
New Delhi: Acute power crisis is threatening to cripple Tamil Nadu's leather exports. Hundreds of companies in Tamil Nadu's leather belt have been hit by power shortages, leading to as much as a 25 per cent increase in production costs. Enco Shoes is a medium sized leather unit in a state that is India's leader in leather exports. K Najmul Hasan, MD, Enco Shoes, says, "There are just about 50-60...

07:59 AM, Apr 18, 2012

New Delhi: This summer, get ready to face the heat. India is 21,000 MW short of electricity, which means long nights without power. The reason is that 25 power stations have just about four days of coal left to fuel the power plants and a little more than 30 stations have just 7 days of stock left. The Central Electricity Authority has warned that Delhi's Rajghat plant, Haryana's Mahatma Gandhi...

08:46 AM, Apr 16, 2012

Chennai: Taking a dig at the ruling AIADMK on the power front, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said the prevailing power scenario was a "good example" of the government's 'achievements.' "In the budget presented in August last, it was mentioned that power cuts would come down in phases in 2012, and there would be no power cut at all by August of this year," he said. Writing in his...

04:47 AM, Feb 09, 2012

Uri: After months of lull and calm, storm brewed again on the streets of Kashmir, this time over heavy power cuts. A young man was killed and three others wounded when the CISF fired at people protesting against the heavy load shedding in the state near Uri on Monday. The Omar government has now taken up the issue with the Home Ministry. However, the ongoing power crisis is central to...

03:24 PM, Jan 03, 2012

Kolkata: Unlike other parts of the country, West Bengal is suffering from an acute power shortage due to policies of the present Mamata Banerjee government. It is reported that Mamata isn't ready to take the unpopular measure of hiking power tariffs for areas covered by the state electricity board despite a steep rise in coal prices and the cost of purchasing power from other companies. It is also being alleged...

08:10 AM, Oct 20, 2011

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday said power cuts are 'inevitable' in the state as supply was down by 1026 MW owing to the ongoing Telangana agitation and floods in Orissa, but said power would be purchased from the open market to tide over the shortfall. "Power supply to Tamil Nadu has been hit due to the ongoing Telengana strike and Orissa floods. Power cuts are inevitable in...

02:23 PM, Oct 02, 2011

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10:37 AM, Jun 06, 2011

Coimbatore: It's India's textile capital but Coimbatoire, which has over 22, 00 spinning mills, is slowing down thanks to daily power cuts of over 7 hours. The production is down by over 40 per cent and many units on the verge of shut down. The production loss is about RS 55-60 crores per day and the industry is very badly affected since power constitutes to 40 per cent of our ...

10:04 AM, Jun 02, 2011

Coimbatore: It's India's textile capital but Coimbatoire, which has over 22, 00 spinning mills, is slowing down thanks to daily power cuts of over 7 hours. The production is down by over 40 per cent and many units on the verge of shut down. The production loss is about RS 55-60 crores per day and the industry is very badly affected since power constitutes to 40 per cent of our...

10:04 AM, Jun 02, 2011

Delhiites aren't just battling rising temperatures and an unprecedented heat wave but power cuts as well. ...

09:23 AM, Apr 26, 2010

The state government has said it will ask for power from the Centre ...

11:03 AM, Apr 18, 2010

Kashmir is facing almost nine hours of scheduled power cuts. ...

12:45 PM, Dec 07, 2009

Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi is powerless and protesting in anger. ...

12:41 AM, Jul 15, 2009

The power shortages show the reality of a grand city. ...

03:16 AM, Jun 30, 2009