-Live Mint Tariffs reach at least Rs.4 per unit in many states, finds analysis, amid efforts to Bail Out state discoms Indian domestic consumers in 16 states are paying at least `4 per unit for power and in some cases even more, according to an analysis, thus giving the lie to the long-held axiom that raising tariffs is nearly impossible in India given the political compulsions. The finding also shows conclusively that...
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CBI arrests ex-Gujarat ACP in Ishrat fake encounter case
-The Hindu The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested former Gujarat Assistant Commissioner of Police N.K. Amin in connection with the fake encounter killing of Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan and three others. Amin was recently freed on bail in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case by the Bombay High Court on health grounds. On Thursday, he was arrested from the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad where he was undergoing treatment. Ishrat...
More »President gives his assent to anti-rape bill
-The Times of India President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the tougher anti-rape bill, bringing into force the new legislation which provides for stringent punishment for rapists and repeat offenders and makes provisions of strict punishment for offences like stalking, voyeurism, disrobing and acid attacks. Presidential assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, came on Tuesday - just two days before the February 3 Ordinance on the issue was...
More »Adani Power lifeline may set precedent -Utpal Bhaskar and Maulik Pathak
-Live Mint CERC calls for a variable ‘compensatory tariff' to be offered to Adani Power till fuel situation stabilizes In an unprecedented move, India's apex power sector regulator offered a bailout package to Adani Power Ltd in a late Tuesday order to offset losses on account of the unexpected increase in the prices of imported coal and the unavailability of domestic coal for the company's 4,620 megawatts (MW) thermal power project at...
More »Girl cries molestation, HC gives bank officer bail says, 'holds high post' -Mayura Janwalkar
-The Indian Express Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to a senior bank official accused of molesting a teenage girl, saying that "he is a high-profile person and has been exposed to humiliation already". Joginder Singh, a deputy general manager with the Oriental Bank of Commerce, was booked by the police for allegedly molesting a 16-year-old girl in the lift of his residential building in Vile Parle on...
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