India is expected to face a wider coal shortage during the quarter ending September over expectations of higher power demand, an internal power ministry presentation seen by Reuters showed, worsening ...

India has asked power producers to bill electricity buyers every week to ensure adequate cash flow as costs surge due to higher imports of expensive coal, according to a federal power ministry letter ...

Better realisation from the sale of coal has pushed up the net profit of Coal India during the fourth quarter ended March 31. The public sector miner on Wednesday reported a jump of 46 per cent in it...

The state administration has launched a first-of-its-kind crackdown on illegal transportation of coal across the state after the chief minister instructed the authorities to ensure that Bengal was not...

More than 100 teachers out of a total 275 of 75 BCCL aided schools lying in different colliery areas of Dhanbad today launched an indefinite hunger strike outside the residence of BCCL Chairman-cum-Ma...

Over 1,000 tribal people opposed to the Deocha-Pachami coal mine on Thursday came with black flags and traditional weapons to set up a barricade to deter a BJP rally led by leader of Opposition Suvend...

A Delhi court on Saturday issued a bailable warrant against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira Banerjee in connection with a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate for allegedly refusi...

The Centre for the first time has invoked the emergency provision, Section 11 of the Electricity Act, mandating all imported coal-based projects to generate power at full capacity, in order to address...

The Bengal government’s ability to reduce dependence on Coal India for supply to its power plants and enhance extraction from its captive coal mines seems to have paid off this summer. So far, ...

The coal ministry will hold a high-level Investors' Meet on Friday in a bid to attract investments from the private sector. Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi will launch the event to be held in Mumbai. ...