New, bigger power blackout: North and east India sweat it out

The entire northern and eastern power girds collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, knocking off electricity in eastern India and shutting Metro trains in Delhi.  West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh,
Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and the national capital are affected by the power failure.

* As many as 125 trains have come to a halt between Ghaziabad and Mughalsarai railway divisions.