Chhattisgarh Coal Fields

Work has been stalled at over 600 coal mines operated in Chhattisgarh and parts of Madhya Pradesh by Coal India subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), on the first day of the five-day stike called by trade unions.

Investigations into the coal scandal have led to charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating against a Congress parliamentarian and his brother, a Maharashtra minister. But as the party is pointing out, the opposition BJP has its own share of explaining to do, especially about how coal fields were allocated in states like Chhattisgarh, where the B...

The BJP has said the Prime Minister should "introspect and resign" in the wake of the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on coal block allocation that says the country lost Rs 1.86 lakh crore because coal fields were given too cheaply to private and state-run firms. But the party has failed to explain the opposition expressed to an auc...

The BJP government in Chhattisgarh is on the defensive because of a sweetheart deal that was struck between the government and a coal firm partly owned by one of its MPs.

Work has been stalled at over 600 coal mines operated in Chhattisgarh and parts of Madhya Pradesh by Coal India subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), on the first day of the five-day stike called by trade unions.

Investigations into the coal scandal have led to charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating against a Congress parliamentarian and his brother, a Maharashtra minister. But as the party is pointing out, the opposition BJP has its own share of explaining to do, especially about how coal fields were allocated in states like Chhattisgarh, where the B...

The BJP has said the Prime Minister should "introspect and resign" in the wake of the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on coal block allocation that says the country lost Rs 1.86 lakh crore because coal fields were given too cheaply to private and state-run firms. But the party has failed to explain the opposition expressed to an auc...

The BJP government in Chhattisgarh is on the defensive because of a sweetheart deal that was struck between the government and a coal firm partly owned by one of its MPs.