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  Naveen questions Centre on coal blocks to outside companies

  Politics | September 13, 2012 17:48 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Sept 13:  Targeted by the Centre on coalgate issue, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today questioned allocation of coal blocks to certain companies which do not have any stake in the state.“Why did the

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  BJP's charges on coal blocks are false: Coal minister

  Politics | September 11, 2012 19:31 IST

  Lucknow, Sep 11: Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal Tuesday termed the BJP's allegation of irregularities in coal blocks allocation as "false" and a "face saving measure".Jaiswal said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not agree to

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  Arvind Kejriwal says, CBI raids on coal companies were an eyewash

  India | September 06, 2012 16:43 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 6 : India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal today tweeted to say that the raids on companies allotted coal blocks by the Central Bureau of Investigation were an "eyewash" as the company

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  Government should not cancel coal blocks: Godrej

  September 05, 2012 18:53 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 5: The government should not cancel coal blocks under opposition pressure following the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report as it would hurt business sentiment, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) president Adi

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  PM rules out immediate cancellation of coal blocks

  Politics | September 28, 2012 18:58 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 3: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today ruled out immediate cancellation of 142 coal block allocations as demanded by BJP and made it clear that he was ready for a fight with the

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  Cancel allotment of coal blocks: BJP

  Politics | September 28, 2012 17:12 IST

  Bangalore, Sep 1: Main opposition BJP today insisted on its demand for cancellation of allotment of 142 coal blocks and vowed to take what it described as the “biggest scandal perpetrated on the nation” to

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  Govt rules out cancellation of allocation of coal blocks

  India | August 31, 2012 19:48 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 31: Unfazed by Opposition protests in the wake of the CAG report, the government today ruled out cancellation of allocation of coal blocks maintaining that no wrong has been done.“There is no

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  BJP to launch nationwide protest over coal blocks

  Politics | September 23, 2012 18:26 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 30: Sticking to its demand for cancelling allocation of 142 coal blocks and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation, the BJP Wednesday said it will launch a nationwide agitation on the issue, starting

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  CAG says, Centre could have earned Rs 1.86 lakh cr from coal blocks competitive bidding

  August 17, 2012 15:27 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 17: Rapping the government for its failure to timely implement the competitive bidding mechanism for allocation of coal blocks, CAG today said part of the Rs 1.86 lakh crore loss could have

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  CAG says, Centre could have earned Rs 1.86 lakh cr from coal blocks competitive bidding

  India | August 17, 2012 15:17 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 17: Rapping the government for its failure to timely implement the competitive bidding mechanism for allocation of coal blocks, CAG today said part of the Rs 1.86 lakh crore loss could have

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  Coal ministry to auction 38 coal blocks

  June 03, 2012 12:09 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 3: The coal ministry will be auctioning 38 coal blocks to integrated steel plants in the private, cement, sponge iron, surface gasification, power, and state governments. These coal blocks belong to  seven

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  CAG Estimates On Coal Blocks 'Illogical', Says Coal Minister

  India | April 02, 2012 17:19 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 2: Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today described CAG draft report on allocation of coal blocks without auction as "illogical", asking by that yardstick even water used in the hydro projects should be

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  CAG Admits To Draft Report On Coal Blocks

  India | March 23, 2012 7:40 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 23: CAG Vinod Rai today admitted to the existence of a “draft report” which a newspaper published to claim that there was an estimated loss of over Rs 10.7 lakh crores in

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  Jaiswal Says, Coal Blocks Were Allotted In A Transparent Manner

  India | March 22, 2012 16:36 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 22: Amid media reports that undue benefits of Rs 10.67 lakh crore were extended to private and public sector companies in allocation of coal blocks, the government today said it followed a

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  After Coal Scam Bomb, CAG Tells PMO, Media Reports On Coal Mines Exceedingly Misleading

  India | March 22, 2012 15:44 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 22: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said that the media reports quoting an audit report of a loss of Rs 10.76 lakh crore by not auctioning coal blocks did “not