NEYVELI: Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Coal, Statistics and Programme Implementation Sriprakash Jaiswal has put at rest the controversy over the size of import of coal by the Tamil Nadu government.

CM JUGGLING WITH STATS; IT IS GOVT OFFICIALS WHO ARE PROVIDING ME ALL THE INFORMATION, SAYS JAYALALITHAA Officials are extremely upset with the way his government is functioning

It will not take much time to expose those officials and tear their masks
FIRMLY denying the charge Leader of OppsoitionJ Jaya lithaa that the TNEB had incurred losses by importing coal at higher costs, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday handed out a warning to officials providing false statistics to the AIADMK leader.

REGULAR black outs in the southern suburbs of Chen- nai for the last two weeks have left the residents fum- ing, while the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board gropes in the dark to figure out what caused the power cut.

Katya B Naidu / Mumbai April 03, 2010, 0:58 IST

The Ministry of Power is looking to clear swiftly coal linkages for projects based on supercritical technology, said sources.

According to top officials in the government, supercritical power projects would get linkages to coal mines on a priority basis, compared to projects based on sub-critical technology.

- Hill track journey cut short for second time in four days
Darjeeling, March 29: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway continues to be hit by disruptions. The Unesco World Heritage property ran out of steam once again today because of poor quality of coal.

Becomes fourth Indian firm to buy coal mines in the South-East Asian nation.

The Essar Group has acquired a coal mine in Indonesia to fuel its upcoming thermal power projects. Sources said the acquisition, from an undisclosed local company, was for about Rs 900 crore.

Ranchi, March 23: A coal mining company that supplies the precious mineral from Pakur to Punjab for production of electricity invited the wrath of both the Opposition and the treasury bench today for allegedly violating pollution and transport norms.

KOLKATA, 17 MARCH: Mr Nirupam Sen, minister in charge of state power department today said unavailability of requisite amount of coal, railway rake and power from the Central power sector has led to massive power cuts during Madhyamik examination.