Tag: Coal Block

NTPC-JKSPDCL joint venture to develop coal block in Odisha

New Delhi: State-run NTPC today said that it has entered into an agreement with Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Ltd (JKSPDCL) to form a joint venture company for mining at Kudanali-Luburi coal block in Odisha. NTPC and JKSPDCL will share equity in the ratio of 67:33 in the joint venture company for undertaking […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Coal scam: Manmohan Singh, KM Birla summoned as accused

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, ex-coal secretary P C Parakh and three others were today summoned as accused by a special court in a coal scam case pertaining to allocation of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha in 2005 and asked to appear before it on April 8

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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GMR bags Talabira-1 in first coal auction

New Delhi: The maiden auction of coal mines got under way today, with GMR and Reliance Cement bagging one mine each for an estimated Rs 1,375 crore and Rs 798 crore, respectively. “GMR Chhattisgarh Energy won the Talabira-1 coal block in Odisha,” Coal Secretary Anil Swarup told PTI. GMR pipped Adani Power, Essar Power, Sesa […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Upset, but sure truth will prevail: Manmohan Singh on court summons

New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday he was “upset” by a court here summoning him in a case relating to the allocation of coal blocks, but was “sure truth will prevail.” “Of course, I am upset but this is part of life. I have respect for the judicial process. I have […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
CBI files final report in coal block case

New Delhi:The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday filed its final report with the statements of a witness recorded during the probe in a coal block allocation case allegedly involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others. The CBI filed the statement in a sealed cover before special Judge Bharat Parashar and said that further investigation […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
176 bids received for 23 coal mines on auction

New Delhi: Of the 23 coal blocks on offer in the first tranche of the ongoing auction of allotments cancelled by the apex court, a maximum number of 16 bids were received Tuesday for Gare Palma IV/7 block in Chhattisgarh among the total 176. A total of 176 preliminary bids were received by the government, […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Agar Niyat Sahi Nahi Toh Badalna Zaroori Naveen Sarkar: Modi’s Call In Sambalpur

Sambalpur: In his first poll address post first phase polls in Odisha, an aggressive Prime Minister Narendra Modi fired a salvo at CM Naveen Patnaik. He was addressing the Vijay Sankalp Samabesh of the BJP at Sambalpur today. Though he didn’t name Naveen directly, in his inimitable style Modi did take a dig at Naveen, […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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