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Video: Huge Fire At Power Firm In Chhattisgarh, Nearby Residents Evacuated
A huge fire broke out in a power distribution firm in Chhattisgarh's Raipur today, prompting the authorities to evacuate people from houses near the company.
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Assam Government Signs 7 MOUs with Microsoft, Google, Tata Group, More: All Details
The government of Assem on Monday announced it had signed seven agreements with tech giants in the country including Microsoft, Google, Larsen & Toubro and Tata group firms. The MOUs were signed as part of the state government's efforts to train youth in the state and prepare them with digital and business skills, executing greenfield projects in t...
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"Outages May Be Inevitable": Assam Power Distributor Warns In Ad
Assam's electricity distributor Assam Power Distribution Company Limited has warned of "inevitable" outages and load-shedding in the state amid concerns over coal shortage in power plants across the country.
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Assam Power Discom Urges State To Release Salaries Only If Employees Pay Bills
The Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) has urged the state government to release the salaries of its employees for June only if they clear their electricity bills.
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Power Portability In Budget, Consumers Can Pick Distribution Company
People will have the option of changing their power supplier and more than one distribution company can operate in any area under a new scheme in Budget 2021. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman n Monday announced a New Power Distribution Sector Scheme to allow more than one power distribution company to provide services to consumers in a single ar...
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15 Lakh Government Officials To Boycott Work Tomorrow Against Privatisation Of UP Power Discom
Fifteen lakh electricity department employees including junior engineers, sub-divisional officers, executive engineers and superintending engineers will go on a day-long boycott of work on Monday to oppose the proposal of privatising power distribution company Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited.
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15 Lakh Government Officials To Boycott Work Tomorrow Against Privatisation Of UP Power Discom
Fifteen lakh electricity department employees including junior engineers, sub-divisional officers, executive engineers and superintending engineers will go on a day-long boycott of work on Monday to oppose the proposal of privatising power distribution company Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited.
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Defaulter Couple Attack Discom Employee Sent To Disconnect Power
Highlighting the harassment faced by electricity distribution companies (discoms) from consumers, Delhi discom BSES on Wednesday said its officials were violently attacked by a married couple recently, leaving one with serious injury that required "six stitches".
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Delhi Government Moves Supreme Court Over Discoms' Audit
The Delhi government today moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Delhi High Court verdict that disallowed CAG audit of power distribution companies in the national capital, an official said.
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Bihar Government Pushes for Improvement in Power Sector
In an effort to boost the state's power sector, Bihar cabinet today approved 16 schemes aimed at ensuring electricity supply in rural areas, renovation and expansion of thermal power stations and better control of power grids.
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Stressed Discoms to Turn Around in 3 Years: Power Minister Piyush Goyal
Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the government is in active dialogue with the discoms on turnaround plans and there will be a noticeable changes in the situation of stressed utilities in the next three years.
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Power Tariff in Delhi Increased by Up To 6 Per Cent, Effective From June 15
Power tariff in the national capital was today hiked by up to six per cent by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) as it restored a surcharge to compensate the private electricity distribution companies for rise in power purchase cost.
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Sheila Dikshit Government Not Without Faults, Says Former Minister Ajay Maken, Ahead of Delhi Elections
Their mutual animosity was not unknown. Now, after becoming the Congress Party's face for the Assembly polls in Delhi, former Union Minister Ajay Maken has hit out at former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
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Delhi power companies can lose licence if they refuse audit: Lieutenant-Governor
Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal government may cancel the licences of power distribution companies who refuse to have their financial records examined by the national auditor, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung today said.
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Assam faces huge power crisis
Assam is facing a severe power crisis after a fall in the generation of power by hydel and thermal power stations. Two transmission towers in neighbouring West Bengal were damaged by a devastating storm, which has also led to the shortage. The state is facing a shortage of 403 Megawatt (MW) of power with the peak load hour power demand being 1100 M...
