The morning rain brought power cuts and water-logging in several areas of the state capital, on Thursday. Areas around Kashmiri Mohalla, Chaupatian, Balaganj, Mari Mata Mandir, Kishore Vihar, Monarch city, Ghasiyari Mandi, low-lying areas of Chowk and Thakurganj witnessed water-logging. On the complaint of one Barkha Mehta, mayor Sanyukta Bhatia reached the former’s house in […]
Day: June 11, 2021
Boat Club road, DP road to face power cut on Saturday
Pune: The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has announced a 12-hour power cut on Saturday in some areas along the Boat Club road due to replacement of transformer and repair work, according to the firm’ s press release. Besides Boat Club road, other areas that will face power outage from 7am are Tadiwala […]
Clean energy transition could save Maharashtra ₹75K-crore in 10 years: Study
According to a new report published on Thursday, Maharashtra could save as much as ₹75,000 crore in the next decade by implementing three steps in its energy sector: shutting down old coal power plants by 2022, halting the construction of a new unit at the Bhusawal thermal power plant (which is in surplus to the […]
Delhi’s power demand peaks at 6,499 MW
NewDelhi on Thursday breached last year’s peak power demand with the city consuming 6,499 MW electricity. Last year, Delhi recorded the peak demand of 6,314 MW on June 29. The power demand soared to 6,329 MW at 11.18 pm on Wednesday, after which it hit 6,499 MW at 3:10 pm on Thursday, data showed. The […]
UPPCL fires Noida discom officials over graft charges
NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) on Wednesday ordered the dismissal of an executive engineer and a cashier of Noida division of the Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL), after an internal probe found that they had allegedly taken ₹54 lakh as bribe from a private company in 2019 for the new electricity […]
12 killed after military plane crashes near Myanmar’s Mandalay
A military plane crashed on Thursday near Myanmar’s second-biggest city of Mandalay, killing 12 people, the city’s fire service said in a post on social media. The plane was flying from the capital Naypyidaw to the town of Pyin Oo Lwin and was coming in to land when it crashed about 300 metres (984 ft) […]
‘Forgiving roads to make Bundelkhand expressway India’s safest highway’
Bundelkhand Expressway, one of the most ambitious projects of Uttar Pradesh government, is all set to get operational by the end of the current year. The 296-km long highway is billed to be the safest four-lane expressway in the country as it is based on Forgiving Roads (FR), a concept aimed at avoiding or minimising […]
Uttarakhand defies SC order on road through tiger corridor, contempt plea filed
A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Uttarakhand government for resuming construction of a road project in Rajaji National Park that was stalled by the top court in 2019 for want of statutory forest and wildlife clearances. As the 11.5 kilometre-road cuts through an ecologically sensitive wildlife corridor serving as […]
India offering 67 coal mines in second commercial auction tranche
In the largest ever coal mine auction, India is bidding out 67 mines with a total resource base of 36 billion tonnes of fossil fuel in the second tranche of commercial coal mine auctions. Also, starting form this tranche, the government is introducing a rolling auction mechanism “wherein any un-auctioned mine shall remain available for […]
Petrol goes past ₹102 in Mumbai as fuel prices hiked again. Check latest rates in your city
Fuel rates are continuing to soar at a record high across the country after another rate revision on Friday. While petrol got costlier by 31 paise per litre in the national capital, diesel rates went up by 28 paise per litre, according to price notification by the oil retailers. After the increase, a litre of […]
Top stock picks: Brokerages recommend buy on GAIL, Petronet LNG
Benchmark Indian equity indices were up 0.65% at close on Thursday. The Sensex closed at 52,300.47, up 358.83 points, or 0.69% while the Nifty was at 15,737.75, up 102.40 points, or 0.65%. All sectors except auto closed in red. Among broader indices, BSE midcap and smallcap indices closed 1.26% and 1.73% higher on Thrusday. For […]
Petrol price hike: Congress to stage protest against rising fuel rates today
Congress will hold a symbolic protest at petrol pumps across the country on Friday against the rising fuel prices that have crossed the ₹100-mark at several places, including Mumbai. According to party general secretary KC Venugopal, the protests will be organised by the local units of the party in compliance with all Covid safety protocols […]