Paid Rs 60,000 for a five-year resort package but got no booking? Why State Consumer Commission rejected his claimA man paid Rs 60,000 for a five-year resort vacation plan, expecting 21 days of free lodging annually. However, the resort denied bookings,...
06 Jan, 2026, 08.12 PM IST
Punjab cuts power tariff for domestic consumersPunjab, a Congress-ruled state, will go to polls early next year. "In view of the hardship being faced by the weaker section of society due...
28 May, 2021, 10.14 PM IST
Central wheat procurement to empower Farmers in Punjab, HaryanaThe government agencies in the two states have hurried the registration of bank accounts of farmers following the directions of the Union m...
01 Feb, 2020, 12.05 AM IST
Insurance claim cannot be denied on the ground of common lifestyle diseases: NCDRC to LICLIC has been told to pay the sum to the policy buyer who hadn't mentioned his diabetes case while buying it.
12 Oct, 2018, 03.08 PM IST
Textile mills association laments hike in peak load tariff, asks Punjab CM to roll back decisionThe industry is seeing the PSERC orders as backdoor increase in hike as the power tariff are still to be announced for the current financia...
28 May, 2017, 05.30 PM IST
Power rates kept unchanged for Punjab homes, cut for industryWhile a 6% relief in tariffs has been extended to small and medium industrial units, it is less than 2% for large industrial units.
27 Jul, 2016, 11.15 PM IST
Three firms submit bids for validating energy consumed by agricultural pump sets in PunjabScope of work includes cross-verification of the pumped energy data from April 2015 till the date of inspection of all 11 kV AP feeders fed...
21 Jul, 2016, 07.52 PM IST
Punjab allows agricultural pumping supply to promote mushroom farmingTo promote mushroom farming in Punjab, the electricity supply to such farms will now be covered under the highly subsidised agricultural pu...
11 Feb, 2016, 04.48 PM IST
Competition Commission rejects complaint against seven discomsCompetition watchdog CCI has dismissed a complaint against seven power distribution companies across the National Capital, Punjab, Haryana ...
09 Oct, 2015, 08.26 PM IST
Power gets costlier in Punjab; FCA surcharge leviedElectricity consumers in Punjab will have to pay more as power utility PSPCL has levied Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) surcharge.
18 May, 2015, 08.16 PM IST
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited to examine financial implications of 2.74 per cent tariff hike"We are studying the new tariff order to examine the implications of 2.74 per cent increase in power tariff," said a senior official.
23 Aug, 2014, 08.15 PM IST
Consumers in Punjab to get rebate for using more power; 2.74% hike in tariffThe move to give rebate to consumers came on the back of power utility PSPCL's claims of surplus availability of power during coming winter...
22 Aug, 2014, 06.51 PM IST
Delhi seeds firm directed to pay compensation of Rs 1L each to two farmersThe State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Punjab, has ordered Wipro Seeds Company, New Delhi and its dealer in Garhshankar, Hoshiar...
18 Nov, 2012, 10.15 AM IST
- Telcos can get subsidised power only if government bears cost: PSERC
The PSERC has said mobile tower & telecom infra cos in the state can get power at industrial rates only if the difference b/w industrial & ...
06 Sep, 2012, 08.00 PM IST
- Fuel pump owners demand removal of octroi on diesel, petrol
The abolition of octroi on fuel would have led to petrol and diesel getting cheaper by 75 paise and 85 paise per litre, respectively, withi...
20 Mar, 2012, 09.49 PM IST
- NCDRC rejects plea for encashment of one of four 1961 FDRs
Wadhera had moved NCDRC challenging the Punjab State Consumer Commission's order which had set aside an Amritsar district forum order.
14 Nov, 2011, 11.18 PM IST
- Power in Punjab cheap by 3.5 pc from April 1
Power in Punjab form April 1 will be cheaper by 3.5 per cent as Punjab state electricity Board (PSEB) will stop charging increased tariff o...
30 Mar, 2008, 08.28 PM IST