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  24X7 power supply possible if pilferage, theft is checked: Akhilesh Yadav

  Politics | February 01, 2015 22:39 IST

  Farukkhabad: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today expressed angusih over incidents of power pilferage and said if people refrain from “katia” connections and pay their bills then round the clock power supply can be

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  Power crisis: Pakistan plunges into darkness

  World | January 25, 2015 9:59 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan faced a major power breakdown early Sunday and most of the cities including Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta witnessed a large blackout.The tripping of Guddo power plant in Sindh province transmission lines affected

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  Power crisis in UP deepens as cold wave peaks

  India | January 10, 2015 13:26 IST

  Lucknow: The power crisis in Uttar Pradesh deepened Saturday with a sharp increase in demand owing to the extreme cold weather conditions in most parts of the state.Officials said that load shedding was taking place

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  Telangana seeks Modi's intervention over share of power from Andhra

  Politics | October 25, 2014 7:07 IST

  Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has made an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and ensure that the state gets its due share of electricity from power plants in Andhra Pradesh."It's

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  Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu criticises Telangana's TRS government for power crisis

  Politics | October 22, 2014 21:05 IST

  Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said that he was ready for an open discussion about the prevailing power crisis in the new Telangana state even as he criticised the Telangana

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  UP CM Akhilesh Yadav gets feel of power crisis

  Politics | October 21, 2014 13:10 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his cabinet got a first hand experience of the grim power scenario in the state with the annexe, where the CM's office is located, plunging into darkness

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  Massive hike in UP Power tariffs

  India | October 01, 2014 20:47 IST

  Lucknow: Power crisis is a major issue in Uttar Pradesh. If this crisis was not enough, people of the state are in for another blow.State Electricity Regulatory Commission has decided to hike power tariff by

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  Delhi, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh to get 24-hr power: Goyal

  India | September 03, 2014 23:56 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh are all set to get 24-hour power supply like Gujarat, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today.“The programmes for provision of 24-hour power supply in the states of Delhi,

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  UP battles for power crisis-drought, Akhilesh flies off to Netherlands

  India | September 01, 2014 8:28 IST

  Lucknow: Amid an unprecedented power crisis and a drought in the state, a high-level delegation led by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav left for Netherlands Monday, a government spokesman informed.Accompanied by ministers and senior

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  Locals protest against severe power cut in Bijnor

  India | August 27, 2014 13:20 IST

  Bijnor: Police resorted baton charge on people protesting at National Highway 74 near Afzalgarh in Bijnor against unscheduled and long power outages in the city and nearby areas. The demonstration at the NH 74, which connects

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  Power crisis engulfs whole UP

  India | August 26, 2014 13:17 IST

  New Delhi: The power scenario in UP continues to be dismal as the erratic power supply and sudden power cuts in the state are vending the anger for UP Government and electricity board in common

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  Uttar Pradesh faces power crisis

  India | August 11, 2014 11:46 IST

  Lucknow:  Uttar Pradesh is facing power outages as two electricity generating units tripped Sunday, officials said Monday.The state is facing severe crisis, the gravest in the last few years, as generation from state-owned units has

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  Power crisis in Uttar Pradesh continues

  India | July 16, 2014 11:06 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh continued to face power outages on Wednesday due to technical glitches in some of the state's power plants, an official said.Major cities like Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency, Ghaziabad and

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  AAP seeks all-party meet on power crisis, price rise

  Politics | July 13, 2014 23:19 IST

  New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today demanded an all-party meeting to discuss issues like rising prices and the power crisis in Delhi.In a statement today, the party also demanded that Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb

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  BJP castigates JD(U) government over power crisis

  India | July 01, 2014 17:45 IST

  Patna: The Bihar assembly today witnessed noisy scenes after dismissal of adjournment motion of opposition BJP on deteriorating power condition in the state and refusal to hold special discussion on the topic.  The BJP members

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  Power woes: Kejriwal to seek appointment with PM

  India | June 11, 2014 11:04 IST

  New Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal will seek an appointment to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the power crisis which has gripped the national capital, a party leader said Wednesday."The senior party leaders

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  Power crisis may force closure of 25 percent small businesses

  June 09, 2014 7:31 IST

  New Delhi: Acute power shortages are likely to force over 25 percent micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in several states, mostly in north India, to close their businesses, according to industry lobby Assocham.The worst

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  Power crisis continues unabated in Uttar Pradesh

  Politics | June 05, 2014 12:55 IST

  Lucknow: The power scenario in Uttar Pradesh continues to be grim as capital city residents protested the erratic power supply and took to the streets to vent their anger.A junior engineer of Utretia power station

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  Delhi power crisis averted: Discoms clear dues to NTPC

  India | June 01, 2014 9:34 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi managed to escape massive power cuts from June 1 after the BSES discoms after they cleared NTPC's Rs 700-crore dues according to the Supreme Court's May 6 order. NTPC had been threatening to

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  Power crisis in UP: Goyal, Akhilesh spar; people sweat at 47°C

  India | May 30, 2014 22:54 IST

  Lucknow/New Delhi: Newly-appointed Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today sparred on the issue of acute power shortage in the state, which is reeling under long outages in