Hike in electricity charges should be the last resort and states should instead focus on keeping a tab on transmission-related losses, including power theft, Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said.
May 9 2013, 1:26 pm
Read MoreElectricity officials raided Asaram Bapu`s ashram and detected a power theft.
May 16 2012, 4:39 pm
Read MoreBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today ordered officials to launch an intensive campaign against electricity theft and to penalise the culprits.
October 20 2012, 6:26 pm
Read MoreA special Lok Adalat to settle power theft cases in south and west Delhi will be held on October 13 and 14.
October 10 2012, 4:16 pm
Read MoreLeader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Ajay Singh, on Wednesday alleged that the BJP Government in the state had sent a large number of farmers to jail by implicating them in false power theft cases.
May 16 2012, 11:22 pm
Read MoreTwo jhuggi dwellers were arrested for stealing power in Noida, police said on Monday.
May 28 2012, 6:02 pm
Read MoreThe Madras High Court bench here has ruled that people accused of power theft cannot escape from their civil liability.
January 27 2012, 2:36 pm
Read MoreThe Goa Electricity department has been found to be lenient and sympathetic towards people involved in power thefts, due to which the state suffered revenue losses of Rs 2.78 crore, as per the latest CAG report.
March 21 2012, 1:31 pm
Read MorePower theft was detected at petrol pump and rice mill owned by a former state minister and senior BJP leader during a raid by vigilance team of the electricity department, official sources said.
May 22 2011, 7:22 pm
Read MoreHaryana government`s power distribution agency Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) will lodge power theft complaints in court as part of a special campaign, an official said.
February 15 2011, 1:59 pm
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