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Coal India to invest Rs 5000 cr to procure railway wagons

Coal India will invest Rs 5,000 crore in the Railways to procure wagons for speedy transportation of coal.

May 28, 2015, 22:49 PM IST

Coal India Q4 net profit drops 4.4% to Rs 4,238 crore

State-owned Coal India Thursday reported 4.4 percent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 4,238.55 crore for the quarter ended March 31, due to higher expenses.

May 28, 2015, 19:44 PM IST

Coal scam: Court to consider CBI's chargesheet on July 1

A special court Thursday decided to consider in July CBI's charge sheet in a case of alleged irregularities in allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh to Delhi-based firm Pushp Steels and Mining Pvt Ltd.

May 28, 2015, 18:04 PM IST

Coal scam: Decision to allocate coal taken by ex-PM Manmohan Singh, says Rao

While seeking bail, the counsel appearing for Rao told Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar that the then Prime Minister also held the Coal portfolio at that time.

May 22, 2015, 16:05 PM IST

Coal scam: Naveen Jindal, Rao, Koda and seven others get bail

The court also directed the accused not to leave India without its prior permission and fixed the matter for further hearing on June 1.

May 22, 2015, 11:35 AM IST

Coal scam: Naveen Jindal, DN Rao, Madhu Koda and others get bail

Naveen Jindal, Dasari Narayan Rao, Madhu Koda and 12 others were given bail on personal bond of Rs 1 lakh each.

May 22, 2015, 10:21 AM IST

Not correct to expect India to shift from coal: India tells UN

India has told a high-level energy meeting here that it will not be fair to expect it to move away from coal to meet energy requirements of millions of Indians, underscoring that coal will continue to remain the "mainstay" of its energy needs for the "foreseeable future."

May 21, 2015, 23:58 PM IST

Pithead stock at CIL mines rises to 53 MT

The pithead stock at Coal India mines increased by 15.2 percent to 53 million tonnes (MT) in the fiscal ended March 31, as the company is facing constraints in evacuation infrastructure.

May 17, 2015, 12:48 PM IST

Prevented coal pilferage worth thousands of crores: CVC

With the use of modern surveillance gadgets and introduction of e-payment, the Central Vigilance Commission has been able to prevent pilferage exceeding thousands of crore of rupees in the coal sector, Central Vigilance Commissioner (acting) Rajiv said here on Thursday.

May 14, 2015, 23:03 PM IST

Coal scam: Court frames additional charge of cheating on JIPL

A special court Thursday framed a "separate charge" for the alleged offence of cheating against accused firm Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL) in a coal blocks allocation scam case.

May 14, 2015, 19:10 PM IST

Govt plans to auction 11 coal mines soon

The government plans to soon auction about 11 coal mines which could not be sold in the first two phases of the recent coal block auctions.

May 14, 2015, 14:50 PM IST

Coal scam: SC admonishes Ranjit Sinha for meeting accused; orders probe

SC also dismissed Sinha's plea seeking prosecution of lawyer Prashant Bhushan for alleged perjury.

May 14, 2015, 12:25 PM IST

Coal scam: Will file final probe report soon, CBI tells court

The agency told the court that it was waiting for the "administrative approval" as well as the decision of competent authority on the issue of grant of sanction to prosecute two public servants who have been summoned as accused in the case.

May 13, 2015, 18:43 PM IST

Coal, power, RE plan $250 bn investment in 5 years: Goyal

Government on Wednesday said investments worth USD 250 billion are planned over the next five years in coal, power and renewable energy and it is looking at opening 40-50 new coal mines in 18 months.

May 13, 2015, 14:52 PM IST

PMO asks CoalMin to speed up 3rd round of mines auction

Amid delays, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Coal Ministry to expedite the process of third round of mines auction.

May 12, 2015, 13:39 PM IST

Coalscam: Order on charge framing in RSPL case on May 19

A special court on Thursday fixed May 19 for pronouncing its order on framing of charges in a coal blocks allocation scam case allegedly involving Delhi-based Rathi Steel and Power Limited (RSPL) and its three officials.

May 07, 2015, 16:49 PM IST

Coal scam: Naveen Jindal, Koda, 13 others summoned as accused

Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal and 14 others, including former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao and ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, were Wednesday summoned as accused by a Special court in the Jharkhand's Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block allocation scam case.

May 06, 2015, 16:38 PM IST

Coal India registers 10.7% growth in production

Coal India has begun FY 2015-16 on a strong note with a record production during April at 41.52 million tonnes, 101 per cent of target production.

May 01, 2015, 21:28 PM IST

NTPC to import 22 MT coal in FY'16 to meet shortfall

State-owned power producer NTPC will import 22 million tonnes (MT) of coal in the current fiscal to meet the shortfall in domestic availability.

Apr 30, 2015, 19:25 PM IST

Coal scam: court allows RSPL's CEO to travel to Iran

Rathi Steel and Power Limited's (RSPL) Chief Executive Officer Udit Rathi, an accused in a coal blocks allocation scam case, was Thursday allowed to go to Iran for business purpose for a week by a special court.

Apr 30, 2015, 19:04 PM IST