

New Delhi, Nov 11 (ANI): The Delhi Government has approved two development projects of the Public Works Department (PWD) amounting to Rs 17.19 crore.

Prime Minister's Shram Awards for the year 2008 announced

August 14, 2010 at 10:39 PM

New Delhi, Aug.14 (ANI): The Government on Saturday announced the Prime Minister's Shram Awards for the year 2008.

ITBP provide food and water to 4000 victims in Leh

August 8, 2010 at 10:14 PM

New Delhi, Aug 8 (ANI): On third day of the Rescue and Relief Operation in Leh, about 1,000 Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel provided food and drinking water to over 4000 affected persons.

Suspected Maoists trigger blast on NH-221

July 5, 2010 at 8:14 PM

Bastar, July 5 (ANI): In yet another incident of creating fear in public mind, suspected Maoists triggered a blast on the National Highway (NH-221) on Sunday leading to disruption of vehicular traffic in Darbha region of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district.

Suspected Maoists trigger blast on NH-221

July 5, 2010 at 7:42 PM

Bastar, July 5 (ANI): In yet another incident of creating fear in public mind, suspected Maoists triggered a blast on the National Highway (NH-221) on Sunday leading to disruption of vehicular traffic in Darbha region of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district.

Labourers rescued from debris in Delhi

April 26, 2010 at 7:02 PM

New Delhi, Apr 26 (ANI): Rescue workers extracted labourers who got buried under the debris of a newly-constructed four-storey building in New Delhi on Sunday.

Five deer found dead in Chhattisgarh zoo

May 14, 2009 at 10:15 AM

Raipur, May 13 (IANS) Five deer have been found dead in Maitri Bagh zoo of Chhattisgarh, an official said Wednesday.

Three killed in four different accidents in Noida

April 24, 2009 at 10:00 PM

Noida, April 24 (IANS) Three people were killed and five injured in four separate accidents in Noida since Thursday night, police said Friday.

Raids reveal Chhattisgarh official is worth Rs. 10 crore

April 24, 2009 at 8:47 PM

Raipur, April 24 (IANS) Raids by the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) Friday on the premises of a sub-engineer with Chhattisgarh Rural Engineering Service revealed assets worth at least Rs.10 crore (Rs.100 million), including a small steel plant and a chemical factory, an official said.

Bangladesh to probe 1971 war crimes afresh

April 6, 2009 at 12:15 AM

Dhaka, April 5 (DPA) The Bangladesh government Sunday announced it would form a panel to investigate war crimes allegedly perpetrated by Pakistani occupation forces and their local agents 38 years ago.

Oz trade unions want Rudd Govt. to stop banking jobs going to India

March 14, 2009 at 2:33 PM

Melbourne, Mar 14 (ANI): Australian trade unions want Prime Minster Kevin Rudd to stop banking jobs going offshore, after his government rejected calls to have the deposit guarantee withdrawn from banks that move jobs out of Australia.

Talks fail to end oil sector strike

January 9, 2009 at 7:11 AM

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Talks between Petroleum Minister Murli Deora and representatives of the agitating employees of public sector oil companies ended late Thursday night without any positive result.

Deora holds talks with leaders of striking employees

January 9, 2009 at 7:11 AM

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Murli Deora held talks with leaders of the agitating employees of public sector oil companies late Thursday evening as petrol pumps across the nation began to run out of stocks on the second day of the strike.

DTC bus rams into Blueline in fog-bound Noida

January 6, 2009 at 9:33 PM

Noida, Jan 6 (IANS) A Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus rammed into a Blueline bus early Tuesday here, as dense fog continues wreaking havoc in the National Capital Region. No passenger was hurt.

BJP takes action against two Chhattisgarh MPs

January 6, 2009 at 7:46 PM

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday took disciplinary action against two of its Chhattisgarh MPs for 'anti-party activities'.

