Power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Sunday said it has been granted Maharatna status by the government.

State-run BHEL on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 500 crore for setting up a manufacturing facility at Bhandara in Maharashtra.

The ceiling of Kasturba Gandhi Hospital in Bhopal collapsed on Friday evening. At least 35 people are feared to be trapped under the debris. Most of them are patients admitted at the hospital.

State run-Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on Saturday bagged a Rs 4,051 crore power project contract from Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd. (OPGC), an official said in Bhubaneswar.

State-run BHEL on Thursday said it has tied up with Japan-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which would enable the power equipment maker to receive environment- friendly technology for its manufacturing units.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), which crossed its previous year’s turnover, posted the highest ever turnover of Rs 4,237 crore and registered a growth of 31 per cent in its profit in the financial year 2010-11.

The Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has recorded a turnover of Rs 49,301 crore during the 2011-12 fiscal, a top official said.

Disinvestment in Bhel will not happen in this financial year due to the "terrible scenario" in the power sector, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Praful Patel said.

The government on Friday granted Maharatna status to BHEL and GAIL, a development which will provide them greater financial and functional autonomy and also ensure better valuation for shares of the two PSUs.

State-run BHEL on Tuesday said it has bagged a Rs 2,854 crore contract for setting up a 1,980 MW thermal power project in Bihar.