Bescom

A 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old daughter were killed in a tragic incident of electrocution in Bengaluru that has raised questions about civic negligence.

A solar energy initiative by a Bengaluru resident offering a cleaner and a greener option for the environment

Out of the two units, one will be reportedly established in the Hubballi region while the second will be set up near Chikkaballapura.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced five new partnerships, four of which are with the Government of India, to expand Indo-US cooperation on clean energy, environment and climate change.

State government's ambitious power saving project, Belaku Scheme, has been successful in saving nearly one million units of power per day in Bangalore and Kolar. This project will kick start in Bangalore from January, stated officials.

While the much-hyped Rs 100-crore smart grid pilot project is yet to take off in the city, the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) is now planning to introduce smart meters that will give consumers the option to monitor and control their power consumption online.

Brace for continual blackouts as the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM), which is now largely dependent on hydel power and other sources of energy, has literally raised its hands in helplessness.

Two days after a 55-year-old Bescom engineer went missing, his decomposed body was traced in Tamil Nadu in the wee hours of Thursday. Bangalore city police arrested five men, including the main accused Vijay Kumar, who was working as a wire man with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The incident came to light after the engineer's famil...

Bangaloreans had only just begun to settle down for the hiked power tariffs by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), which was increased by 30 paise per unit on December 7. The bitter aftertaste had hardly left, and now the people also have to put up with frequent power disruptions."There were frequent disruptions in power lasting...

Transformers on the footpaths! One can see this wonder only in Bangalore City. The reason is clear. Unbridled construction, courtesy corrupt babudom, has eaten up every inch of public space in the past two decades of feverish development. BBMP blames Bescom for its negligent way of handling public safety. Councillors slam the power supplier for its...

A 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old daughter were killed in a tragic incident of electrocution in Bengaluru that has raised questions about civic negligence.

A solar energy initiative by a Bengaluru resident offering a cleaner and a greener option for the environment

Out of the two units, one will be reportedly established in the Hubballi region while the second will be set up near Chikkaballapura.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced five new partnerships, four of which are with the Government of India, to expand Indo-US cooperation on clean energy, environment and climate change.

State government's ambitious power saving project, Belaku Scheme, has been successful in saving nearly one million units of power per day in Bangalore and Kolar. This project will kick start in Bangalore from January, stated officials.

While the much-hyped Rs 100-crore smart grid pilot project is yet to take off in the city, the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) is now planning to introduce smart meters that will give consumers the option to monitor and control their power consumption online.

Brace for continual blackouts as the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM), which is now largely dependent on hydel power and other sources of energy, has literally raised its hands in helplessness.

Two days after a 55-year-old Bescom engineer went missing, his decomposed body was traced in Tamil Nadu in the wee hours of Thursday. Bangalore city police arrested five men, including the main accused Vijay Kumar, who was working as a wire man with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The incident came to light after the engineer's famil...

Bangaloreans had only just begun to settle down for the hiked power tariffs by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), which was increased by 30 paise per unit on December 7. The bitter aftertaste had hardly left, and now the people also have to put up with frequent power disruptions."There were frequent disruptions in power lasting...

Transformers on the footpaths! One can see this wonder only in Bangalore City. The reason is clear. Unbridled construction, courtesy corrupt babudom, has eaten up every inch of public space in the past two decades of feverish development. BBMP blames Bescom for its negligent way of handling public safety. Councillors slam the power supplier for its...