Tag: electricity
Shun Lantern, Even Poor Now Have Electricity: PM Modi During Bihar Rally
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that law and order was very poor in Bihar from the 1990s till 2005 and the state's present-day problems stemmed from those days, appealing to the voters to shun 'lantern' since electricity had reached every poor household in the state. ....
Navjot Singh Sidhu Mocks Punjab Govt, Asks To Follow AAP’s Delhi Electricity Model
Mocking at his own government in Punjab over power outages, Congress leader and former Cabinet minister Navjot Sidhu on Friday asked the government to follow the AAP's Delhi model of extending subsidies to generation companies. ....
Make Judicious Use Of Electricity: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot Appeals To People
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday appealed to the people to make limited and judicious use of electricity saying that the power demand has increased due to changes in weather. ....
Major Power Outages In Chandigarh As Employees Go On Strike
Many residential and industrial parts of the city faced major power outages as employees of the Electricity Department went on a three-day strike from Monday night in protest against the privatisation of the department.....
'Save Agriculture And Democracy': Farmers Urge President Kovind
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has sought President Ram Nath Kovind's intervention to 'Save Agriculture and Save Democracy' on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Emergency and the completion of seven months of the ongoing farmers' agitation, a top farmer leader said here on Thursday. ....
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Urges PM Modi Not To Introduce Electricity Amendment Bill
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that states were not consulted properly before the initiation of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in the Parliament and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "refrain from the initiation of the legislation" because it will hamper the interest of the larger section of the society. ....
India Staring At Power Outage In Multiple States
Amid rising power demand in the country due to a continued heat wave, India is staring at an electricity crisis accentuated due to a coal shortage at over 150 power plants.....
Gadkari Calls For Professionally Managed Public Transport System Based On Electricity In PPP Mode
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that a professionally managed Public transport system based on electricity in public-private partnership mode will get a good response. ....
With Eyes On Polls, AAP Takes Forward Free Electricity Formula To Goa
In an attempt to woo the voters in the upcoming Assembly elections in Goa due next year, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has taken forward it's free and subsidised electricity promise to Goa now. ....
Power Breakdown Hits Mumbai Second Time In A Week
For the second time in a week, large parts of south Mumbai were hit by a massive power failure on Sunday night, with many areas without electricity for over 12 hours, officials said here on Monday. ....
