POWERGRID Acquires Four Major ISTS Projects to Strengthen Renewable Energy Integration

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) – a Maharatna CPSU under Ministry of Power, has successfully acquired four (04) Project Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) to execute Inter-State Transmission Projects related to transmission of renewable energy. The SPVs, acquired through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB), include ‘Khavda PS1 and 3 Transmission Limited ‘, ‘Barmer I…

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Major fire broke out in school in Srinagar

Srinagar, Nov 14 (UNI) A major fire broke out in a school in Srinagar on Thursday, officials said. All students are safe. Fire and Emergency officials said that fire broke out this morning in the three storied “Muslim Public School” in the attic portion and engulfed the building at posh Kursoo Rajbagh area. The fire…

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Kashmir valley braces for rain, snowfall: MeT

Srinagar, Nov 14 (UNI) The Kashmir valley is bracing for rain and snow at many places and a few places of Jammu division during the next 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. The Meteorological Centre Srinagar predicted that light rain/light snow over higher reaches and at many places of Kashmir and a few places of…

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Wholesale price inflation rises to 2.36 pc in Oct

New Delhi, Nov 14 (UNI) Driven primarily by food prices, India’s wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation surged to 2.36% year-on-year in October this year from 1.84% in the previous month. “Inflation in October, 2024 is primarily due to increase in prices of food articles, manufacture of food products, other manufacturing, manufacture of machinery &…

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Rape accused arrested in police encounter

Mathura (UP), Nov 14 (UNI) A 40-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl was arrested by the police after an encounter in Mathura district here in Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said here on Thursday. Circle Officer (CO) Pravin Malik said that Satish Kumar, a resident of Achhnera in Agra district, raped a…

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Karnataka bypolls record 81.84 pc voter turnout

Bengaluru, Nov 14 (UNI) Karnataka’s recent bypolls have ignited a fierce political clash, drawing an impressive 81.84% voter turnout across three constituencies as per the State Election Commission’s data. With the Congress, BJP, and JD(S) locked in a heated contest, voters showed up in droves, signalling high stakes and close contests that could sway the…

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12 terrorists killed in operations in Pakistan

Islamabad, Nov 14 (UNI) Twelve terrorists were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations in Pakistan, the military said late Wednesday. Security forces conducted the operations in the southwest Balochistan province and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement. During the operation in…

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