The raids were conducted following reports of alleged power theft, official sources said.
The government said on Monday that it would give state power utilities Rs 40,000 crore (Rs 400 billion) over the next five years to reform the ailing industry after huge losses and decades of poor management.\n\n
At least three persons were killed and two others went missing after a penstock on a huge pipe connecting Panniyar power house to the Ponmudi dam burst in Idukki on Monday
Union Power Minister\n\nP M Sayeed said power reforms would be made rural-centric
Maharashtra State Electricity Board chairman Ashoke Basak was aware that prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi's phone conversations were tapped.
Railway traffic on both Central and Western lines were affected, throwing train schedules out of gear and affecting office goers.
Last month, Sena activists had gone on a rampage, attacking MSEB offices at a number of places across the state protesting frequent power cuts.
The electricity board lost Rs 1,111.35 crore owing to irregularities.
State-run National Thermal Power Corporation on Monday said it plans to set up a 900 MW coal- or LNG-based power plant in Sri Lanka.\n\n
An analyst who tracks investments for a Singapore-based foreign institutional investor, said, "The story doing the round in stock market circles is that companies that have been allocated coal blocks can make a lot of money by selling power at merchant rates."
Indian Railways on Tuesday entered into a joint venture agreement with the NTPC for setting up 1000 MW captive power plant at Nabinagar in Bihar, a move that can help the exchequer save Rs 400-600 crore (Rs 4-6 billion) annually on power purchase from state electricity boards.
While the capital spending is being maintained at 3.1 per cent of the GDP, a little more would have boosted economic growth even further, suggests Rajiv Memani.
The Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board has employed 'musclemen' to recover towering dues from customers in the city under its new policy 'Muscle Power Recovery.'
Both the buildings have been evacuated. Sniffer dogs and a bomb disposal squad have been pressed into service.\n\n\n\n\n\n
The victory gave the defending champions a berth in the last eight of the Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.
Private sector giants Reliance Energy, Torrent Power, Jaiprakash Group and L&T are among the companies that have bid for setting up hydro power plants in Himachal Pradesh.\n\n
Kuldeep Kaur, wife of an assistant lines man of the Punjab State Electricity Board and a resident of Dhaleke village in Moga, has won Rs 1.5 crore Punjab State Baissakhi Bumper lottery.
The losses of state electricity boards have come down by a massive Rs 8,000 crore (Rs 80 billion) in 2003-04, thanks to the Centre's incentive-based initiative through accelerated power development and reform programme (APDRP).
'These beach shacks were meant to protect the employment of local Goans who in turn would showcase Goan cuisine and culture on the beaches of Goa.'
Several cities in Maharashtra, including Satara, Kolhapur and Sangli, were affected due to power breakdown.
Mumbai was spared due to the immediate islanding by the Tata Power Company and was ensured power supply by TPC and Reliance's BSES.
Foreign lenders to Enron Corp's $2.9 billion stalled Dahbol power project said on Thursday they had launched arbitration proceedings in a London court to recover their loans and exit from the Indian project.
Offshore lenders to bankrupt Enron Corp's $2.9 billion Indian power plant in Dabhol want to terminate the power purchase agreement with Maharashtra State Electricity Board, a statement from a consultant of the banks said.
The victory was the second from three matches for the army team, in the NFL
The protest over electricity crisis by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand entered the third day even as senior party leader Yashwant Sinha and others did not apply for bail on Wednesday after they were arrested and remanded to judicial custody in connection with alleged assault of an electricity board official.
The process to restart the 2184-MW Dabhol power plant has received a jolt with promoters, GE and Bechtel, slapping an arbitration notice on Maharashtra State Electricity Board for recovery of Rs 26,000 crore (Rs 260 billion) towards investments and l
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