Jayalalithaa writes to PM over Tamil Nadu power crisis

Drawing the Centre's attention to the acute power shortage in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday asked it to reallocate to her state over 1,700 MW proposed to be surrendered by......

13 dead, over 81,000 evacuated as Cyclone Gaja batters Tamil Nadu

Cyclone Gaja ripped through Nagapattinam early Friday uprooting trees and snapping power lines leaving a trail of destruction in coastal districts besides claiming 13 lives and flooding standing......

CM Jaya fulfils poll promises within minutes; orders free power, crop loan waiver

She also ordered increase in gold allocation for women beneficiaries and reducing the working hours of state-run liquor outlets. Minutes after she was sworn-in, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister......

Jaya's emissaries to meet PM to seek more power

A delegation of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MPs will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to seek more supply of electricity for Tamil Nadu from the central pool. During the......

India staring at power crisis ahead of festive season

An energy crisis is looming in some states, including Delhi and Punjab, due to a combination of factors such as excess rainfall hitting coal movement and imported coal-based power plants generating......

9 applications for 36 coal blocks from PSUs like NTPC, SAIL

The Coal Ministry on Monday received a total 69 applications from various PSUs like NTPC, SAIL, Nalco and NLC for allocation of 36 coal blocks, which would be given to state-run companies only. The......

SEBs resist unbundling of ops

Eight states will be knocking at the doors of the power ministry this month to seek more time to unbundle their State Electricity Boards into separate transmission, generation and distribution......

Markets end flat; DLF plunges 28% to record low

Benchmark share indices ended marginally lower after realty major DLF plunged 28%, recording its highest single-day after market regulator Sebi barred real estate major and six of its top......

Moushumi Chatterjee: I was always a superstar

'I have been dropped from many movies. I did not want to compromise my self-respect.' 'I was born in a house with all the facilities. I had a car and servants. I got married into a family that......