CHANDIGARH, Oct. 24 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday announced that power department employees called off their strike, which had paralysed electricity supply operations in the state, after the government agreed to invoke Section 108 of the Electricity Act, 2003, directing the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) to revoke its decision to grant a licence to a private company for supplying electricity in Gurugram and Nuh.

"Let me reiterate in the strongest possible terms that there will be no privatisation of electricity services," the CM said after a meeting with the Haryana Power Employees and Engineers Joint Struggle Front in Panchkula.

"The state government is committed to protecting the interests of ...