The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has reportedly issued summons to eight IPS officers, including Gyanwant Singh, Koteswara Rao, S Selvamurugan, Shyam Singh, Rajeev Mishra, Sukesh Kumar Jain, and Tathagata Basu, in connection with the West Bengal coal scam case. The probe agency asked the officers to join its investigation in New Delhi. News agency PTI reported […]
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Delhi court awards 3-year jail term to former Coal Secretary in coal scam case
A Delhi court on Monday awarded three-year jail term to former Coal Secretary H C Gupta in a coal scam case related to irregularities in allocation of a coal block in Maharashtra, a lawyer associated with the case said. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj also awarded two year imprisonment to former joint-Secretary in the Ministry of […]
State power generation utilities must continue to blend 10% imported coal: Govt
State power generation utilities must continue to blend 10% imported coal, the Union power ministry has reiterated, despite objections by several states because the imported mineral is eight times more expensive. The country’s thermal power plants will be able to maintain coal inventory of only between 22-25 million tonnes at any given point during the […]
India, China funnel $24 billion to Putin in buying oil, gas, coal: Report
Russia has pocketed $24 billion from selling energy to China and India in just three months following its invasion of Ukraine, showing how higher global prices are limiting efforts by the US and Europe to punish President Vladimir Putin. China spent $18.9 billion on Russian oil, gas and coal in the three months to the […]
Tussle over $5 billion wages a new risk to India coal supply
A key trade union at Coal India Ltd. has warned workers may strike over delays in finalizing salary increases, a move that would risk complicating efforts to meet soaring fuel demand. Talks held July 1 failed to reach any agreement over a pay deal, said Sudhir Ghurde, who represented Akhil Bharatiya Khadan Mazdoor Sangh, one […]
Coal stocks at power plants improve
The number of thermal power plants having critically low stocks of domestic coal has reduced significantly for the first time in nearly two months, implying higher production and improved transportation of coal in the country. Data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed that as on Monday (June 20), only 74 of 150 power plants […]
West Bengal coal scam case: CBI questions TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira
KOLKATA: A team of officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday began questioning Rujira Banerjee, wife of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, at her residence in south Kolkata in connection with an alleged multi-crore coal scam case in West Bengal. An eight-member CBI team reached her house on Harish Chatterjee Street in Kolkata […]
Hike in coal prices: Mohali brick kilns to stop production for six months
Members of the Mohali District Brick Kiln Owners’ Association on Saturday announced that they will stop production for six months starting June 15 to mark their protest against the hike in coal prices. There are around 100 brick kilns in the district. While addressing the media, Rajesh Aggarwal, general secretary of the association, said, “The […]
10% import mandate: Telangana opposes coal import order
The Telangana government has strongly resisted the latest order from the Centre on the mandatory import of 10 per cent of its coal requirements for thermal power generation, an official aware of the developments said on Friday. A senior official of the Telangana energy department said on condition of anonymity that state special chief secretary […]
Air panel bans coal as a fuel in NCR from 2023
New Delhi: The use of coal as fuel for industrial, domestic and other purposes will be banned across Delhi-NCR from January 1 next year, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) said on Wednesday — a move that came after the panel sought suggestions on a permanent […]
Rat-hole coal mining: HC asks Meghalaya to implement SC, NGT rulings in 4 weeks
GUWAHATI: The Meghalaya high court has directed the state government to implement recommendations of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and Supreme Court (SC) on illegal rat-hole coal mining within four weeks. One of the SC directions was allowing the sale of coal, which had already been extracted from mines, prior to a prohibition on rat-hole […]
Illegal coal suppliers syndicate operating through bogus firm busted in Bihar
PATNA: The commercial taxes department has busted a syndicate supplying coal mined illegally to firms both in Bihar and Jharkhand, officials said. The syndicate operated through a bogus firm based in Madhubani making a transaction of ₹73 crore causing tax losses worth ₹25 crore, they said. The Madhubani-based fake firm was acting as the main […]