Chinese company shuts shop in Pakistan days after terror attack

Two days after five Chinese nationals were killed in a suicide attack at a hydropower project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, a Chinese company has suspended civil works and laid off hundreds of......

No let up in monsoon fury in Himachal, death toll rises to 18; 300 stranded

There was no let-up in the monsoon fury in Himachal Pradesh on Monday with flash floods and landslides claiming 18 lives over the past two days, affecting most hydropower projects and destroying......

Toll climbs to 37 as north India is battered by rains: Army, NDRF step in

Incessant rains unleashed more death and destruction on Monday in parts of north India, with 37 people killed in landslides and other rain-related incidents in the last two days even as the Army......

Chorus of 'NTPC go back' grows louder in sinking Joshimath

Amid evacuations and demolitions in sinking Joshimath, several residents and activists are calling for the National Thermal Power Corporation to shut down its activities in the region, alleging......

PowerMin nudges states, gencos to take up insolvent assets

To tackle increasing demand, the Union ministry of power has urged central and state public-sector power-generating companies (gencos) and state power and energy departments to pick projects that......

Decade on, Jaypee Infratech customers still waiting for a home

Booked between 2007 and 2011, out of the total 32,700 residential units under various Jaypee Infratech projects, at least 20,000 homes are yet to be delivered. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Green energy jobs: India ranks 5

  Indian wind energy industry had installation of about 2.5 Gw and employment at a steady 48,000. India ranks fifth in the world in renewable energy job creation, with 416,000 employed in the......

Clean energy cess to hike cost for power sector

Allotment of 5 UMPP on plug and play mode is a welcome announcement in Union Budget 2015-16, the increase in clean energy cess (effective rate) by Rs 100/ tonne on coal/lignite is a negative for......