Two officials of the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company have been suspended for disruptions in power supply at the Jalpaiguri tourism complex during chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s ...

The story is well known, of Benjamin Franklin flying a kite into clouds on a rainy night in 1752 and luckily escaping electrocution when electricity from lightning travelled down the wet string to his...

Sir — A recent photograph of a melting ice sheet in northwestern Greenland has gone viral. Scientists are of the opinion that 2019 could be another disastrous year for the Arctic. Record temperature...

A Kerala woman has chopped off her tresses in symbolic protest against the state electricity board shaving the crowns off several trees in her grove to erect a transmission tower.Former journalist Mee...

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 ...

Factory output contracted by 4.3 per cent in September, the weakest showing in seven years, amplifying concerns about the Indian economy which slowed to 5 per cent in the first quarter ended June 30 a...

A major fire broke out in a transformer near the captive power plant complex of Siyaljori-based Electrosteel Steels in Bokaro’s Chandankyari block, about 30km from the district headquarters, on Sund...

Most of the 3,000-odd transformer meters that were installed in Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam’s (JBVNL) Singhbhum electricity supply area barely six years ago to keep tabs on power distribution and c...

Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) has started replacing naked overhead cables and conductors in Jamshedpur electricity supply area to prevent electrocution deaths and injuries during monsoo...

Coal at thermal power plants have crossed the 22-day stock mandated by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). As on March 12, 2020, 135 plants monitored by the CEA had a stock of 39.48 million tonne...