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Vedanta Resources caught in web of allegationsTrading Markets (press release)In September last year an accident at an under construction power plant of Balco in Chattisgarh led to the death of over 50 workers and first information ...and more »
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411mania.comMisunderstood Masterpieces 02.02.10: Red Sonja411mania.comThen, the ghost gives Sonja the gift of super-strength . . . or she just works for BALCO. Elsewhere, some guy rides through the plains, slowly, ...
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> Knockout Nation: Mayweather-Mosley Is On! Haye-Ruiz, Hearns vs. Trinidad ...AllHipHopHowever, he admitted under oath he took the drugs after being required to give federal testimony in the BALCO labs trial. It's not Mayweather-Pacquiao, ...and more »
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CIOB International NewsChinese engineers jailed in India are denied bailCIOB International NewsDefence counsel Brijesh Kumar Shukla argued that the Chinese engineers could not be held responsible for the accident in any manner as SEPCO had entered ...
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Author: ERIC ARMITBoxeo MundialThe former Balco executive, who served four months for money laundering and supplying steroids to athletes such as Marion Jones and Barry Bonds, ...
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GJEPC clarifies stance on the Chinese diamond smuggling caseDiamond World Magazine... (in reference with the industrial accident last September at Balco's Korba unit, killing 41), the council will think of pulling out of the country. ...and more »
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Civic engineers summoned for misleading courtGaea Times (blog)... arrested in connection with the chimney collapse last year at the Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) power plant, in which 40 people were killed. ...and more »
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Feeble replacement for Pacquiao-MayweatherNew York PostShane Mosley has passed every urine test, like Pacquiao, yet has confessed to using the same BALCO specialties -- The Cream and The Clear -- that helped ...and more »
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RediffGems council may leave ChinaRediff... retaliatory action for the arrest of three Chinese engineers in India (in connection with the industrial accident last September at Balco's Korba unit, ...and more »
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'Rights of Indians will be protected'Times Now.tvThe Chinese engineers were employed by a Chinese company, Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation (SEPCO), under contract with BALCO. ...GJEPC contemplates pulling out of China's diamond cutting and polishing businessDiamond World Magazineall 207 news articles »
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...Company Ltd (Balco), which collapsed on Wednesday, Sep 23, in the heavy rain killing at least 20 labourers."It's a massive accident, we have more Be the first to comment this article. Please select the reason that best describes your complaint. Post is... ...
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OneIndia
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...Chinese engineers have been arrested for last year's accident at the Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (BALCO) plant in Chattisgarh's Korba district. Forty five people died in that accident. A gigantic chimney, 250 feet high, had collapsed in September at the...
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NDTV
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...construction of a 257-metre chimney to Gannon Dunkerley and Company Ltd (GDCL). Korba police had registered a case against Balco soon after the accident that created wide resentment in Chhattisgarh against the aluminium major. GDCL project manager Manoj Sharma...
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India eNews
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...however, spoke about the collapsed chimney and told reporters in Korba that lightening could be a possible reason for the accident. Since the state government had ordered a judicial probe into the matter, the Korba district administration took a strong note...
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Business Standard
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...interrogation of GDCL project manager Manoj Sharma for the past few days, we finally arrested him today (Wednesday) for the Balco mishap,' District Superintendent of Police (Korba) Ratanlal Dangi told IANS. Vedanta Resources Plc-controlled Bharat Aluminium...
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...Company Ltd (Balco), which collapsed on Wednesday, Sep 23, in the heavy rain killing at least 20 labourers."It's a massive accident, we have more Be the first to comment this article. Please select the reason that best describes your complaint. Post is... ...
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OneIndia
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...The administration in Korba is taking steps to ensure that executives of the Chinese firm involved in the accident at the Balco power plant stay on to assist in the probe. The investigation into the chimney collapse at the plant will begin in the next...
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Hindustan Times
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BALCO suffers d biggest crisis ever, an under-construction 200m-high chimney of 1200MW plant collapsed on 23rd Oct afternoon.
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...on the chimney collapse at its project in Korba, Chhattisgarh. The accident on Wednesday has so far claimed 18 lives, according to a Balco statement. Chinese power generation equipment maker Shandong Electric Power Construction Corp. (Sepco) was awarded the...
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...plant that was being built by construction company GDCL, for Balco. A statement from Balco said 18 people were killed in the accident, while 5 employees have been admitted to a hospital. The company said that the chimney had collapsed due to bad weather. ...
