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  Supreme Court orders status quo on three coal blocks, issues notice to JSPL

  India | July 20, 2015 19:19 IST

  New Delhi:  The Supreme Court today ordered maintainance of status quo on three coal blocks in Odisha and one in Chhattisgarh, which the Delhi High Court had directed to be excluded from the auction process.The

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  Coal ministry invites bids for third round of auction

  India | June 08, 2015 19:52 IST

  New Delhi:  The government on Monday kick-started the process for auction of 10 coal blocks in the third tranche, inviting bids from companies engaged in sectors like steel, cement and captive power generation."The government of

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  Delhi High Court restrains allocation of blocks to Coal India

  India | March 24, 2015 8:15 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim relief to Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL) and restrained the central government from allocating two coal blocks to Coal India, for which JSPL emerged

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  Coalscam: court to hear arguments on charges from April 20

  India | March 17, 2015 19:02 IST

  New Delhi: A special court today fixed April 20 for hearing the arguments on framing of charges in a coal blocks allocation scam case in which former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and others have

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  Manomhan Singh is paying for 'sins' of Congress, alleges Prakash Javadekar

  Politics | March 15, 2015 17:37 IST

  Hyderabad: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday alleged that the Congress high command did not allow former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to go for auction route on coal blocks and that he was now

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  Govt begins 2nd phase of coal mine auctions

  March 04, 2015 13:15 IST

  New Delhi: Government today began the second round of coal mine auctions by putting on offer four blocks - all in Jharkhand - with firms including Adani Power, JSW Steel, SAIL and BALCO in the

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  Coal auction to benefit poor states: Coal Secretary

  February 17, 2015 14:08 IST

  New Delhi: With aggressive bidding for coal blocks likely to continue on the fourth day, the government today said that poor states would benefit from the auction."Coal block auction gets underway on the fourth day,"

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  Coal auction: High Court sets aside Sesa Sterlite disqualification

  India | February 13, 2015 19:59 IST

  New Delhi: In a major relief to Sesa Sterlite Limited, Delhi High Court today set aside its disqualification by the government from bidding for six coal blocks in Chhattisgarh.“Let bids of Sesa Sterlite be considered

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  No green nod needed for 74 coal blocks to be auctioned in February

  November 30, 2014 17:07 IST

  New Delhi: The 74 coal mines, which the government plans to auction to specific end-users in the first phase of bidding on February 11, will not require any green clearances, a top official has said.The

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  Coal scam: CBI files case diary in sealed cover

  India | November 27, 2014 11:33 IST

  New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed the case diary and crime files in a sealed cover in a coal blocks allocation case related to Hindalco before a special court, complying with

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  E-auction of coal blocks to boost investors' confidence: India Ratings

  November 22, 2014 15:06 IST

  Mumbai: The government's move to e-auction most of the 214 coal mines cancelled by the Supreme Court will boost investor confidence due to transparency in the process and reduce fuel availability risks, India Ratings said.The

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  Coal block reallocation must give level-playing field: Industry

  October 22, 2014 7:13 IST

  New Delhi: Even as the ordinance allowing reallocation of coal blocks cancelled by the Supreme Court received presidential approval on Tuesday, the Indian industry welcomed the move saying reforms towards a transparent allocation system must

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  SC cancels all but four of 218 coal block allocations

  India | September 24, 2014 14:55 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today cancelled allocation of 214 coal blocks allotted between 1993 and 2008.The Apex Court, however, does not cancel four coal blocks out of 218 which were declared illegal. The four

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  SC reserves verdict on coal blocks

  India | September 09, 2014 20:08 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the fate of 218 coal blocks whose allocation since 1993 it had held to be arbitrary, non-transparent and illegal.The apex court bench headed by

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  Coal blocks auction likely in December: Sriprakash Jaiswal

  October 11, 2013 15:25 IST

  New Delhi: The government has expressed hope that the auction of coal blocks to be allocated to the private firms would begin by December. The statement comes close on the heels of the Cabinet approving

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  Cancel coal blocks given since 1993: parliament panel

  Politics | April 23, 2013 18:38 IST

  New Delhi, April 23: All the coal blocks allocated since 1993 were illegal, the licences should be cancelled and those responsible for the allocation should be investigated, Kalyan Banerjee, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee

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  Coal ministry panel to identify mines for auction

  January 12, 2013 14:49 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 12:  The coal ministry proposes to form a panel to identify coal blocks for allocation through auction and government dispensation route."A technical committee, under the chairmanship of adviser (projects), Ministry of Coal,

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  CBI begins probe in coal blocks allocations since 1993

  India | September 27, 2012 21:04 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 27: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday filed a preliminary enquiry into the allocation of coal blocks since 1993, officials said. "The preliminary enquiry is against unknown public servants and certain

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  CBI registers two new cases against private cos

  Politics | September 22, 2012 14:57 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 22 : CBI today registered two fresh cases against two private companies in its ongoing probe into the coal block allocation scam and carried out searches at seven locations across the country.The

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  IMG recommends cancellation of three more coal blocks

  India | September 15, 2012 22:54 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 15: The Inter-Ministerial Group on coal blocks today decided to recommend cancellation of three more mines, taking the total number of blocks suggested for cancellation due to insufficient progress to seven.  “The