Amid fuel crisis, Jharkhand govt school teacher rides horse door-to-door for Census duty in GarhwaFacing fuel shortages in Jharkhand, a government school teacher in Garhwa district has resorted to using his family horse for Census fieldw...
18 May, 2026, 07.57 PM IST
EC to conduct SIR phase 3 across 16 states from May-endThe Election Commission is launching the third phase of its Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. This exercise will cover 16 stat...
15 May, 2026, 12.29 AM IST
Reliance, Essar top bidders for coal-based methane gas exploration blocksThe bidding frenzy for coal-bed methane blocks heats up as Reliance Industries and the Essar Group step into the ring. The Directorate Gene...
20 Apr, 2026, 03.55 PM IST
Centre asks Jharkhand to auction 10 mineral blocks, warns it will go ahead if state fails to do soThe Mines Ministry has instructed the Jharkhand government to sell 10 mineral blocks, including a gold mine, warning of potential federal a...
14 Jul, 2024, 11.10 AM IST
Central government allots 16 coal blocks for state useThe coal ministry on Wednesday allotted 16 coal blocks that would be exploited by state owned public sector entities.
16 Mar, 2016, 05.49 PM IST
After Jharkhand, other states may auction 40 mines by MarchAs per the market estimates, total cement grade limestone reserve available is around 89,862 million tonnes.
14 Feb, 2016, 01.56 PM IST
Jharkhand to start auction process for mineral mines in a monthMineral-rich Jharkhand will start the process for auctioning of mines within a month, state Chief Minister Raghubar Das said today.
16 Jul, 2015, 10.33 PM IST
Coal ministry plans to auction 25 blocks in Jharkhand, Gujarat, MaharashtraThe coal ministry plans to auction about 25 coal blocks that were taken back from private firms over delays in developing them.
09 Jun, 2014, 04.58 AM IST
SAIL seeks surface rights of BCCL's mine in JharkhandSurface rights are the land owner's rights to the exterior or upper boundary of the land and other substances below it.
12 Mar, 2014, 03.54 PM IST
Coal ministry sends fresh set of de-allocation letters to private firmsCoal ministry has sent another bunch of letter to companies for de-allocation of coal blocks as well as deduction of bank guarantees.
23 Nov, 2012, 03.34 PM IST
- Notices to 30 cos including JSPL, JSW, Bhushan Steel and TVNL for delaying development of coal blocks
Govt issued show cause notices to 30 companies, including JSPL, JSW, Bhushan Steel and TVNL, asking them to explain the reasons behind the ...
03 May, 2012, 10.46 PM IST
- NTPC may scale down 2017 power generation target to 70,000 MW
Coal supply shortages and environmental hurdles may force state-run NTPC to scale down its target for ramping up power generation.
13 Jul, 2011, 04.52 PM IST
- ONGC to relinquish one CBM block, go for product sharing in four
ONGC had received nine blocks in eastern India. It had relinquished four earlier and was working on the rest of the blocks.
06 Jul, 2011, 03.09 AM IST
- 'PMO may intervene to ensure iron-ore blocks to Mittal'
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could intervene, if need be, to provide iron ore blocks to Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of ArcelorMittal, for his two ...
01 Apr, 2008, 03.05 PM IST
- Coal blocks allocation good beginning: Arcelor-Mittal
Global steel major Arcelor-Mittal on Friday termed the Centre's allocation of coal blocks for its multi-crore greenfield steel projects in ...
23 Nov, 2007, 09.35 PM IST
- ArcelorMittal gets coal blocks for Jharkhand, Orissa projects
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker on Thursday said it has been allocated two coal blocks for the captive power plants linked wi...
22 Nov, 2007, 06.15 PM IST
- ArcelorMittal seeks coal blocks in Jharkhand
ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel company by capacity, has applied for two coal blocks in Jharkhand, where it plans to build a 12 mt...
30 Jun, 2007, 12.59 AM IST