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ED arrests I-PAC co-founder Vinesh Chandel in West Bengal coal scam caseThe Enforcement Directorate has arrested Vinesh Chandel, a director of political consultancy firm I-PAC. This arrest is linked to a money-l...
SC adjourns to Mar 18 ED plea on Mamata’s alleged interference in I-PAC raidsThe Supreme Court adjourned the hearing related to accusations of obstruction against West Bengal government to March 18. A bench of Justic...
I-PAC raids: Supreme Court adjourns to February 18 ED's plea against 'interference' by Mamata BanerjeeBengal I-PAC office raid case: The ED has also alleged that Banerjee entered the raid sites and took away "key" evidence, including physica...
ED raids multiple locations in West Bengal in multi-crore coal scam probeThe Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches across West Bengal. Locations in Durgapur, Kaksha, and Paschim Bardhaman are being inves...
Over 30 cops injured as protest against Chhattisgarh coal mine turns violentResidents of Parsodi Kala village in the Bishrampur area have been opposing the extension of the Amera coal project of South Eastern Coalfi...
Most states failed to collect data on mining operations, says new reportThe report prepared by the government accounting standards advisory board under the aegis of Comptroller and Auditor General of India furth...
Bengal coal pilferage case: CBI files charge sheet against 41 accused"They entered into a conspiracy and in pursuance of that, fraudulently misappropriated coal from the coal reserve of leasehold areas under ...
Court issues bailable warrant against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira BanerjeeThe ED lodged a case under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on the basis of a November 2020 FIR registered by the CBI t...
ED issues fresh summons to TMC's Abhishek Banerjee, wife in coal scam caseBanerjee, nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and his ...
ED quizzes Abhishek Banerjee for 9 hours in coal scam caseBanerjee was grilled by the ED sleuths after he reached the agency’s New Delhi office at around 11 am. Interacting with the media before th...
Coal India to invest Rs 15,700 crore in conveyor belts for movement between mines and wagonsIn the first phase, it will upgrade infrastructure at 35 mines, each with capacity of four million tonnes per annum (MTPA) or more at six s...
Coal India may use drones to check illegal mining and pilferageCoal India (CIL) is planning to use drones to check illegal mining and pilferage. Its exploration arm, Central Mine Planning & Design Insti...
Coal India to switch over to mechanised coal transportation by FY'24This initiative involves setting up of Coal Handling Plants with silos having rapid loading systems, which will have benefits like crushing...
RPF to harvest modern technology to reduce coal pilferageThe RPF DG said that checking of calibration of weighbridges be done once every six months, instead of the present one year period.
- Irregularities in coal block allocation in 2006-2009: Opposition
The four years of 'black gold rush period' from 2006 was in no way less a scam than the 2G spectrum allocation, says BJP.
- Govt asks state and district administrations to check coal theft
The government has asked to take measures to pilferage of coal as deficit of the fuel is likely to grow to 142 million tonnes this fiscal.
- Govt vows to end coal mafia which consists of 10,000 groups
India is home to coal reserves of 267 bn tonnes. Mafia groups are mostly concentrated in Coal India Ltd collieries and the annual plunder i...