At least 12 people lost their lives in various rain-related incidents in and around Chennai even as personnel on fishing boats and farm tractors were engaged in rescuing stranded people in the city......
S Kabilan, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer, was chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission from 2007 to 2012. An engineering graduate from IIT, Madras, Kabilan......
A potent combination of sweltering summer and acute coal shortages have triggered blackouts across many parts of the country as states struggle to manage the record demand for electricity and low......
Only three percent of Indians pay income tax; our tax-GDP ratio is among the lowest in the world. This must change. Our elites must realise that India’s poverty has damaging consequences for......
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......
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......
State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is planning to expand its fuel retail outlets with food courts, cinema halls and provision stores in Haryana, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil......
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......
This year, the FM had his task cut out for him-dealing with the looming fiscal deficit, appeasing the electorate and averting a possible sovereign ratings downgrade.Working within......