Assam: Militants release abducted power grid engineer

The abducted engineer of Power Grid Corporation Limited has been released by his captors in Kumarikata area of Assam's Baksa district, the police said on Wednesday. The engineer, Senthela P Raju,......

Why J-K Has A Power Crisis

'We feel that till statehood is not restored, the power sector should not be touched in J-K.' IMAGE: Indian Army personnel at a power grid station in Jammu on Sunday in an effort to restore......

Time To Shut Down Coaching Classes?

The coaching-tuition-profiteering model built on the back of a broken education system is a scandal and an abomination, and must go, asserts Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Rapid Action Force personnel......

Jharkhand gets 15 MW from Grid, train services hit

The collapse of the eastern grid disrupted normal life in Jharkhand, which witnessed power failure in several parts of the state and delay in train services on Tuesday. The 509 Down Howrah-Banaras......

PowerGrid to get into telecom biz

State-owned power company PowerGrid Corporation Limited has been awarded the national long distance (NLD) license by the department of telecom for its proposed foray into the telecom business.An......

Govt clears PowerGrid FPO; to divest 10% stake

The government on Thursday approved disinvestment in transmission firm PowerGrid Corporation through a follow-on public offer to raise about Rs 8,400 crore (Rs 84 billion). The Cabinet Committee on......

World Bank approves $600-mn loan to Power Grid

The World Bank has approved a$600 million loan to the Indian government-run power transmission company, Power Grid Corporation of India, to strengthen its electricity transmission system.Announcing......

Transmission lines:REL to get Power Grid contract

Reliance Energy Limited has outbid seven other companies, including Tata Power and GMR, to emerge as the top contender for building India's first fully independent private power transmission lines......