BEWARE! High nitrate levels found in groundwater in 440 districts

High nitrate levels have been found in groundwater of 440 districts across India, with 20 per cent of the samples collected exceeding the permissible nitrate concentration, the Central Ground Water......

SC notices to Bihar govt, EC on MLAs' power bills

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the Bihar government, the Election Commission and the Bihar State Electricity Board on a PIL challenging BSEB's decision to waive surcharge on......

Bihar plunges into darkness for hour and half

Darkness prevailed for over an hour and a half in entire Bihar on Saturday night as the Super Grid of the Bihar State Electricity Board, situated at Biharshariff in Nalanda district suddenly......

Bihar CM does not pay for electricity

Chief Minister Rabri Devi's official residence is in danger of plunging into darkness with the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) serving a notice regarding outstanding dues of about Rs 1.25......

Bihar's industrial town to protest against power shortage

In power starved Bihar, district authority of the state's only industrial town Begusarai has cautioned the state government that the law and order situation could deteriorate if power supply was......

Bihar powermen on indefinite strike from Tuesday

Bihar is heading for a major power crisis with 16,000 power workers and engineers deciding to go on an indefinite strike from Tuesday in support of their demands for unfreezing DA and shelving the......

NTPC to set up power plant in Sri Lanka

State-run National Thermal Power Corporation on Monday said it plans to set up a 900 MW coal- or LNG-based power plant in Sri Lanka.NTPC will submit a proposal to the Sri Lankan government to set......

Electricity plan: Six states breach deadline

The Union government's six-year initiative to unbundle state electricity boards into separate entities for power generation, transmission, distribution and trading businesses is set to be delayed......