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electricity connection news

Realtors to pay 1.3L to Zirakpur couple over shoddy amenities

Complainants Manpreet Saini, wife of Vikram Saini, had purchased a 150-square-yard residential plot in the project in July 2014 for 25.5 lakh. (HT Photo for representation)
Published on Jun 04, 2026 03:26 am IST

Ludhiana: PSPCL pulled up for not updating firm’s 22L security deposit

Reportedly, security deposits are advance payments made to the utility as a guarantee for electricity usage or for extensions in sanctioned electricity load. (Manish/HT)
Published on Feb 05, 2026 03:20 am IST

Can’t use centre, lacks electricity: Gurugram Sec 14 locals

The community centre was first announced in 2015. However, the construction only began in 2021, and it was finally completed in 2025. (Parveen Kumar/HT PHOTO)
Published on Jan 05, 2026 07:20 am IST

125K properties booked by MCD to now get electricity: Delhi CM

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta (X-Rekha Gupta)
Published on Nov 18, 2025 04:02 am IST

SDO, JE booked for demanding 1.5 lakh bribe in Haryana’s Kaithal

They are accused of demanding 1.5 lakh from a poultry farm owner for providing an electricity connection.
Published on Oct 19, 2025 04:56 am IST

Chandigarh: CPDL waives test report required for domestic connections up to 10 KW

The self-declaration form is user-friendly and can be filled out without any technical support. (HT File)
Published on Jul 12, 2025 10:56 am IST

Atishi, LG spar over credit for power NoC removal

CM Atishi addresses a press conference on the issue on Wednesday. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 17, 2024 05:10 am IST

New power connection: Now, Chandigarh to pay 500/day for delay

The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission also applied the condition that “if the Chandigarh electricity department fails to supply electricity within the time limit of 7 days, it will be liable to a penalty not exceeding 500 for each day of default.” (HT Photo)
Updated on Sept 26, 2024 09:00 am IST

‘Electricity bill no proof that structure is authorised’

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Updated on Dec 01, 2023 07:24 am IST

Now, hassle-free transfer of electricity connections for old property buyers

As per MSEDCL officials, within 60 days of the initiation, the concerned property buyer receives an SMS notification and a web link to pay the processing fee online. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)
Updated on Oct 15, 2023 05:18 am IST

Provide new power connection to applicants within a week: UPPCL chief

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Updated on Aug 17, 2023 12:43 am IST

PMC ties up with power discom to widen property tax net in Patna

In financial year 2022-23, Patna Municipal Corporation had collected a property tax of 105 crore and set a target of 125 crore for the current fiscal. (HT file)
Updated on May 24, 2023 09:49 pm IST

Coronavirus update: Rajasthan govt defers electricity, water bill payment till May-end

A decision has also been taken to increase loan for kharif crops by 25%, which will be starting from April 16, and that a loan of about 8000 crore will be disbursed in during this year.
Published on Apr 03, 2020 01:00 pm IST

Budget 2020: Focus on growth

India needs synergy in its efforts to seek long-term finance to sustainably finance investments and provide attractive returns to households outside what continues to be an overvalued stock market
Updated on Jan 15, 2020 07:04 pm IST

Rajindra hospital may lose power connection over 25 lakh dues

The Rajindra hospital, Patiala, owes 25 lakh against power bills to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited.
Updated on Dec 19, 2019 10:02 pm IST

Bihar government considering 24X7 power to every home and penalty for load-shedding

Bihar government is considering to penalise power distribution companies under a “no load-shedding” policy.
Updated on Nov 16, 2019 10:11 pm IST

Weekly drives planned to check illegal construction in Zirakpur

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Published on Oct 16, 2019 12:18 am IST

Pollution spewing Sangrur unit’s power snapped

Students wearing masks in the school
Updated on Oct 12, 2019 12:50 am IST

Shivraj Chouhan clears power bills of 1.21 lakh after Congress attack

Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan cleared his pending electrcity bills.
Updated on Sept 25, 2019 10:40 am IST

Apply for permanent power supply line by October end: Discom to societies in Gurugram

A DHBVN official said that by mid-November its six substations of 33 kv each will be ready to supply power to societies located in sectors 58 to 115.
Updated on Sept 12, 2019 08:52 am IST

Discoms improving operating costs: DERC

Over the last seven years, the gap between the revenue earned and expenses incurred by power distribution companies (discoms) in the national capital has shown a steady declinePhoto by Sakib Ali /Hindustan Times)
Updated on Aug 11, 2019 12:59 am IST

100 days after Cyclone Fani, coastal Odisha still to limp back to normal

In Puri, ground zero of the cyclone thousands of schoolchildren and their teachers are finding it difficult to deal with the post-cyclone scenario as their school buildings have been completely razed or devastated beyond repair.
Updated on Aug 11, 2019 05:47 pm IST

Delhi’s power tariff to be revised today

Fixed charge, a part of the electricity bill, is the cost a consumer has to pay even if she does not consume any unit of power.
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 11:44 am IST

Watch: UP man charged 128 crore for electricity bill, asked to pay to resume connection

Shamim stays with his wife in Chamri village in Hapur, UP.
Updated on Jun 03, 2020 07:26 pm IST

United in grief: Parents of Surat fire victims refuse to immerse ashes

More than one-and-a-half-months after the tragedy at Taxshilla Arcade at Varachha, the parents are yet to immerse their children’s ashes.
Published on Jul 15, 2019 02:24 pm IST