Blaming the previous DMK regime for the power crisis faced by the state, electricity minister Natham R. Viswanathan claimed that the additional load-shedding was unavoidable in view of the strict regu

Northern states, including Delhi, could face power cuts as three hydro-power plants that together supply about 3,000 MW of electricity to the region have been shut down.

The 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri, 1

With limited scope for private participation in the transmission sector in the country, the country's largest private utility Tata Power is looking at overseas opportunities, a senior company official has said.

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

In light of the blackout that struck North India, were such an eventuality to occur in the southern states, the situation could be equally grim. The Southern Grid, which allows only 1,500 MW of power

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

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 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.

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

The worst power outage in country's history represents a 'wake up call' over the failure of the creaking electricity system to keep pace with the growth of Asia's third-largest economy, analysts said.