Power Theft

Uttar Pradesh govt to follow 'Gujarat Model'; will use NSA, Goondas Act to curb power theft

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to use the stringent National Security Act (NSA) and Goondas Act to curb power theft.

Maharashtra's agriculture conundrum: How sugarcane politics roiled other nutrition crops in the state

Even though all food grain production declined by 13%, electricity consumption by the agricultural sector increased by by 188,140%

Katiyabaaz hero Loha Singh thought the film would send him to jail

Recalling his first meeting with directors Deepti Kakkar and Fahad Mustafa, Singh said he thought they were media persons who had come to do a sting operation on him for his work as a 'katiyabaaz' (electricity thief).

Bombay HC wants special squads to monitor power theft in city

The Bombay High Court has asked electricity distribution companies and police to form special squads to detect power thefts in Maharashtra.

'Emerging economy? First curb power theft'

"What has happened kind off epitomises two things that have gone wrong with our society, polity and economy - greed and corruption," Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, economist and journalist, told CNN-IBN.