Delhi Informer

  As many as seven people have been found dead after a cave-in took place in an opencast coal mine at Rajmahal area of Eastern rpt Eastern Coalfields Ltd located at Godda district of Jharkhand. The State Disaster Management Department confirmed that the incident took place at 8:30 PM on Thursday.   Speaking about the […]

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An FIR has been filed against UGC deputy secretary A K Khanduri after an employee accused him of making sexual overtures to her. could become a regular feature as the clashes may have put the institute on extremists’ radar for having a large presence… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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New Delhi: On Wednesday, a special court here delayed hearing in a coal block allocation case in which former prime minister Manmohan Singh was issued summons. Special Judge Bharat Parashar deferred the hearing to December 21 as proceedings in the present matter have been stayed by the Supreme Court. The trial court was hearing a case related […]

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New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against Congress functionary and industrialist Naveen Jindal, ex-minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, former coal secretary H C Gupta and 11… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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New Delhi/Kolkata : A five-day strike by lakhs of coal workers against privatisation entered the second day Wednesday, with the industry seeking its end as power plants battled severe shortages. Even as unions claimed that more workers had joined the protest action in mines operated by Coal India Ltd and its subsidiaries, industry associations called […]

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Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has unearthed a scam involving companies inflating the value of coal imports from Indonesia for their power plants thus siphoning money abroad. Initial estimates by the agency pegged the… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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New Delhi: The government on Monday allowed private companies in power, cement and steel to get their own coal mines through e-auctions, thus clearing the logjam created by the Supreme Court order annulling all allocation of captive mines since… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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New Delhi: In one fell swoop, the Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled all but four coal block allocations made since 1993 exactly a month after it declared that the allotment process was “arbitrary and illegal”. In all, 214 of 218 coal block allotake… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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New Delhi: The government on Wednesday kicked off the most ambitious disinvestment programme, targeting a record Rs 45,000 crore by selling shares in blue chip public sector units Coal India Ltd (CIL), ONGC and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declared all coal block allocations since July 1993 as illegal in a decision that casts a shadow over investments worth thousands of crores. The allocations were not scrapped but their fate hangs in the balance… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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New Delhi: Attorney general G E Vahanvati has advised the government to cancel coal block allocations to private firms since 2005 if these have not been converted into mining licences following statutory clearances, sharpening the worry in the ruling… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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New Delhi: Faced with allegations of a scam worth Rs 1.86 lakh crore in coal block allocation, the Centre on Tuesday approved a transparent policy for auctioning the blocks. Under the policy approved by the Cabinet panel on economic affairs,… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday severely criticized the CBI for dragging its feet in investigating coal block allocations during 20062009 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held the coal portfolio. It also hit out at the coal ministry for… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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Coal row:Sibal asks Delhi Cong MLAs to counter BJP's criticism As part of Congress' counter- offensive on the coal block allocation controversy, Delhi Congress MLAs and block level leaders are being educated on the issue to inform citizens about the "real position" and expose the "misleading campaign" of main … Read more on Business Standard

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MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Children’s Investment Fund Management (TCI) said on Wednesday it has filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court to quash directions in January by the coal ministry to state miner Coal India (COAL.NS) to reverse a price hike. Delhi – Bing News

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