No closure threat to Kahalgaon plant in Bihar: NTPC

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 21:27

State-run NTPC Tuesday said its Kahalgaon power station does not face any threat of closure after 2017 in view of delay in building a new lagoon for dumping waste ash slurry.

A K Jha to take additional charge of NTPC CMD post

Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015, 22:51

After refusing extension to Arup Roy Choudhury as Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC, the government Monday gave additional charge of this post to the state-run power major's Director (Technical) A K Jha for three months from September 1.

No extension for NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury; to retire today

Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015, 02:36

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) chief Arup Roy Choudhury will retire from his services on Monday, after he was denied an extension by the government.

No extension for NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury; to retire Monday

Last Updated: Sunday, August 30, 2015, 18:14

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) chief Arup Roy Choudhury will retire from his services Monday, after he was denied an extension by the government.

NTPC sets a record in single-day power generation

Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015, 13:53

State-owned NTPC Ltd, India's largest power generator, has achieved a record highest single-day electricity generation of 733.12 million units.

Don't distort tariff, pay aid directly to poor: NTPC to states

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 16:08

Issuing bonds and writing off debt will not help power distribution firms, and states should use technology to provide direct subsidy to weaker sections without affecting tariff, NTPC Chairman Arup Roy Choudhury said today.

NTPC tax-free bonds oversubscribed 7.25 times

Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 15:44

State-owned NTPC on Thursday said its tax-free bonds have been oversubscribed 7.25 times.

NTPC Q1 profit down 3% to Rs 2,135 cr

Last Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015, 16:04

Its net profit for the April-June quarter of last fiscal was Rs 2,201.20 crore, the NTPC Ltd said in a statement to Bombay Stock Exchange today.

Stable stocks to give divestment programme a big lift

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 13:06

The Cabinet approved sale of 5 percent stakes in ONGC, BHEL and NTPC as well as 10 percent each in IOC, NALCO and NMDC.

NTPC commissions 1st 250 mw unit of much, delayed Assam project

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 17:38

"The entire 750 MW project will be completed by 2016. It got delayed due to various social disturbances, law and order issues and extreme weather conditions," the official said, adding it was scheduled to complete by 2012.

BHEL commissions 250 MW unit of NTPC's Bongaigaon power plant

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 15:44

State-run equipment maker BHEL on Tuesday said that it has commissioned a 250 MW unit of NTPC's Bongaigaon thermal power plant in Kokrajhar district in Assam.

Green panel defers clearance to NTPC's plant in MP

Last Updated: Friday, June 19, 2015, 20:50

After detailed deliberations, the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) opined that the mandatory firm coal linkage is not available for the project as the environment clearance and forest clearance for the coal block are not available.