Mahayuti Supporters Throng Azad Maidan

Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as Maharashtra's chief minister for the third time at the sprawling Azad Maidan in south Mumbai. In addition to the political celebrities -- Prime Minister Narendra D......

PIX: Here is how states celebrate 78th Independence Day

Independence Day was celebrated across states and Union territories on Thursday, as several chief ministers announced job schemes while some others vowed their support for Prime Minister Narendra......

BJP overnight meet to discuss LS candidates focuses on lost seats

The Bharatiya Janata Party's Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting, attended by senior leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to hold deliberations to finalise the first list of......

You Can Become Chief Minister Only if You Have The MLAs

The two main factions in Karnataka's Congress party -- one led by Siddaramaiah and the other by D K Shivakumar -- are both contenders for the chief ministership.Both groups have fought hard to get......

Maharashtra may take AAP route on power

Committee set up by state govt considering reduction in ratesA day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi reduced electricity charges by 50 per cent for those consuming up to 400 units......

R-Power's tariff earnings hinge on commission date

The problems for Reliance Power’s (R-Power’s) Sasan plant in Madhya Pradesh, the country’s first ultra mega power project (UMPP), based on domestic coal, does not seem to end,......

Adani Power gets CERC breather on Mundra tariff

In a landmark order, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the country’s power sector regulator, has allowed a “compensatory tariff” for Adani Power’s......

Power ministry mulls review of regulators

The power ministry is considering changes in the Electricity Act, 2003, so that a government committee can review the performance of regulators and remove them for non-performance.The ministry is......