North India on Monday suffered its worst ever power failure in 10 years, triggered by a grid failure, paralysing normal life in eight states, including the national capital, for over 15 hours.

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Almost entire Delhi went without power for about eight hours on Monday due to the collapse of the Northern Grid, putting people to misery on a humid day when water distribution and Metro services were largely affected.

A three-member panel will look into the failure of the Northern Grid, which led to power outages throughout the region on Monday, and submit its report in 15 days, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said.

Tata Power has put on hold all new imported-coal based projects, its chief financial officer said, warning that it would be a challenge for the company to meet its target of a five-fold increase in ge

Power plants in the country continue to grapple with coal shortage as 19 stations suffered acute scarcity, with only four days of fuel stock, last week.

As per the Central Electricity Authority (CEA)

The coal ministry is likely to issue show-cause notices within a month to about 50 block holders asking them to either start production or face de-allocation, sources said.

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Alstom-Bharat Forge, the JV between French equipment maker Alstom and Bharat Forge that has bagged NTPC's mega order for steam turbines, is awaiting the state-owned power company's nod to start produc

NTPC has shut down one of its four 500 MW thermal power generation units at Kanhia in response to a closure notice by Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) following the power major's faulty fly ash management plan.

India's top power producer National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Tuesday posted 38 per cent increase in its net profit at Rs.2,781.84 crores for the quarter ended March 31 as against Rs.2,017.65 crores during the like period of the last fiscal.

Dec. 8: India’s largest power producer, NTPC, has earmarked a massive Rs 1,50,000 crore investment for sourcing equipment for its power projects in the next fiscal, the deliveries of which will be mad