Hundreds of villagers were hurriedly evacuated after a massive emission of gas from an exploratory well in southern Pakistan, officials and residents said today. The gas leakage from the well, dug by

Hundreds of fishermen including a large number of women staged a novel protest against the proposed barge-mounted power project at Tanneerbhavi near Mangalore today, by taking out a procession of

The State Cabinet has approved the power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 20 mw project in Kasargode district to be set up by the RPG group, state electricity minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the state

The Tannirbhavi village on the bank of the Gurupura river in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka today witnessed a "boat protest" amidst police security against the location of a 170-MW

The West Bengal Government has decided to create an exclusive corporation for rural electrification outside the purview of the State Power Department and the State Electricity

Kedo, the international consortium which is installing safe nuclear power in North Korea, had debts of $47m and is running out of money to supply heavy fuel oil while the plant is being built, Paul

The Clinton administration unviled a long awaited plan for the electricity industry which would allow customers to choose their own supplier by 2003, except where state governments opt out. The plan,

The project financing for the 300mw Dharwar power project has been finalised with the Bangalore-based Khodays group signing an agreement with Chalais Holdings, Bescorp Ind Bhd of Malaysia for equity

Among the scientists from 27 countries working at the world's most advanced nuclear fusion laboratory, near the university city of Oxfod, is an Indian Dr. Ved Bhatnagar, a native of Meerut. He is a

The decks for restructuring the Delhi Vidyut Board appear to have been finally cleared with the Delhi state government deciding to take up privatisation of the distribution sector and the formation