Ignoring opposition protests and despite an unprecedented electricity shortage, Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday hiked the electricity tariff by about 15 per cent, imposing over Rs 6,000 crore burden on people. ...
02:10 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Political protests, indefinite hunger strikes and fierce debates in the state assembly, Andhra Pradesh's opposition parties have trained all their guns at the Chief Minister, accusing him of mismanaging the deepening power crisis in the state. Proving seven hours of free electricity to farmers and reducing tariff burden on consumers, however, remain their key demands. ...
01:02 PM, Mar 31, 2013
A solar 'megastorm', expected to hit Earth in the near future, could knock out the planet's communication satellites, cause power cuts and disrupt crucial navigation aids and aircraft avionics, experts have warned. The extreme space storm is caused by the Sun ejecting billions of tonnes of highly-energetic matter travelling at 1609344 kilometres per hour. ...
05:06 PM, Feb 07, 2013
The medical superintendent of the government hospital in Baramulla, in which two infants died on Friday evening due to power cut, along with three others have been suspended. Sources say criminal proceedings are likely. The families of the infants claim the babies died because of lack of oxygen supply during a two-hour power cut. ...
08:40 AM, Dec 18, 2012
In a case of shocking apathy, power failure in a Baramulla hospital killed two infants on ventilator support on Friday evening. The family says the hospital officials refused to turn on the generator during a two-hour power supply cut. ...
01:31 PM, Dec 16, 2012
The West Bengal assembly on Wednesday plunged into darkness when state Power Minister Manish Gupta was replying during the Question Hour. Congress member Asit Mitra asked about the progress of Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyut Yojana in the state when the lights went off as soon as Gupta stood up and started to answer. ...
03:42 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Chennai: A day after blaming the Centre for the acute power crisis in the State, Tamil Nadu on Saturday decided to move the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Union Government to reallocate power to be surrendered by Delhi government to it. A resolution to this effect was passed at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, an official release said. Jayalalithaa had on October 24 wrote...
02:37 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu has been battling power cuts for almost 12 hours every day. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has now sought the Centre's help. Despite the state meeting 13 per cent of power from wind projects in 2011, this year, their capacity has dropped to a mere 150 megawatts. Ramesh Kymal, Chairman, Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association, said, "Compared to more than 1,000 MW in 2011, we have done only 150...
09:39 AM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: Noted comedian Jaspal Bhatti died in a road accident near Jalandhar on October 25. He was going to Nakodar from Bhatinda to promote his forthcoming film 'Power Cut'. The accident happened near the Shahkot area of Jalandhar. Bhatti's car rammed into a roadside tree. Here is a photograph of the car that met with the accident. ...
05:45 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Chandigarh: Popular satirist and filmmaker Jaspal Bhatti, the man behind hit comedy shows like 'Ulta Pulta' and 'Flop Show', died in a road accident in the wee hours today after his car rammed into a tree. Bhatti's son Jasraj, who was driving the car and actress Surilie Gautam, the heroine of his upcoming film 'Power Cut' and film promoter Navneet Joshi were injured in the mishap, police said. The 57-year-old...
04:36 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Kudankulam: Tamil Nadu is one of the states suffering from unprecedented power cuts. So why has there been such an opposition by the villagers of Kudankulam to the nuclear power plant? Following are some of the pros and cons of the project: Pros: - It's a technologically proven design. - It has two reactors. When fully operational it will generate 2,000 MW of power. In the first phase, it will...
01:16 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Karimnagar: In the last 25 days, five powerloom weavers have committed suicide in Sircilla unable to clear debts.Sircilla has attained the dubious distinction of being the distress hotspot of the weaving industry.Whenever weavers lose employment, they resort to running up huge debts to eke out their livelihood and, when they were unable to repay, they resort to suicides.Now, the power cuts are adding to the crisis looming over Sircilla town....
08:43 AM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: Northern states, including New 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, 1,000 MW Karcham-Wangtoo and 300 MW Chamera II hydro-power projects have been shut temporarily due to high silt levels in water, sources said. Electricity generated in these three hydro-power plants is fed to Northern Grid,...
11:35 PM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: India's monsoon rains are now expected to be deficient in 2012, the weather office said on Thursday, signalling the first drought in three years as the El Nino weather pattern should reduce rains in the second half of the June to September season. The India Meteoroglogical Department (IMD) was updating its earlier forecast for a normal monsoon - with rains at 96 per cent of averages after a...
06:52 PM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi/Singapore: Diesel use in India temporarily spiked during two days of massive power cuts which left hundreds of millions of people without grid power, highlighting increasing clamour for the fuel to back up a rickety national grid. Hot weather across the country and a shortfall in annual monsoon rains had already pushed demand as the grid struggles to meet peak consumption. The government has had to halve prices for...
12:22 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Upset with the severe power cuts they witnessed on Monday and Tuesday, people say that though Sushil Kumar Shinde is no more the power minister, he is still answerable for the crisis. ...
03:32 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Bangalore: The traders at the APMC yard in Yeshwantpur have complained that indiscriminate power cuts are causing them a loss of Rs 6 to 8 crore a day. On Tuesday, there was no electricity supply 10 am to 3 pm affecting work across the yard as weighing scales and bridges. The bank branches had to function without power. This is not an isolated problem, but it happens everyday and it...
03:13 PM, Aug 01, 2012
People are unhappy with former power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde being promoted as the Union Home Minister. ...
03:01 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: While the Northern and Eastern India reeled under a second major power outage in two days, services at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi continued normally. No flights from the IGI Airport were delayed or cancelled. In a statement, the Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL) said that the power load was restored within few seconds of outage on Tuesday with the help of the airport's power...
02:40 PM, Jul 31, 2012
