The Union power ministry has urged Coal India to import coal amid the unwillingness of power generating companies to source coal at high prices from the overseas markets. A Reuters report quoted a power ministry letter dated May 28 — which stated Coal India would import coal for blending on a government-to-government (G2G) basis and […]
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Bengal administration launches crackdown on coal smuggling
The state administration has launched a first-of-its-kind crackdown on illegal transportation of coal across the state after the chief minister instructed the authorities to ensure that Bengal was not used as a corridor for transportation of smuggled coal. “All vehicles entering the state carrying coal will be checked. The vehicles, which will submit proper papers, […]
Hemant Soren seeks 4 weeks, gets 10 days to reply to EC
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren has sought a four-week extension to the deadline set by the Election Commission to reply to its notice that he was liable to be disqualified from the Assembly because of a stone quarrying lease in his name last year. Sources in Jharkhand chief minister’s secretariat confirmed that the Election Commission […]
Three feared dead as roof collapses during illegal mining in Dhanbad
Three persons were feared dead and several others injured when a mine roof collapsed at an illegal mining site of Kaparsa Colliery of Eastern Coalfields Limited in Nirsa block of Dhanbad on Monday night. The deceased was from a village in Nalhati town in the Birbhum district of Bengal. The family members of the deceased […]
Jharkhand mining secretary appears before ED in money laundering probe
Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal on Tuesday appeared before the ED here for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in Khunti district of the state and other charges, officials said. The federal agency is expected to record the statement of the 2000-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer under […]
Delhi court issues bailable warrant against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira Banerjee
A Delhi court on Saturday issued a bailable warrant against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira Banerjee in connection with a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate for allegedly refusing to join the probe in a money laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria passed the […]
Narendra Modi government wakes up to coal shortage
The Narendra Modi government has started pressing the panic buttons after a blazing heat wave rippled across the country — with the misery of the people in at least five states exacerbated by an acute electricity shortage as coal inventories sank to critical levels in 106 of the 173 thermal power plants. On Friday, the […]
Legal fraternity takes note of mines accident; rolls out mobile chariot for awareness
Repeated incidents of mines mishap during illegal mining have jolted the legal fraternity. Concerned over the situation District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) of Dhanbad at the instruction of Justice Apresh Kumar Singh executive chairman of Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (JHALSA) rolled out an awareness chariot today which will visit different mining areas of the […]
Coal India steps up supplies to power plants to avert crisis
Coal India on Tuesday said it has adopted a raft of measures to step up coal supply to power plants, with a searing heatwave across northern India triggering a power crisis across many states. The PSU miner said it has allocated 8.75 million tonnes (mt) of coal to state and central power generating companies till […]
Deocha coal mine protest back after two-day gap
Hundreds of tribal people against the proposed DeochaPachami coal mine project on Sunday resumed their indefinite protest that had been put on hold for the past two days after a nineme¬mber team of protesters met chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna on April 13. The Birbhum Jamee, Jeebon, Jeebika O Prakriti Bachao Mahasabha, a resistance […]
Police and ECL unearth illegal coal mines
Purulia police and the Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) jointly held raids in four villages under Neturia police station area in the district to find several active illegal coal mines. The raids, carried out on Friday, came in the backdrop of the CBI probing a multi-crore coal scam since November 2020 following complaints lodged by the […]
Malda man-son held for job fraud in coal minister’s name
A father and son were arrested on Monday from Englishbazar in north Bengal’s Malda district, around 330km north of Kolkata, for allegedly creating a fake email ID in the name of Union coal minister Pralhad Joshi, police said. Sanjay Goswami and his son Subrata, the police said, used the fake email ID to send an […]