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.
The state is gettin
India needs strict controls to avoid blackouts: Power firm
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
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
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
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
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