Northern India goes powerless as grid crashes

Power supply in northern states was severely affected on Monday with the failure of Northern Grid at about 2:30 am. The states affected are Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Himachal and Rajasthan."Yes,......

Day 7 of Kulgam op: 3 security personnel injured

Three security force personnel were injured in a fresh firefight on Thursday as the anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district entered the seventh day, the longest so far this......

Losing local support, J-K terrorists shift to forest bunkers

In a change of tactics, terror outfits in Jammu and Kashmir are now constructing elaborately-designed underground bunkers deep inside thick forests and elevated ridges instead of taking shelter in......

Pak escalated situation, India only responded: MEA

The choice of de-escalation is with Pakistan as it escalated the situation with the Pahalgam terror attack and India only responded to it through Operation Sindoor, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri......

Markets tumble as India-Pak conflict flares up; Sensex sinks 880 points

Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled over 1 per cent each on Friday as tensions soared between India and Pakistan, fuelling fears of a wider conflict. Photograph: ANI Photo......

New tariff norms ensure grid discipline

The fear of penalties under the new availability based tariff order has forced the states to ensure grid discipline, thereby lowering the possibilities of grid collapses. The percentage of time......

Power discoms face huge losses, crisis looms

Seven major state power distribution utilities, identified by the central government for financial restructuring, have failed to increase their tariff considerably to improve their financials.......

Power crisis looms as 13,000-Mw capacity shuts down

India averted a power crisis this week but doing so in the coming weeks might be difficult if the scarcity of coal and non-operation of power plants persist. As of now, 13,122.5 Mw of coal-fired......

Mahindra Racing ties up with Aspar team for MotoGP

Mahindra Racing, which disbanded its two-wheeler racing team from the 2015 Moto3 season, has tied up with Aspar Team to supply its bikes to other teams. The home grown major will be a constructor......

Sports Shorts: Anand out of contention in Norway

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand had to hold himself with black and he survived many anxious and nearly catastrophic positions under the normal......