Coal Fields

A 35-year-old unemployed man allegedly killed his father, an employee of Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL), at Barkakana in the district to get a job in the PSU on compassionate ground, police said on Sunday.

The Meghalaya government has founded itself in hot water after a three-member probe panel formed by the National Green Tribunal found that coal mining has been going on in the state despite a ban since 2014.

The decision to allocate a coal field in Jharkhand to industrialist Naveen Jindal's company was taken by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, two senior government officers accused of corruption said today in court.

Jindal Steel & Power shares slumped as much as 7.3 per cent on Thursday, a day after the company's chairman Naveen Jindal was chargesheeted by the CBI in the Coal Scam. Mr Jindal conspired with top government officials to acquire a coal field in Jharkhand in 2008, the Central Bureau of Investigation said.

Industrialist and former Congress lawmaker Naveen Jindal conspired with top government officials including former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao to acquire a coal field in Jharkhand in 2008, the CBI said today.

Dr Singh, 82, had been told to make a personal appearance with industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla for a case that says a coal field was illegally awarded in 2005 to Hindalco, a company owned by Mr Birla. At the time, Dr Singh held direct charge of the Coal Ministry.

Just days after it questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about how a coal field in Odisha was given in 2005 to a company owned by billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has filed a new case involving the same firm, Hindalco, which produces aluminum.

Just days after it questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about how a coal field in Odisha was given in 2005 to a company owned by billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has filed a new case involving the same firm, Hindalco, which produces aluminum.

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.

Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down as it flew high above the country's battlefield.

Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out on Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a jetliner shot down as it flew miles above the country's battlefield.

Coal India Ltd said it would resume full production on Wednesday from a major coal field that was closed on Friday due to a labour protest, cutting off a supply of about 200,000 tonnes a day to power producers and others.

Workers angered at losing their jobs shut a major coal field of Coal India Ltd on Friday, leading to the loss of 200,000 tonnes per day of output and causing alarm among power producers already facing tight supply, the company said.

The Supreme Court has said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be listed as an accused in the CBI's case that deals with alleged corruption and irregularities in the allocation of coal fields to private firms.

The CBI is carrying out searches across Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar, sources said. The "Coal-Gate" scandal came to light in March 2012, when the government's auditor (CAG) said the country lost Rs. 1.86 lakh crore because coal fields were allocated without a transparent bidding process.

A 35-year-old unemployed man allegedly killed his father, an employee of Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL), at Barkakana in the district to get a job in the PSU on compassionate ground, police said on Sunday.

The Meghalaya government has founded itself in hot water after a three-member probe panel formed by the National Green Tribunal found that coal mining has been going on in the state despite a ban since 2014.

The decision to allocate a coal field in Jharkhand to industrialist Naveen Jindal's company was taken by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, two senior government officers accused of corruption said today in court.

Jindal Steel & Power shares slumped as much as 7.3 per cent on Thursday, a day after the company's chairman Naveen Jindal was chargesheeted by the CBI in the Coal Scam. Mr Jindal conspired with top government officials to acquire a coal field in Jharkhand in 2008, the Central Bureau of Investigation said.

Industrialist and former Congress lawmaker Naveen Jindal conspired with top government officials including former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao to acquire a coal field in Jharkhand in 2008, the CBI said today.

Dr Singh, 82, had been told to make a personal appearance with industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla for a case that says a coal field was illegally awarded in 2005 to Hindalco, a company owned by Mr Birla. At the time, Dr Singh held direct charge of the Coal Ministry.

Just days after it questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about how a coal field in Odisha was given in 2005 to a company owned by billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has filed a new case involving the same firm, Hindalco, which produces aluminum.

Just days after it questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about how a coal field in Odisha was given in 2005 to a company owned by billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has filed a new case involving the same firm, Hindalco, which produces aluminum.

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.

Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down as it flew high above the country's battlefield.

Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out on Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a jetliner shot down as it flew miles above the country's battlefield.

Coal India Ltd said it would resume full production on Wednesday from a major coal field that was closed on Friday due to a labour protest, cutting off a supply of about 200,000 tonnes a day to power producers and others.

Workers angered at losing their jobs shut a major coal field of Coal India Ltd on Friday, leading to the loss of 200,000 tonnes per day of output and causing alarm among power producers already facing tight supply, the company said.

The Supreme Court has said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be listed as an accused in the CBI's case that deals with alleged corruption and irregularities in the allocation of coal fields to private firms.

The CBI is carrying out searches across Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar, sources said. The "Coal-Gate" scandal came to light in March 2012, when the government's auditor (CAG) said the country lost Rs. 1.86 lakh crore because coal fields were allocated without a transparent bidding process.