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Service charges may be added to power bill

Just four months after a steep hike in electricity charges, consumers may have to shell out more as the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) Ltd proposes to hike the charges l

Farmers may get dedicated power supply

Amidst sever drought conditions stated to be prevailing in few states, the Centre is mulling to designate farming as an essential services on the lines of Railways and Metro networks so that it can ge

US varsity fraud hits 400 from AP

In a repeat of the Tri-Valley University visa scam last year, the US Federal authorities on Friday raided Herguan University in Sunnyvale in the United States and charged its CEO Jerry Wang with visa

400 MW loss: Centre takes gas out of AP

The Centre has decided to divert some more Reliance gas from the state to Ratnagiri Gas and Power, a private plant in Maharashtra, further deepening the power crisis in the state.

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India needs strict controls to avoid blackouts: Power firm

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India needs a more cohesive energy policy and stringent grid management to avoid a recurrence of the power outages that hit hundreds of millions of people this week, the chief executive of Reliance In

Tangedco pulled up for inaction

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (Tangedco) to investigate the reasons for the delay in replacing defective

Blackouts shine light on broken power sector

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As India's power minister stood up to address parliament one day last May, the chamber was plunged into darkness and a roar of laughter went up.

Rolling power cuts are part of daily life in India, wh

Power paralysis cripples North India

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In an event with no parallel, half the country was gridlocked and faced a blackout Tuesday afternoon as the Northern, Eastern and Northeastern Grids, which carry about 50,000 MW of electricity, tripp

Power fully restored to northern grids: Official

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Power has been fully restored to three electricity grids which had failed in India, causing a blackout affecting more than 600 million people, a senior official told agencies on Wednesday.

Don't want to start with blame-game: Moily

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The newly-appointed Power Minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday refrained from blaming states for over-drawing electricity that may have led to the collapse of the three grids on Tuesday and said he wi

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