The Maharashtra opener's unbeaten 117 helped his team post a solid 255 for one on the first day of the Ranji Trophy match against Rajasthan.
Facing an acute power crisis in the state, Maharashtra government said on Monday a non-conventional power project, using tidal waves to generate 15 to 20 kilowatt of electricity, will become operational from next month.
The Maharashtra government is heavily banking upon Dabhol power plant to start functioning at its full capacity of 2,150 Mw to help the state tackle the 5,000 Mw shortage during peak summer season.
The plucking of dussehri, which will hit the shelves next week at 50% premium, started late this season, because of poor crop and adverse weather conditions, including hailstorms, in the orchards of Malihabad.
Preparations are on in full swing by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited to receive the plants and all them will most likely be of the European Pressurised Water Reactor type, a third generation design.
The plant will start functioning to its fullest by the end of January 2008, after delay of one-month from previous schedule.
Maharashtra government has agreed to buy electricity from the Dabhol power project at Rs 5.01 per unit and the plant is likely to be re-started by the middle of next month.
The beleaguered Dabhol power project has hit a fresh roadblock with Punj Lloyd and its British partner Whessoe, the contractors for completing the LNG terminal, threatening legal action against Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd for default on payments.
The 2,140-Mw Dabhol power plant, operated by Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd, continues to remain idle even though the Supreme Court has vacated the stay by the Gujarat high court on pooling of gas prices.
Sulking Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane, who was pitching for a leadership change ahead of the state assembly elections, on Monday resigned from the government.
The Empowered Group of Ministers on Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd on Wednesday decided to pool the price of gas for Dabhol
The laying of gas pipeline to feed the 2,150-Mw Dabhol power plant owned by Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Ltd has been delayed again.
'When there is a change in the wind speed or the stress exerted on the surface, it will change the ocean currents.'
In a tweet, Modi said India is 'delighted to welcome' the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
Government told the Rajya Sabha on Monday there was no proposal to sell the Dabhol power plant.
The Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd is likely to get gas for power production by June-end, GAIL (India) chairman UB Choubey said.
Maharashtra will get some respite from its power crises next week
The proposal to hive off the LNG terminal at the revived Dabhol power plant in Maharashtra is likely to be scrapped, with promoters and financiers agreeing to pump in Rs 24 billion to restart construction work at the plant.
GAIL India's ambitious pipeline project - Dahej Uran Pipeline project - has been delayed beyond its set deadline of March 31, 2007
The beleaguered Dabhol power plant is unlikely to be restarted this month as was earlier expected
Uddhav earlier addressed a rally in Vengurla, where he began campaigning for the ensuing zilla parishad and panchayat samiti polls in Maharashtra.
The government is considering selling Dabhol Power Plant's LNG terminal after hiving it off from the electricity generating unit, due to delays in completion of unfinished part of the terminal and huge cost-overruns, a power ministry official said.
Maharashtra beat Rajasthan by an innings and 250 runs to claim five points from the Ranji Trophy tie.
They claimed four wickets of Rajasthan for a paltry 42 after having declared their first innings at a score of 527-5.
Reliance Energy plans to build two new power plants in Maharashtra, near the coastal town of Shahpur in Ratnagiri.
The Power Ministry on Monday said it is against hiving off the LNG terminal from the Dabhol power plant.
Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd, the new owner of Dabhol power plant, will restart generation in October after a three-month gap, but the cost of power will jump to about Rs 6.25 per unit from Rs 4.25 earlier.
Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd, the new owner of the Dabhol power project,
With Modi's international image seriously damaged -- perhaps, irrecoverably -- and Indian foreign policy finding itself in drift, we move on to the New Year in a depressing scenario, points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Heavy rains continue in Maharashtra, Mumbai remains cut off
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