NTPC peer IPO coming soon? BJP win in Bengal raises hopes of Damodar Valley listingDamodar Valley Corporation's stock market debut is now more likely. The Bharatiya Janata Party's win in West Bengal has removed a key polit...
05 May, 2026, 10.37 AM IST
Chinese firm shuts Gwadar plant in Pakistan, lays off workers amid lossesA Chinese firm has ceased operations in Gwadar citing business difficulties. This development raises concerns ahead of Prime Minister Shehb...
03 May, 2026, 07.18 AM IST
NDA to push for women's reservation through public awareness: AP CM NaiduThe NDA will champion women's reservation in legislative bodies through public awareness campaigns. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu high...
18 Apr, 2026, 05.22 PM IST
Karnataka government ignores protests, notifies lifetime tax on EVs, spares two-wheelersKarnataka has introduced a new lifetime road tax for electric cars, jeeps, and buses, excluding two-wheelers. This move aims to generate an...
10 Apr, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
Karnataka withdraws exemption, to slap lifetime tax on EVs, except two-wheelersKarnataka has withdrawn lifetime road tax exemptions for electric cars, jeeps, buses, and private vehicles, except for two-wheelers. The mo...
02 Apr, 2026, 07.26 PM IST
What Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 seeks to do and why it is raising concernsThe bill has triggered protests in several quarters, with the All India Power Engineers Federation threatening a strike in the event of the...
11 Oct, 2022, 06.10 PM IST
Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022: Three features that will be very difficult to implementThe many challenges facing electricity distribution certainly need attention. But focusing on multiple discoms in an area, particularly whe...
10 Oct, 2022, 11.09 PM IST
AIPEF gives call to protest against Electricity Amendment Bill on Nov 23The Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 which seeks to create competition in the power distribution sector by providing consumers with options ...
18 Sep, 2022, 03.07 PM IST
Electricity Amendment Bill: Things you should knowThe Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 which has been introduced in the Lok Sabha today, proposes radical changes in the power distribution ...
08 Aug, 2022, 02.46 PM IST
Electricity Amendment Bill introduced in LS, referred to Standing CommitteeThe Bill proposes radical changes in the power distribution sector, the weakest link in the electricity chain, by enabling multiple distrib...
08 Aug, 2022, 02.32 PM IST
Electricity Amendment Bill to be introduced in Parliament on MondayThe Bill, cleared by the Cabinet last Wednesday, enables competition in retail distribution of power by allowing use of other distribution ...
08 Aug, 2022, 10.13 AM IST
Adani group figures in Sri Lanka's parliamentary debate on electricity amendment billThe Opposition charged that an unsolicited government-to-government agreement to build a 500 MW wind power plant in the northern coast with...
09 Jun, 2022, 09.48 PM IST
15 lakh power sector workers to protest against tabling of Electricity Amendment Bill: AIPEFAll India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Monday said that 15 lakh power sector engineers and employees will resort to day-long natio...
29 Nov, 2021, 04.22 PM IST
Power sector staff, engineers to protest against electricity amendment bill on November 29: AIPEF"On the call of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees & Engineers (NCCOEEE), power sector employees & engineers will...
12 Nov, 2021, 02.33 PM IST
Electricity (Amendment) Bill may come before Union Cabinet for approval in next few daysThe Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 could come up for consideration and approval before the Union Cabinet in the next few days as the go...
25 Jul, 2021, 11.18 AM IST
Panel on cards to monitor power watchdog bossesThe Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014, proposes formation of an evaluation committee under the forum of regulators that will examine the p...
22 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014 may be delayedReforms in the power distribution sector may have to wait as amendments to the Electricity Act cannot be presented pending the report of th...
06 Jan, 2015, 02.20 PM IST