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Video: Huge Fire At Power Firm In Chhattisgarh, Nearby Residents Evacuated
A huge fire broke out in a power distribution firm in Chhattisgarh's Raipur today, prompting the authorities to evacuate people from houses near the company.
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Assam Government Signs 7 MOUs with Microsoft, Google, Tata Group, More: All Details
The government of Assem on Monday announced it had signed seven agreements with tech giants in the country including Microsoft, Google, Larsen & Toubro and Tata group firms. The MOUs were signed as part of the state government's efforts to train youth in the state and prepare them with digital and business skills, executing greenfield projects in t...
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"Outages May Be Inevitable": Assam Power Distributor Warns In Ad
Assam's electricity distributor Assam Power Distribution Company Limited has warned of "inevitable" outages and load-shedding in the state amid concerns over coal shortage in power plants across the country.
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Assam Power Discom Urges State To Release Salaries Only If Employees Pay Bills
The Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) has urged the state government to release the salaries of its employees for June only if they clear their electricity bills.
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Power Portability In Budget, Consumers Can Pick Distribution Company
People will have the option of changing their power supplier and more than one distribution company can operate in any area under a new scheme in Budget 2021. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman n Monday announced a New Power Distribution Sector Scheme to allow more than one power distribution company to provide services to consumers in a single ar...
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15 Lakh Government Officials To Boycott Work Tomorrow Against Privatisation Of UP Power Discom
Fifteen lakh electricity department employees including junior engineers, sub-divisional officers, executive engineers and superintending engineers will go on a day-long boycott of work on Monday to oppose the proposal of privatising power distribution company Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited.
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15 Lakh Government Officials To Boycott Work Tomorrow Against Privatisation Of UP Power Discom
Fifteen lakh electricity department employees including junior engineers, sub-divisional officers, executive engineers and superintending engineers will go on a day-long boycott of work on Monday to oppose the proposal of privatising power distribution company Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited.
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Defaulter Couple Attack Discom Employee Sent To Disconnect Power
Highlighting the harassment faced by electricity distribution companies (discoms) from consumers, Delhi discom BSES on Wednesday said its officials were violently attacked by a married couple recently, leaving one with serious injury that required "six stitches".
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Delhi Government Moves Supreme Court Over Discoms' Audit
The Delhi government today moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Delhi High Court verdict that disallowed CAG audit of power distribution companies in the national capital, an official said.
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Bihar Government Pushes for Improvement in Power Sector
In an effort to boost the state's power sector, Bihar cabinet today approved 16 schemes aimed at ensuring electricity supply in rural areas, renovation and expansion of thermal power stations and better control of power grids.
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Stressed Discoms to Turn Around in 3 Years: Power Minister Piyush Goyal
Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the government is in active dialogue with the discoms on turnaround plans and there will be a noticeable changes in the situation of stressed utilities in the next three years.
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Power Tariff in Delhi Increased by Up To 6 Per Cent, Effective From June 15
Power tariff in the national capital was today hiked by up to six per cent by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) as it restored a surcharge to compensate the private electricity distribution companies for rise in power purchase cost.
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Sheila Dikshit Government Not Without Faults, Says Former Minister Ajay Maken, Ahead of Delhi Elections
Their mutual animosity was not unknown. Now, after becoming the Congress Party's face for the Assembly polls in Delhi, former Union Minister Ajay Maken has hit out at former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
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Delhi power companies can lose licence if they refuse audit: Lieutenant-Governor
Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal government may cancel the licences of power distribution companies who refuse to have their financial records examined by the national auditor, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung today said.
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Assam faces huge power crisis
Assam is facing a severe power crisis after a fall in the generation of power by hydel and thermal power stations. Two transmission towers in neighbouring West Bengal were damaged by a devastating storm, which has also led to the shortage. The state is facing a shortage of 403 Megawatt (MW) of power with the peak load hour power demand being 1100 M...
