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UP: The changing politics in the constant city of Varanasi

Shreya Jai travelled to Varanasi and eastern UP, to report on the administration, politics and economics of an influential section of the state

Weaving a sad tale: Banarasi weavers left in the lurch

Powerlooms, lack of policy push heritage art towards extinction

Automatic Environment clearance for replacing old units of NTPC: Piyush Goyal

NTPC had also sent a team to Japan, Europe and the US to study available technology and the retrofitting that can be done

SC order takes away Rs 1,050 cr earnings from RPower's Sasan UMPP

Case was filed by states, regional load dispatch centre procuring power from Sasan UMPP

India does not need more coal-based capacity addition till 2022: Central Electricity Authority

Reduced demand projection is based on the past record of slow industrial growth, say Officials

'Mini PMO' in Varanasi, too, gets busy with demonetisation

The Mini PMO keeps a close track of the work being done the central agencies

Compensation to Tata & Adani: Regulator provides relief, reduces impact

States procuring power from the firms' plants in Mundra to pay for increase in coal cost; CERC order needs Supreme Court nod

Kanpur takes lead over Gurgaon in race to get smart power grid

Kanpur Electricity Supply Company has got the approval from the Uttar Pradesh government to choose a vendor who will set up the smart grid systems

Spot power may get costly as CERC proposes hiked transmission charges

Lately, the central government has also been promoting the spot market

Spot Power to get costly as Regulator proposes hike in transmission charges

CERC has proposed to increase the transmission charges by 1.35 times

CERC for change in power transmission bid rules

To expedite development of the power transmission network and avoid delay

Demonetisation: When implementation team was not taken on board

Senior minister confessed govt had no assessment of the demonetisation impact in rural and semi-urban areas

Cash windfall for discoms as defaulters rush to clear dues

In many cases, consumers are also making advance payment; 10-fold rise in collection over normal days for some discoms

PowerGrid to set up energy highways to meet demand growth

State-owned giant to invest Rs 1 lakh crore on infra to get ready for projected rise in demand

European solar company Lightsource enters Indian market

It won a 50 Mw solar project in Maharashtra under central government's National Solar Mission

Suzlon Energy revenue up 57% to Rs 2,746 crore

Consolidated net profit during Q2 FY17 was at Rs 238 crore, against loss of Rs 202 crore in Q2 FY16

Historic low LED bulb prices may distort market

UJALA scheme faces resistance from domestic makers

'Coal will be a key fuel in the energy mix for decades to come'

Q&A with Benjamin Sporton

Setback for renewable energy, says S&P

Trump has promised to open all federal lands and waters to fossil fuel production, in contrast to Hillary Clinton

Power Grid posts 32% increase in profit to Rs 1,872 crore in Q2 FY17

Total income for second-quarter increased by 30% to Rs 6,480 crore over second-quarter during last fiscal