Apart from a sharp spike in electricity demand, growth in the number of consumers, inadequate stocking by power projects before monsoon, and heavy rains in September also hit coal production and dispa...

Amidst an unprecedented crisis for powerhouses, Coal India Limited has suspended the e-auction of coal till further orders in order to replenish the dwindling stock of power plants aggravating the dif...

Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said closure of some mines, and inundation of a few others due to monsoon led to the crisis but there is no need to panic as the situation is improving. Visiti...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has categorically denied any power crisis in India — even as grid data showed the situation to be the worst in five years. Amid reports of the ongoing coal s...

Amid the country's power plants grappling with coal shortages, Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday assured that there will be no crisis to meet the supply of coal for power generation. ...

The Centre on Tuesday warned states that power PSUs will curb their supplies if they are found selling electricity on power exchanges to cash in on surging prices.  On Tuesday, the power ministr...

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday held a meeting with power minister R.K. Singh and coal minister Pralhad Joshi amid reports that the coal shortage in the country was worsening, officials said.&...

The government on Monday organised a pre-bid conference for prospective bidders for the sale of 11 coal mines. The coal ministry launched the second attempt of the auction of 11 coal mines earmarked ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday held a meeting with Power Minister R K Singh and Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi amid reports of the ongoing coal shortage in the country, officials said. During t...

The Delhi High Court Monday exempted for the time being the physical appearance of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira Banerjee before a trial court in connection with a money la...