Nationwide protest against UP Discom privatisation on July 9Around 27 lakh electricity sector employees are set to stage a one-day token strike, protesting the proposed privatization of Uttar Pradesh...
09 Jun, 2025, 05.54 PM IST
India may face power outage on July 9 as lakhs of employees plan a nation-wide strikeA nationwide power sector strike looms. Over 27 lakh employees may strike on July 9. The protest targets Uttar Pradesh's plan to privatise ...
09 Jun, 2025, 04.27 PM IST
Tata Power looking to spend Rs 25,000 cr as capex in FY26; keen to bid for two discoms in UP: CEOTata Power plans a Rs 25,000 crore capital expenditure for FY26, with a focus on renewables, generation, and transmission & distribution. T...
14 May, 2025, 09.42 PM IST
Power engineers' body AIPEF demands withdrawal of discoms' privatisation processThe All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the government to halt the privatization of electricity distribution companies (...
23 Apr, 2025, 06.56 PM IST
BJP govt conspiring to end reservation by privatising institutions: Akhilesh YadavSamajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government of attempting to end jobs and reservations by pri...
02 Mar, 2025, 07.30 PM IST
Power engineers' body calls for nationwide strike on June 26 against privatisationThe All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has called for a nationwide strike on June 26 to oppose the privatisation of electricity u...
23 Feb, 2025, 05.54 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh discoms head for privatisation: Consultants to shape new PPP modelUttar Pradesh Power Corporation is seeking consultants and advisers to facilitate the privatisation or public-private partnership of two lo...
14 Jan, 2025, 12.24 AM IST
India's most populous state looks to privatise two power distribution firmsUttar Pradesh aims to privatise two of its power distribution companies to address power losses and outdated infrastructure. The state invi...
13 Jan, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
Adani row: Samyukt Kisan Morcha threatens protest in support of opposition's demand for JPC probeSamyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) criticizes the central government over the Adani issue and plans a protest backing the opposition's demand for a...
02 Dec, 2024, 11.08 PM IST
NDA govt has 'mad' policy of selling PSUs, even now attacks on Dalits going on in North India, says KCR at poll rallyDuring a political rally, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) of Telangana accused the Narendra Modi-led NDA government of having a "...
01 Nov, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
Andhra, Rajasthan allowed extra borrowings of Rs 7,309 crore"While Rajasthan has been allowed to borrow additional Rs 5,186 crore, Andhra Pradesh has been allowed to borrow additional Rs 2,123 crore ...
29 Jan, 2022, 08.10 AM IST
Akhilesh Yadav promises caste census in Uttar Pradesh if voted to powerHe made the promise alleging that the BJP-led central government is fighting shy of conducting it, fearing that the caste census in the cou...
29 Sep, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
Punjab and Haryana High Court stays Chandigarh electricity distribution company privatisation bidChandigarh was the first Union Territory to issue tender inviting bids to sell off its power distribution company. The Central government h...
02 Dec, 2020, 03.07 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh government withdraws privatisation plan for electricity distribution companiesAs per the agreement signed after the meeting held by state power minister Shrikant Sharma and its finance minister Suresh Khanna, Uttar Pr...
06 Oct, 2020, 08.30 PM IST
- UPPCL to hand over Agra power network to Torrent Power
The move is intended towards cutting the massive distribution losses faced by the state.
31 Mar, 2010, 08.45 PM IST
- UP govt to privatise loss making sugar mills
The Uttar Pradesh government plans to privatise government-owned sugar mills belonging to the Sugar Federation and Sugar Corporation by the...
18 Feb, 2008, 10.45 PM IST
- UP power workers to strike against privatisation of Anpara project
Uttar Pradesh Power employees today threatened to go on strike against the move to privatise the Anpara C power project.
06 Oct, 2007, 08.00 AM IST