Karnataka Power Cuts

A doctor treating a patient using the flashlight of a mobile phone in a government hospital in Chitradurga district in the state prompted the BJP to attack the ruling Congress government on Tuesday, calling it 'Darkness Bhagya'.

In a show of power that is unlikely to go down well with voters, a Congress MLA from Karnataka has threatened people at a rally that he will ensure electricity is cut in their area unless his party wins by a huge margin in the Lok Sabha elections.

The "stable government and able leadership" of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has enabled Telangana to make rapid strides in development since 2014, BRS Working President and IT Minister K T Rama Rao on Tuesday said.

With the ongoing power crisis in the Karnataka, the farmers in the state found a bizarre way of protesting.

Three patients who were admitted at VIMS or Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences government hospital in Ballari district of Karnataka died allegedly after oxygen was cut off due to power outage.

Two patients in the ICU of a hospital in Karnataka's Ballari died allegedly during a power outage, a charge denied by the Karnataka government which said it is ready to conduct a probe into the issue that rocked the State Assembly today.

Several areas of Bengaluru remain waterlogged following heavy rainfall that has bared the damage caused by unplanned development in the rapidly growing city.

It was not a good day for engineers responsible for power supply to the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru is witnessing the city's worst power crisis in 25 years - one that means at least four hours of blackout every day in India's IT capital.

As she prepares breakfast, Anne labours in the dark kitchen of her home in Bengaluru and it is 6 am in the morning.

Lanco Infratech Ltd said it has sold a 1,200-megawatt (MW) thermal power plant in Karnataka to Adani Power Ltd for about Rs 2,000 crore ($327 million; 1 dollar = 61.2150 rupees), as the company looks to cut debt.

With the polls over, the power crisis has returned to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Power cuts in the Bangalore and Hyderabad were almost nil ahead of voting day.

Faced with acute power shortage, Karnataka Government on Wednesday appealed the people to cut down the use of fans and air conditioners till the situation eased.

Karnataka government will ensure that students are not put to hardship from power cuts during the coming exam season.

Power shortage in Karnataka are causing problems for shop-keepers and businessmen.

A doctor treating a patient using the flashlight of a mobile phone in a government hospital in Chitradurga district in the state prompted the BJP to attack the ruling Congress government on Tuesday, calling it 'Darkness Bhagya'.

In a show of power that is unlikely to go down well with voters, a Congress MLA from Karnataka has threatened people at a rally that he will ensure electricity is cut in their area unless his party wins by a huge margin in the Lok Sabha elections.

The "stable government and able leadership" of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has enabled Telangana to make rapid strides in development since 2014, BRS Working President and IT Minister K T Rama Rao on Tuesday said.

With the ongoing power crisis in the Karnataka, the farmers in the state found a bizarre way of protesting.

Three patients who were admitted at VIMS or Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences government hospital in Ballari district of Karnataka died allegedly after oxygen was cut off due to power outage.

Two patients in the ICU of a hospital in Karnataka's Ballari died allegedly during a power outage, a charge denied by the Karnataka government which said it is ready to conduct a probe into the issue that rocked the State Assembly today.

Several areas of Bengaluru remain waterlogged following heavy rainfall that has bared the damage caused by unplanned development in the rapidly growing city.

It was not a good day for engineers responsible for power supply to the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru is witnessing the city's worst power crisis in 25 years - one that means at least four hours of blackout every day in India's IT capital.

As she prepares breakfast, Anne labours in the dark kitchen of her home in Bengaluru and it is 6 am in the morning.

Lanco Infratech Ltd said it has sold a 1,200-megawatt (MW) thermal power plant in Karnataka to Adani Power Ltd for about Rs 2,000 crore ($327 million; 1 dollar = 61.2150 rupees), as the company looks to cut debt.

With the polls over, the power crisis has returned to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Power cuts in the Bangalore and Hyderabad were almost nil ahead of voting day.

Faced with acute power shortage, Karnataka Government on Wednesday appealed the people to cut down the use of fans and air conditioners till the situation eased.

Karnataka government will ensure that students are not put to hardship from power cuts during the coming exam season.

Power shortage in Karnataka are causing problems for shop-keepers and businessmen.