In the wake of the perception that there are ‘dual power centers’ in the Congress-led UPA government, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh has clarified that Congress President Sonia Gandhi never interferes into the functioning of the government.

Optimistic about India's electricity grid becoming the largest in the world, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that checks and balances have been put in place to avoid re-occurrence of any major grid collapse, similar to the one witnessed last summer.

Leading stock exchange BSE has imposed restrictions on trading of 29 stocks for failing to convert at least half of the public shareholding into dematerialised format. The bourse would shift these scrips to the trade-to-trade segment or 'T' group category with effect from May 23, 2013.

Many Farmers in Coimbatore region on Friday threatened that they would resort to mass suicide if government goes ahead with its plan to increase power tariff. Representatives of various farmers’ associations told a public hearing on tariff revision here that the agriculture sector in Tamil Nadu is already in doldrums due to failure of monsoon and resultant drought.

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere into the functioning of the Group of Minister (GoM) appointed to examine the issue of CBI's autonomy.

The Power Ministry will soon start making public details about progress made in strengthening electricity grids that is aimed at preventing instances like the recent grid failures.

Rejecting the Centre's claim that states were to be blamed for the power crisis, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said it was not right to blame Uttar Pradesh for the recent grid failure.

Pakistan's interim Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Thursday promised to transfer power to the new government on time. The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party of two-time Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif emerged the single largest party in the May 11 general elections and Sharif is set to lead the country for the third time.

Asserting Punjab was drawing power within limits, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited on Wednesday accused Haryana of overdrawing from the northern grid.

The Power Ministry on Monday proposed to carry out independent audit of transmission grids within three months, a move that comes amid massive failures of grids last week that affected half of the country's population.