Tamil Nadu Power Crisis

India has blocked nearly half the country's provinces from accessing spot power exchanges after they failed to pay bills worth 51 billion rupees ($640 million), as it implements new rules aimed at forcing states to make timely payments.

There could be a blackout in the national capital in the next two days if coal supplies to power plants do not improve, a Delhi minister said today.

There is a deep anger about the degrading of Tamil political life, where personality trumps policy and the pursuit of power (and personal wealth) blots out serious discussion of how to govern better. And this is more than simply the standard middle-class disdain for "vulgar" politics.

In scenes perfected by many a Hollywood drama, a cavalcade of around 30 SUVs snaked its way this afternoon from Poes Garden, the residence of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, to the beachfront luxury resort 80 km away, that has been at the heart of the political crisis gripping the state for the last week. The occasion was for VK Sa...

It was near-perfect attendance for the meeting called today by VK Sasikala to establish that her right to become Tamil Nadu Chief Minister remains undented by the sudden revolt of O Panneerselvam, who she is to replace. 131 of the ruling AIADMK's 134 legislators gathered at the party office in Chennai today, allowing Ms Sasikala to flaunt her unpar...

Assuring potential investors about comfortable power supply, Tamil Nadu's Electricity Minister Natham R. Viswanathan today said the era of power cut is over in the state.

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.

Chennai will face two-hour long power cuts daily from Monday. Tamil Nadu is witnessing a power shortage of around 2500 MW. Chennai alone accounts for around thirty per cent of the total consumption.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa blamed central PSUs for the "deteriorating" power situation in the state and sought the Prime Minister's intervention to ensure maximum electricity supply.

Crippling power cuts in Tamil Nadu are shutting factories and threatening an industrial debt crisis that is wrecking its second-largest city's plan to become India's next business Mecca.

DMK president M Karunanidhi will today lead his partymen in a state-wide protest against the ruling AIADMK over the prevailing power crisis in Tamil Nadu.

DMK president M Karunanidhi will lead his partymen in a state-wide protest against the ruling AIADMK against the prevailing power crisis in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday granted the state-run TANGEDCO (formerly TNEB) Rs 375 crore subsidy to procure electricity in the face of a dip in hydel power generation.

With acute power shortage continuing to affect many parts of Tamil Nadu, the DMK's executive would meet on December 13 to discuss the situation. DMK president M Karunanidhi will chair the meeting.

The Centre today submitted to the Supreme Court that it is not possible to supply additional power, surrendered by Delhi, to Tamil Nadu.

India has blocked nearly half the country's provinces from accessing spot power exchanges after they failed to pay bills worth 51 billion rupees ($640 million), as it implements new rules aimed at forcing states to make timely payments.

There could be a blackout in the national capital in the next two days if coal supplies to power plants do not improve, a Delhi minister said today.

There is a deep anger about the degrading of Tamil political life, where personality trumps policy and the pursuit of power (and personal wealth) blots out serious discussion of how to govern better. And this is more than simply the standard middle-class disdain for "vulgar" politics.

In scenes perfected by many a Hollywood drama, a cavalcade of around 30 SUVs snaked its way this afternoon from Poes Garden, the residence of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, to the beachfront luxury resort 80 km away, that has been at the heart of the political crisis gripping the state for the last week. The occasion was for VK Sa...

It was near-perfect attendance for the meeting called today by VK Sasikala to establish that her right to become Tamil Nadu Chief Minister remains undented by the sudden revolt of O Panneerselvam, who she is to replace. 131 of the ruling AIADMK's 134 legislators gathered at the party office in Chennai today, allowing Ms Sasikala to flaunt her unpar...

Assuring potential investors about comfortable power supply, Tamil Nadu's Electricity Minister Natham R. Viswanathan today said the era of power cut is over in the state.

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.

Chennai will face two-hour long power cuts daily from Monday. Tamil Nadu is witnessing a power shortage of around 2500 MW. Chennai alone accounts for around thirty per cent of the total consumption.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa blamed central PSUs for the "deteriorating" power situation in the state and sought the Prime Minister's intervention to ensure maximum electricity supply.

Crippling power cuts in Tamil Nadu are shutting factories and threatening an industrial debt crisis that is wrecking its second-largest city's plan to become India's next business Mecca.

DMK president M Karunanidhi will today lead his partymen in a state-wide protest against the ruling AIADMK over the prevailing power crisis in Tamil Nadu.

DMK president M Karunanidhi will lead his partymen in a state-wide protest against the ruling AIADMK against the prevailing power crisis in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday granted the state-run TANGEDCO (formerly TNEB) Rs 375 crore subsidy to procure electricity in the face of a dip in hydel power generation.

With acute power shortage continuing to affect many parts of Tamil Nadu, the DMK's executive would meet on December 13 to discuss the situation. DMK president M Karunanidhi will chair the meeting.

The Centre today submitted to the Supreme Court that it is not possible to supply additional power, surrendered by Delhi, to Tamil Nadu.