Category: Power

A power outage crippled the tourist-filled heart of Manhattan just as Saturday night Broadway shows were set to go on, sending theater-goers spilling into siren-filled streets, knocking out Times Square’s towering electronic screens and bringing subway lines to a near halt. Electricity was restored to customers and businesses in midtown Manhattan and the Upper West […]

After Punjab National Bank, state-run Allahabad Bank on Saturday reported a fraud of over Rs 1,774 crore by Bhushan Power and Steel (BPSL) to the Reserve Bank of India. Allahabad Bank in a regulatory filing said the fraud has been reported on the basis of forensic audit investigation findings and a CBI case against the […]

Chief minister Raghubar Das’s zero power-cut dream by July 31 looks likely to come to nought. Das during a review meeting on July 5 had asked Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam (JBVNL) to ensure regular power supply across the state by July 31, which looks unlikely, given the slow pace of underground cabling work. A reliable […]

Iran announced on Sunday it would shortly boost its uranium enrichment above a cap set by a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, a major breach likely to draw a tougher reaction from US President Donald Trump who has pressured Tehran to renegotiate the pact. In a sign of heightening tensions, France, Germany and Britain — all […]

Mango and Jugsalai, both areas serviced by Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited ( JBVNL), reeled from an acute power crisis on Tuesday. More than 1 lakh residents did not have electricity supply from early morning in Mango, and in Jugsalai more than 25,000 residents faced a power ordeal due technical snags. Power was snapped from […]

This budget was supposed to be about rural distress, unemployment, raising consumption demand and garnering resources for the above. These areas have mostly been covered. There are steps in the reform of labour laws, connectivity, housing, banking and the non-banking financial company sector, green economy and rural population. Although there was not much emphasis on […]

A popular commercial hub in a crowded locality in the heart of the capital lives with the 24/7 threat of dangling overhead wires even as Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd (JBVNL) gets underground cabling work done across the city to protect citizens and streamline power supply. The place where dense spidery webs of overhead wires […]

Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) on Tuesday ordered revised retail rates of power supply from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for 2019-20, effective from June 1. While energy charges per unit have been reduced in most cases, the fixed monthly charges have been hiked to absorb the net revenue gap of Rs 293.87 crore till […]

Consumers of Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd’s (JBVNL) Jamshedpur circle are suffering because of the discom’s work culture. Under the Mango division of JBVNL’s Jamshedpur circle, over 530 residents are running from pillar to post to get a new connection, while commercial and industrial consumers are not being provided with monthly bills in the Adityapur […]

Erratic power supply is competing with the rising mercury level to torment residents of the capital city. Some said the poor power supply was tarnishing the image of the ruling party that had promised zero power cut in the capital. “One cannot depend on power supplied by Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL). For the […]

Amid the tall claims of the Centre to provide power supply to rural areas across the country, a village in Meghalaya, along the international border with Bangladesh, has expressed its willingness to get power connection from the neighbouring country. The Meghalaya government has been providing electricity to Umkiang and its adjoining villages in East Jaintia […]

Lebanon is keen to court Indian companies to invest in its power sector. Sanjiv Goenka, chairman of CESC Ltd, met the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Al Hariri, on Sunday in Beirut where the premier sought Indian investment. “The PM was keen to have Indian participation in the power sector, especially renewables. The power sector […]