Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Blackout in 19 states, more than 600 million Indians affected

Blackout in 19 states, more than 600 million Indians affected


Blackout in 19 states, more than 600 million Indians affected

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:03 PM PDT

19 states and more than 600 million Indians found themselves without power on Tuesday afternoon, after three major grids that supply electricity tripped in quick succession. By 11 pm, power had been ...


London Olympics 2012: Day 5 Highlights

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 02:24 PM PDT



Cabinet reshuffle: P Chidambaram back as Finance Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde gets Home

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:25 PM PDT

P Chidambaram is the country's new Finance Minister. He takes over from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had been holding temporary charge after Pranab Mukherjee, who is now President, resigned. Sus...


Power regulator summons officials from five states; blame game begins

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:49 PM PDT

A blame game erupted among states over the unprecedented power outage today that affected 600 million people--over half of the country's population. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC...


London 2012 Tennis: An end to Bhupathi-Bopanna campaign

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT

The Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the men's doubles event at the London Olympics, losing in straight sets to French pair of Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet, ...


London 2012 Badminton: Jwala-Ashwini win but fail to advance

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT

Indian women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa on Tuesday, notched up a comfortable straight-game victory over Lei Yao and Shinta Mulia Sari of Singapore in their last group B match b...

Power supply partially restored after north, east grid collapse: 10 big developments

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:42 AM PDT

Half of India spent much of Tuesday without electricity. Today's blackout has been described as one of the world's biggest - three grids collapsed, first the Northern Grid and then the the Eastern and...


More than tiger mom, I had a tiger dad: Preet Bharara to NDTV

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:16 AM PDT

He has been called the Sheriff of Wall Street. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara - the man who has successfully brought insider trading cases against the likes of Ra...


Foreign media on India's two blackouts

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:03 AM PDT

About 600 million people lost power in India on Tuesday when the country's northern and eastern electricity grids failed, crippling the country for a second consecutive day.


India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets, win series

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:05 AM PDT

In the end, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's punt paid handsome dividends. His decision to go in with a seventh specialist batsman, and to unyieldingly trust Manoj Tiwary's part-time leg-spin, played massive pa...


Ministers' group meet on drought, approves Rs 1,900cr package to states

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:38 AM PDT

Concerned over poor monsoon in more than half of the country, the Centre today announced a slew of measures, including a relief package of about Rs 2,000 crore to states facing drought-like situation ...

The world's worst power outages

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:32 AM PDT

July 31, 2012: Three power grids across half of India fail in what authorities call overdrawing of the system, leaving a record 620 million people without power for several hours and raising serious c...


Power outage: Over 250 miners rescued from West Bengal, Jharkhand

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 08:32 AM PDT

Over 250 miners trapped in different coal mines in West Bengal and Jharkhand have been rescued after the massive power outage across the country cut off electricity to elevators in the mines.


Diligent UK soldier stops Cameron from entering Olympic Park

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:47 AM PDT

An alert British soldier stopped Prime Minister David Cameron, who did not have valid papers, from entering the high security Olympic Park in London.Cameron praised the soldier for being "on his marks...

Dhoni tops Forbes highest earning cricketer list

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:28 AM PDT

Mahendra Singh Dhoni topped the list of the world's highest earning cricketers compiled by Forbes magazine, followed by Sachin Tendulkar, as six Indians made it to the list's top-10. With earni...

200 miners trapped in power outage rescued in Bengal

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:14 AM PDT

200 workers stranded inside three coal mines in West Bengal have been rescued, after a blackout affecting half the country cut off electricity to elevators in their underground pits.


Deadline for filing tax returns extended to Aug 31 due to power outages

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:14 AM PDT

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Tuesday extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for assessment year 2012-13 by a month to August 31.

Blackout for 19 states, more than 600 million Indians

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:46 AM PDT

19 states and more than 600 million Indians found themselves without power this afternoon, after three major grids that supply electricity tripped in quick succession. Buy 4 pm, power had been restore...


Why property prices in Mumbai are likely to fall

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:57 AM PDT

A poll of consultants and developers shows the market is overvalued and will see a decline in prices.

London 2012: Female Saudi judoka allowed to wear headscarf

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:54 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia judoka Wojdan Shaherkani was on Tuesday given the go-ahead to fight at the Olympics after a row over the wearing of a hijab was resolved, the International Olympic Committee told AFP.The ...

Power outage: Why Uttar Pradesh is considered a culprit

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:52 AM PDT

The power deficit was worsened by a weak monsoon that lowered hydroelectric generation and kept temperatures higher, further increasing electricity usage as people seek to cool off. After Monday's pow...


Power crisis: Delhi Metro stops, trains stuck inside tunnels

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:22 AM PDT

The Delhi Metro came to a standstill yet again on Tuesday afternoon after services were suspended for two hours due to collapse of the Northern Power Grid for the second consecutive day, causing incon...


300 trains affected by today's power crisis

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:42 AM PDT

300 trains in North India have been affected because of the huge power outage in North and Eastern India. Today's crisis comes after seven states and Delhi were without power for many hours yesterday ...


Power crisis: No traffic signals, massive traffic jams

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:36 AM PDT

Traffic was thrown out of gear in the capital this afternoon when signals went blank following power failure across north India.

How the massive power outage played out on Twitter

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:54 AM PDT

As 19 states and 600 million people found themselves without power, Twitter was, for the second day in a row, rich with debate and discussion on the blackout. Three major grids tripped today, most lik...


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