Tamil Nadu Electricity Board

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  School Where APJ Abdul Kalam Studied Has 5 Days To Pay Power Bill

  A small school in Tamil Nadu that gave India one of its brightest minds will be plunged into darkness in five days. It was in the corridors and classrooms of this school that former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam received education in his formative years. Mandapam Panchayat Union Middle School in Rameswaram, 560 kilometres from state capital Chennai,...

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  Engineer Gets 1 Year Jail For Taking Rs 1000 Bribe 13 Years Ago

  An assistant executive engineer of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board in Coonoor near Udhagamandalam was sentenced to one year imprisonment on Wednesday by a court for taking a bribe of Rs 1,000 in 2003.

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  Amid Power Cuts In Chennai, Post Offices To Use Solar Energy

  The Department of Posts has decided to tap solar energy to manage disruption in power as supply was hit during the rains in Chennai and suburbs last week.

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  Couple in Ramanathapuram Pay for Power Without Getting Connection

  It is unheard of to pay electricity bills without getting a connection, but an illiterate couple in Ramanathapuram paid the amount for three months from April this year to the electricity board without getting a power connection.

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  Dues to Government Should be Mentioned in Encumbrance Certificate: High Court

  The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) to ensure that electricity bill dues of premises were reflected in encumbrance certificate issued by the Registration Department as and when a purchaser approached the property.

• Gnanadesikan Appointed As New Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary

  Tamil Nadu government today appointed State Electricity Board Chairman and Additional Chief Secretary, K Gnanadesikan as the Chief Secretary replacing Mohan Varghese Chunkath.

• Power Tariff Hike on Cards, Jayalalithaa Assures Subsidy

  Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission suo moto notified a proposal today to hike tariff across the board to bridge a revenue deficit of Rs 6,854 Crore of State run power corporation TANGEDCO.

• Tamil Nadu will have surplus power by 2013-end, says Jayalalithaa

  Tamil Nadu will be power surplus by the end of this year, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said today.

• Kudankulam nuclear plant moves a step closer towards generating power

  The controversial Kudankulam nuclear plant, which has witnessed widespread protests and several delays, is now a step closer towards generating power. On Saturday night, the nuclear reactor at the first unit of the plant attained criticality, and began the much-awaited nuclear fission process, in its journey towards making electricity.

• Kudankulam nuclear plant to start soon after it gets all mandated approvals

  The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant or KNPP may become operational in less than two days, when a sustained nuclear chain reaction could begin as India's atomic regulator, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board or AERB, today gave its approval to the project for commencement of controlled nuclear fission process, a step towards power generation from a nu...

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announces 20 per cent bonus to employees

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today announced a 20 per cent bonus to employees of public-sector undertakings, including electricity board, and to the Transport Corporation, costing over Rs 185 crore to the exchequer.

• Power-less in Tamil Nadu: No electricity for 16 hours in many parts

  Devadarshini, studying for her class 12 board exams in her Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu home, has set herself a challenge: To better her 90 per cent last year. But the real hurdle in her way is that she has to study in the light an emergency lamp. "I want to get a very good result this year too, but frequent power cuts disturb my studies," she complains....

• Jayalalithaa announces financial package for debt-ridden Tamil Nadu Electricity Board

  As part of its measures to bail out the debt-ridden state electricity board, Tamil Nadu Government on Sunday announced a package, including absorbing 50 per cent of its short and medium term loans to the tune of Rs 9,529 crore and sanctioning Rs 1,000 crore as advance subsidy.

• Jayalalithaa orders filling of 4000 vacant posts in Tamil Nadu Electricity Board

  Intending to increase the efficiency of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said she has ordered filling of posts of 4,000 Field Assistants.

• PTC India shares jump on hike in power tariffs

  State electricity boards in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa have raised power tariffs by 12%-37%.