Tata Steel gets Rs 1,755 crore demand notice from Jharkhand mining office over alleged excess coal extractionTata Steel has been issued a demand notice of Rs1,755.10 crore by the District Mining Office in Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The notice alleges exce...
04 Apr, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
West Bengal polls: Coal economy, identity politics shape contest in Asansol DakshinAsansol Dakshin gears up for a crucial 2026 West Bengal assembly election. Key issues include the declining coal economy, illegal mining, a...
01 Apr, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
Meghalaya coal mine explosion: NGT orders authorities to respond by May 19 after blast kills 30Taking suo motu cognizance of the coal mine blast in Meghalaya, which killed 30 people, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued a notice o...
11 Feb, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
Meghalaya: CM declares judicial inquiry into fatal illegal mining incidentMeghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has ordered a judicial inquiry into a deadly explosion at an illegal coal mine. The blast in East Ja...
10 Feb, 2026, 12.15 AM IST
16 dead in coal mine blast in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia HillsTragedy struck Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday. An explosion at a coal mine claimed the lives of sixteen labourers. Sev...
05 Feb, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
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...
03 Feb, 2026, 01.51 PM IST
Abode of clouds appears to be an abode of anarchy: Meghalaya High Court on minor mineral concession rulesThe High Court in its order pointed out that tens of crores of rupees in revenue have been lost to the state, at least from 2018 to 2021, t...
06 Apr, 2022, 10.50 PM IST
ED attaches Rs 169-crore assets of firm in money laundering case related to coal blocks allocationThe ED, in a statement, alleged that the firm got the coal blocks "through fraudulent means and by misrepresentation."
03 Nov, 2020, 06.13 PM IST
Supreme Court allows extracted coal transportation in MeghalayaThe bench allowed the NGT to proceed with regard to other aspects of the matter pending before it without any prejudice.
22 Sep, 2016, 08.39 PM IST
Illegal miners using hi-tech machinery"The coal mined from such pits are loaded on trucks and sold to small players with no coal supply contracts from Coal India," the CIL offic...
14 Jan, 2016, 11.33 AM IST
Meghalaya permitting mining under "garb" of transportation: NGTThe National Green Tribunal today pulled up the Meghalaya government saying it was allowing mining in the state under the "garb" of coal tr...
11 Jan, 2016, 05.55 PM IST
Coal transportation in Meghalaya: NGT extends time till November 30The NGT has prohibited mining in the entire state of Meghalaya but allowed transportation of extracted coal kept in the open with due "chec...
02 Aug, 2015, 04.56 PM IST
National Green Tribunal extends time for transportation of coal in MeghalayaNGT has extended time for transportation of extracted coal in Meghalaya till June 30 while last date for payment of royalty has been fixed ...
19 May, 2015, 10.02 PM IST
Coal mining in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh suspended in 2012The company was awarded the contract for a period of five years, which was later extended to another two years according to provisions of t...
30 Jan, 2015, 04.00 PM IST
Fresh plea seeks higher penalty on illegal coalIt imposed a penalty on every tonne of coal extracted from mines that were operational and said such blocks have to be surrendered within s...
27 Sep, 2014, 04.31 AM IST
- Times of India Archives: Welcom to Giridih, the Bellary of Bihar
No official once posted in Giridih wants to be transferred though the town is filthy and lacks modern amenities. Widespread corruption temp...
31 Jul, 2011, 04.37 AM IST
- 'Coal India mismanagement causing power sector woes'
In some blocks, the public sector coal giant has been illegally extracting much more coal than it is permitted to, the coal ministry's data...
10 Feb, 2011, 06.03 AM IST