NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to begin filing formal cases against companies involved in the coal mine allocation controversy by the end of August, a senior officia

Allocation of captive blocks through auction will not do away with loot, because any captive mine represents undue benefit, allocated howsoever.

New Delhi: It’s official now.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has estimated windfall gains of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to over 90 private companies that were allocated captive coal blocks between 2004 and 2009 in an alleged

US-based FJS Energy LLC has signed a $7 billion (. 39,200 crore) multi-year coal supply agreement with India’s Abhijeet Group.

Aiming to give a positive message to foreign investors about the coal sector, the Government has invited them to infuse money in it to realise its growing potential considering the fact that demand

While the death of 15 miners in Meghalaya last fortnight after they were trapped in a collapsed mine for seven days brought the conditions in which they worked into the spotlight, figures show that

Vinod Khobragade, the village official ( talathi ) of Baranj village in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra who imposed a fine of Rs. 32 crore on the Karnataka Emta Coal Mines Limited (KECML) for alleged illegal mining, was suspended on Monday.

He had also accused the top district officials, including the District Collector, of involvement in the scam. “I have been suspended from service without even a show cause notice. They have suspended me for providing information to the media about the illegal mining scam in Chandrapur,” Mr. Khobragade told The Hindu over phone.

A talathi (village official) of a village in Chandrapur district has accused top district administrative officers, including the District Collector, of alleged involvement in an illegal mining scam worth Rs. 587 crore.

Vinod Khobragade, the talathi of Baranj village has complained to the State Revenue Minister, accusing the District Collector Vijay Waghmare and three other officers of being involved in the scam illegal mining.

The oil ministry has forwarded the contentious issue of pricing methane gas produced from coal seams by Essar Oil and Reliance Industries to an empowered panel of secretaries after raising objectio