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  Delhi's peak power demand expected to touch record high of 5,400 MW this winter season

  India | November 09, 2020 13:46 IST

  The peak power demand in Delhi is expected to touch a record high of 5,400 MW this winter season, discom officials said on Monday. The peak power demand of Delhi in the last winter season was 5,343 MW on January 1, 2020, they said.

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  Power supply to entire UP village cut off for not clearing dues

  India | November 03, 2019 16:10 IST

  All 300 consumers in the Jahanpura village, under the Kairana police station limits, have not cleared their electricity bills amounting to Rs 91.88 lakh despite reminders being issued to them, said Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation's Sub Divisional Officer Atul Yadav

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  Disconnect water, power for 27 ex MPs overstaying in official homes

  India | October 15, 2019 16:10 IST

  According to the rules, former MPs have to vacate their bungalows within one month of dissolution of the previous Lok Sabha.

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  Chhattisgarh villagers receive electricity bill without power supply

  India | September 21, 2019 13:50 IST

  On being asked, a villager said, people cook in the dark and children study under oil lamps in the village. 

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  Jharkhand CM directs officials to ensure uninterrupted power supply

  India | July 06, 2019 10:43 IST

  According to an official release on Friday, the Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said, work relating to electricity production, transmission line and sub-station is in progress so that the people of the state could get uninterrupted electricity in the coming days.

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  Government takes steps to ensure power supply in Srinagar and Jammu

  India | June 21, 2019 9:19 IST

  An official statement said today, "The establishment of SCADA/DMS is a major step towards realizing the vision of 24x7 Power Supply to all consumers in the twin cities.

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  After Bangladesh, Tripura supplying power to Nepal

  India | June 19, 2019 15:47 IST

    "We have been supplying 40 MW of electricity to Nepal since April. As Tripura has surplus electricity, we are exporting power to Nepal besides Bangladesh," Dev Varma, who also holds the power portfolio, told the media. 

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  Cyclone Vayu: Power supply disrupted in 560 Gujarat villages

  India | June 13, 2019 14:41 IST

  The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) chalked out an action plan well in advance in view of the cyclone threat, the state government-promoted company's in-charge managing director Shahmeena Husain told PTI. 

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  Yogi Adityanath govt orders 24-hour power supply at 100 prominent temples during 'Navratri'

  India | March 18, 2018 10:09 IST

  Power Minister Shrikant Sharma informed that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had also directed officials to make any necessary arrangements before the festival starts.

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  Saubhagya: PM Modi to launch 'power for all' scheme on September 25, says R K Singh

  Politics | September 23, 2017 15:14 IST

  The government has been working hard to electrify all villages in the country and wants to achieve 24X7 power for all by 2019.

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  UP: CM Adityanath orders uninterrupted power supply in villages

  Politics | April 28, 2017 14:02 IST

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  UP govt signs 'power' pact with Centre to ensure 24-hr supply

  News | April 15, 2017 12:50 IST

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  Villages in UP to get 18-hour electricity from today

  News | April 15, 2017 8:53 IST

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  Yogi’s 2nd cabinet meet: 24 hrs electricity in district HQs, relief for potato farmers

  Politics | April 11, 2017 17:03 IST

  Continuing his approach of speedy action and hard-hitting decisions, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will chair the second cabinet meet today.

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  In a first, India now a net exporter of power, says Power Ministry

  March 29, 2017 17:10 IST

  In a significant turn of events for a country known earlier for its crippling power situation and severe infrastructural woes, India has now become a net exporter of electricity for the first time during the

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  Delhi's power demand rises to 6044 MW, a new record

  India | May 19, 2016 19:52 IST

  Delhi's power demand today broke all previous records, breaching the 6,000 MW mark for the first time

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  50 million homes in India yet to access electricity: Piyush Goyal

  March 26, 2016 18:34 IST

  There are 50 million rural homes without access to electricity, union Minister Piyush Goyal said here on Friday.

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  Delhi government sanctions infrastructure projects to meet power demands

  India | July 05, 2015 23:07 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi government has sanctioned new infrastructure projects to strengthen transmission system and meet increasing power demands in the national capital. According to a senior government official, a number of 220 KV and 400

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  Kejriwal tasks departments with halving power rates

  Politics | February 16, 2015 23:28 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday tasked the finance and power departments with preparing proposals to halve power rates and provide free supply of water, up to 20,000 litres per month, to every

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  Uninterrupted power to farmers in next two years: Piyush Goyal

  Politics | November 15, 2014 14:44 IST

  Patna: Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that the Narendra Modi government has decided to provide "uninterrupted electricity through dedicated feeders to farmers" across the country in the next two years."We have begun