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Times of India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Balco-mishap-claims-18/articleshow/5053109.cms
L'ExpressInde: l'accident dans une centrale thermique pourrait avoir fait ...AFPMercredi, le directeur général de Balco, BK Srivastava, a évoqué la présence de "fortes pluies" et d'"éclairs" au moment de l'accident. ...Inde : un accident dans une centrale en construction aurait fait ...TSR.chAccident durant la constuction d'une centrale thermique en IndeMondial InfosInde: un accident dans une centrale électrique en construction ...nouvelobs.comBatiactu -Journal L'Alsace -AFPall 73 news articles »
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...the real truth. Claiming that BALCO was allowed to construct the chimney without the approval of the civic authorities, the Congress leaders accused the state government, district authorities and BALCO of being hand in glove which led to the accident....
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Accident dans une centrale thermique en Inde : au moins cent mortsOuest-France"Je m'attends à ce qu'il y ait plus de 100 morts", a déclaré Vinod Kumar Sharma, le secrétaire général du syndicat des travailleurs au sein du groupe Balco ...
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...tonnes a year, making Balco the world's largest producer of aluminium from a single location. Rains, lightning may have caused accident: Sterlite Sterlite Industries, a part of Vedanta Group, said 'excessive rains and lightning' may be a possible cause for...
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Rediff
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Sky NewsRain and lightning may have caused Balco accidentPress Trust of India... today said "excessive rains and lightning" may be a possible cause for the accident at Balco's under-construction power plant in Korba (Chhattisgarh), ...Balco Korba Chimney crash: Many feared trapped under debrisSamayLiveAccident at Power Plant Kills at Least 24Wall Street JournalMore than 100 feared dead in India chimney collapseAFPThe Associated Press -Hindustan Times -Reutersall 712 news articles »
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...tragedy, and asked the police to register an FIR against the Balco management for negligence. OneIndia News "It's a massive accident, we have retrieved 20 bodies so far, dozens are trapped, we are striving hard to pull out the survivors, if any, from the wreckage,"...
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... Sterlite Industries, a part of Vedanta Group, today said "excessive rains and lightning" may be a possible cause for the accident at Balco's under-construction power plant in Korba (Chhattisgarh), where at least 20 workers were killed. "A probable reason...
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India Today
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Dust storm blankets SydneyThe News InternationalThe 12 were killed when the chimney of the plant, being built by Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd (Balco), in Korba town in Chhattisgarh state, collapsed, ...and more »
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...construction at the time. According to initial reports, seventy more people are feared trapped inside the debris. "It's a massive accident that has claimed at least 15 lives. We have launched a rescue and relief operation to save about 50 workers and engineers...
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AFPAccident dans une centrale thermique en construction en Inde : 20 ...AFPIl y avait de fortes pluies et des éclairs quand l'accident s'est produit", a expliqué à l'AFP le directeur général de Balco, l'entreprise chargée des ...and more »
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...said. Korba lies 200 kilometres (124 miles) from Raipur. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said in a statement that "a judical probe has been ordered" into the accident. He said that a police case had been filed against Balco. ...
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France 24
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At least 15 dead in India power plant accidentReuters... construction of the chimney at Balco Nagar, several hours drive from Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh state. "It's a massive accident," Ratanlal Dangi, ...India chimney collapse 'kills 15'BBC NewsIndia power plant construction accident kills 12The Associated Press12 labourers killed as chimney caves in at BALCO plantPress Trust of IndiaMonsters and Critics.com -The Associated Press -The Associated Pressall 137 news articles »
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...engineers were engaged in the construction work at Balco Nagar area, some 250 km north of state capital Raipur. 'It's a massive accident that has claimed at least 15 lives. We have launched a rescue and relief operation to save about 50 workers and engineers...
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India eNews
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...police said. The disaster took place when about 100 workers and engineers were engaged in the construction work at Balco Nagar area, some 250 km north of state capital Raipur. “It’s a massive accident that has claimed at least 15 lives. We have launched a...
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Le Top 10 de la redactionLe 10 SportChampion d'Europe en 2002, sur 100 mètres, Dwain Chambers, contrôlé positif à la THG (Affaire Balco), est contraint de mettre sa carrière entre parenthèses ...
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AFPAthlétisme: mariage et opération chirurgicale pour Marc RaquilAFP... sont ses mollets qui ont "lâché" en avril et l'ont contraint à une saison blanche. L'an passé, il avait raté les JO de Pékin à cause d'un accident de moto.Raquil opéré aux molletsL'Equipe.frall 35 news articles »
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...will be watching. Thomas' case is the first related to the BALCO doping investigation to be brought before a jury. Thus it's no accident that among the spectators at a pretrial hearing earlier this year was an attorney for slugger Barry Bonds, who also is...
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...I feel a big relief, because all these years I said I didn't have anything to do with BALCO." Tzekos and the two athletes are still awaiting trial for perjury connected with the alleged Aug. 2004 motorcycle accident. It is now scheduled for June 2008....
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