Bhilai Steel posts best-ever April-December performance

January 2, 2009 at 1:47 PM

Raipur, Jan 2 (IANS) Bhilai Steel Plant concluded April-December with the best-ever performance as its production touched 4.04 million tonnes (MT) of hot metal, 3.87 MT of crude steel and 3.31 MT of saleable steel, a company official said Friday.

Pak cancels leave of soldiers' amid growing tensions with India

December 26, 2008 at 3:03 PM

Islamabad, Dec 26 (ANI): In the wake of tension between Pakistan and India, the leaves of Pakistani soldiers have been cancelled.

Maoist threat to Bhilai steel plant officials?

December 19, 2008 at 3:35 PM

Raipur, Dec 19 (IANS) Panic has gripped the Bhilai Steel Plant - the flagship unit of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) - in Chhattisgarh after small posters were found inside its high-security compound threatening to kill its officials, it was announced Friday.

Maoist threat to SAIL officials at Bhilai plant?

December 19, 2008 at 3:33 PM

Raipur, Dec 19 (IANS) There was panic at Chhattisgarh's Bhilai Steel Plant - a flagship unit of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) - Friday after posters attributed to Maoists were found inside its high security compound, threatening to kill officials unless workers were given a better deal.

Voting to start early in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region

November 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM

Raipur, Nov 1 (IANS) Voting will start early in insurgency-hit Chhattisgarh's Bastar region that has witnessed about 1,100 killings since 2004 as the Election Commission is concerned about the safety of the polling teams, an official said Saturday.

AREVA awarded 35 million euros contract for Bhilai Steel Plant

October 22, 2008 at 3:49 PM

Noida, Oct 22 (ANI/Business Wire India): AREVA T andD India's Transmission and Distribution Division (T andD) has been awarded a contract worth 35 million euros with Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP)1, a flagship unit of the "Steel Authority of India Ltd" (SAIL), the largest steel manufacturer in India.

ADB to give financial assistance to Khadi reform programme

October 15, 2008 at 7:17 PM

New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Mahabir Prasad today announced that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sanctioned 150 million dollars grant to revatilse the Khadi Sector.

Bhilai Steel Plant posts impressive performance in first half

October 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Raipur, Oct 2 (IANS) India's largest steel plant, Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), has reported 8.6 percent production growth in hot metal, 7.8 percent in crude steel and 6 percent in saleable steel in the first half of the current fiscal compared to the corresponding period last fiscal.

Mystery shrouds Delhi woman journalist's murder

October 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A day after a 25-year-old woman journalist with a TV channel was found shot dead in her car near her south Delhi home, police were Wednesday still struggling to reconstruct the scene of crime and largely banking on forensic reports.

Petroleum Ministry to unveil public grievance redressal system today

October 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM

New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): The Oil Marketing Public Sector Undertakings (OMCs) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is set to unveil a massive public grievance redressal mechanism across the country from today for domestic LPG, petrol and diesel.

Bhilai Steel Plant posts impressive performance in first half

January 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Raipur, Oct 2 (IANS) India's largest steel plant, Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), has reported 8.6 percent production growth in hot metal, 7.8 percent in crude steel and 6 percent in saleable steel in the first half of the current fiscal compared to the corresponding period last fiscal.

Petroleum Ministry to unveil public grievance redressal system today

January 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): The Oil Marketing Public Sector Undertakings (OMCs) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is set to unveil a massive public grievance redressal mechanism across the country from today for domestic LPG, petrol and diesel.

Mystery shrouds Delhi woman journalist's murder

January 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A day after a 25-year-old woman journalist with a TV channel was found shot dead in her car near her south Delhi home, police were Wednesday still struggling to reconstruct the scene of crime and largely banking on forensic reports.

Financial sector reform in priority: Subbarao

September 10, 2008 at 1:01 AM

After taking charge of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as governor, Duvvuri Subbarao on Tuesday at his first press conference said that Financial Sector