Based on a survey of 8,282 respondents from 180 urban districts, an Indian portal reported that nine per cent of urban Indian households are likely to buy an electric vehicle in 2020, mostly due to en...

The state electricity regulatory commission on Friday asked Tata Steel to hike power tariffs from the next financial year (2020-21).Chairing a public hearing at Tube Maker’s Club on the power tariff...

India’s infrastructure sector contracted 1.5 per cent in November against a growth of 3.3 per cent a year ago. The infrastructure index, comprising eight industries, has reported negative growth si...

CESC may earn Rs 1,600 crore in revenues from electricity distribution franchisees outside Calcutta as the company enters Maharashtra, the third state beyond Bengal.The company has won a 20-year contr...

In September, Arvind Subramanian demitted office as chief economic adviser and flew off to take a visiting lectureship in Kennedy School of Harvard University. He is lecturing there on why some develo...

CESC has scrapped the plan to unbundle the power generation and distribution business after waiting for more than two years to get an approval from the state electricity regulator.The board of the com...

The district administration convened a meeting here on Wednesday as part of an attempt to recover electricity dues to the tune of Rs 116 crore which piled up over the past five years because of a call...

Sir — The emphatic win of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi elections is not surprising (“Broomed”, Feb 13). The party may feel that reforms in the health and education sectors led to its victory...

Some things are pre-ordained. Like bad things. Horrible things. Things you wouldn’t expect would happen to you, or around you. Hobei. I mean Cupid was Cupid but was given the shape of a cherub that ...

Domestic consumers will have to pay more for power from now on with the state electricity regulator announcing on Thursday rate hikes ranging from 75 paise to Re 1 that will impact those living in urb...