July 6: The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, has appealed to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, not to allow private firms decide on natural gas. The Chief Minister wrote a letter to the Prime Minister seeking appropriate action to protect the rights of the state over allocation and pricing of natural gas in the wake of the Ambani brothers waging a legal battle in the Supreme Court.

CH Prashanth Reddy / Chennai/ Hyderabad July 06, 2009, 0:41 IST

Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (Genco) has embarked upon an ambitious plan of setting up 21 power plants over the period of next five years. The projects, having a combined capacity of 15,900 Mw, involve an investment of Rs 80,000 crore.

Nearly 12 days before the Bombay High Court's timeline for an amicable settlement between the warring Ambani brothers expires, both brothers have decided to slug it out in the Supreme Court.

July 2: The state government is flummoxed by the huqe quantity of electricity needed to power the 29 lift irrigation projects that will come into operation. In all, the projects will need 8,254 megawatts once they come into operation over the next eight years. This is more than the total state consumption of power of 8,200 MW.

A recent judgment of the Bombay High Court upholding the plea of Anil Ambani

June 22: The Greenpeace activists raided a trail field of genetically modified (GM) rice of a private multinational firm

RIL may move apex court next week; Deora says govt

Gunjan Pradhan Sinha Posted: Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 0006 hrs IST

Petitioners have raised the issue of land subsidence

Submergence of Krishna, Godavari deltas feared