India, US deepen energy ties; Nuclear, LPG in focus amid Iran-linked supply concernsIndia is looking to boost energy ties with the United States. Discussions covered nuclear power, coal gasification, and LPG exports. This m...
11 Apr, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
Government forms Cabinet Committees, includes Union Ministers from NDA alliesThe central government has formed eight Cabinet Committees, including the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committee on Accom...
03 Jul, 2024, 08.59 PM IST
Linguistic diversity on display in Lok Sabha as new members take oath in Sanskrit, Hindi, Dogri, OdiaNewly-elected MPs in the Lok Sabha took oaths in diverse languages such as Sanskrit, Hindi, Dogri, Bengali, Assamese, and Odia, including P...
24 Jun, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
Kumaraswamy says he will take businesses into confidence & focus on adding jobsThe JDS leader, who spoke to the media in Delhi soon after the portfolios were announced, said he believed India’s development hinged on hi...
11 Jun, 2024, 12.14 PM IST
First verdict likely tomorrow in coal block allocation scamThis is the first case in coal block allocation scam in which the Special Court, exclusively dealing with all the related matters, is to pr...
27 Mar, 2016, 09.43 AM IST
Coal scam: Court to pronounce verdict in JIPL case on March 28A special court today fixed March 28 for pronouncing its judgement in a coal scam case in which Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL) and its two ...
21 Mar, 2016, 06.22 PM IST
Coal scam: Court commence recording of statement of accused JIPL and its directorsDuring the recording of statements, the accused claimed innocence before the court and denied the allegations levelled against them by the ...
20 Nov, 2015, 06.03 PM IST
Rajasthan gets one more coal block in ChhattisgarhUnion Coal Ministry has sanctioned this new coal block in addition to the earlier coal blocks from Parsa East and Kanta-Basan and Parsa, Si...
02 Apr, 2015, 07.13 PM IST
Coalscam: Directors of Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd summoned as accusedIt said some of the records of the MoC related to the case was stated to be missing and a separate preliminary enquiry has been registered ...
18 Dec, 2014, 08.27 PM IST
India needs to strengthen energy security to meet supply bottlenecksWe need proactive policies and vastly improved efficiencies across the energy chain, and the way ahead is to have a single Cabinet-rank app...
28 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
CBI set to quiz Naveen Jindal on CoalgateCBI had booked Jindal and former MoS for coal Dasari Narayan Rao for alleged irregularities in allocation of the Amarkonda Murgadangal coal...
24 Sep, 2013, 11.16 AM IST
Coal production increasing; imports at 137.56 mt in FY12: MoS CoalThe country imported 137.56 million tonnes of coal in the last financial year while there was an increase in coal production and supply.
19 Aug, 2013, 06.26 PM IST
Coal-gate scam: Policy of allotting coal mines opaque, says CAG's final reportGovernment did not follow a transparent policy in selecting beneficiaries and was wrong in ignoring a 2004 recommendation that mines should...
11 Jun, 2012, 04.48 AM IST
- New Indonesian coal policy to increase prices for Indian companies
A new Indonesian policy that stipulates benchmarking of coal prices to int'l market rates is likely to increase cost of coal imports for In...
17 Aug, 2011, 04.24 PM IST
- Cabinet reshuffle: Praful, Khurshid and Jaiswal made Cabinet ministers
Oil Minister Murli Deora was replaced as also Roads Minister Kamal Nath, who was seen as moving slow on boosting India's creaky infrastruct...
19 Jan, 2011, 05.18 PM IST
- Thermal coal price not to go up: Bagrodia
The price of thermal-grade coal will not be hiked and will be made available to all, minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia has said.
15 Apr, 2008, 02.12 AM IST
- UPA shuffle: Govt just got a bit younger
The UPA government on Sunday got seven new ministers in a reshuffle exercise that saw the Congress leadership take in some youthful faces a...
07 Apr, 2008, 03.15 AM IST