T-rampage derails city train services
MMTS commuters found that the service was cancelled for the day, and thousands of long-distance passengers landed up in Secunderabad when they intended to go to Hyderabad on Monday. This was the outco
Surcharge to fuel power tariff hike
In a fresh shock, households reeling from the hike in fuel prices will have to fork out huge sums from October in the form of fuel surcharge adjustment (FSA). A hike of Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per month f
Consumers to get inflated power bills
The Central discom has not refunded Fuel Surcharge Adjustment charges collected in the month of July, despite a High Court order. Meanwhile, the final hearing for FSA claims for the year 2010-11 is to
Heavy fine for overdrawing power
The AP Electricity Regulatory Commission has announced an official load relief pattern for various categories of consumers for the period between September 12, 2012 to March 31, 2013. Moreover, indust
Gold may touch Rs 35K mark soon
The price of gold, which is on an unrelenting upward spiral, is expected to touch Rs 35,000 per 10 gm, market experts say, and the price is is expected to remain so till the end of the year. Gold is
Nightmare for passengers as ten trains cancelled
Ten trains running on the Kazipet-Vijayawada section were cancelled and 27 others diverted, leaving thousands of passengers stranded through most of Monday night. The trains had to be cancelled due to
Unlisted power cuts throw life out of gear
Despite the existing three-hour power cuts, many localities in the city are facing additional unscheduled cuts of three to four hours at a stretch. Citizens are angry at being deprived of basic ameni
Andhra Pradesh on top of road accidents list
The state continues to top the chart among all the other states in the country when it comes to road accidents.
Twenty per cent of these accidents are due to drunken driving, a smaller number of acci
15th generator-trip this year
The tripping of three power units at power generating stations that triggered a new round of power shortages is the 15th such tripping this year, indicate official sources. The delay in setting the pr
Power crunch: State imposes severe cuts
Short of nearly 70 million units, or a quarter of the required electricity, distribution companies imposed massive power cuts across the state even while supplying industries just half the quota that